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Rage Against the Machine
The Ghost of Tom Joad

Song Information
Song Artist(s):Rage Against the Machine
Song Title:The Ghost of Tom Joad
Year:1997

Album Information
Album:Hott Rocks 024
Track:8

Track Classification
Genre:Alternative
MusicBrainz Genre:Blues

Audio
20 sec. sample

Lyrics
Original Source:LyricWiki
Man walks along the railroad track
He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, NO REST!

And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the Ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
With a one-way ticket to the promised land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts

Rock!

And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of old Tom Joad

Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma, I'll be there
Wherever somebody's strugglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma,
You'll see me!" (repeat 8 times)

And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of Tom Joad.

Track Information
Published Time:5:39
Measured Time:5:40
Traktor Peak dB:-0.019
Traktor Perceived dB: 0.059

Mix Information
Mixmeister BPM:138.4
Traktor BPM: 138.9 (100.0%)
Mixmeister Key:D m

External Cross-Referencing
MusicBrainz PUID:c98f1896-518e-cea5-9bc7-afcbf68afca8

MusicBrainz MusicDNS
Song Artist:Rage Against the Machine
Song Title:Ghost of Tom Joad
First Release Year:1997

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