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 
OrderFamilies sleepin' in their cars out in the 
SouthwestNo job, no home, no peace, no rest, 
NO REST!And 
The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the 
Ghost of Tom 
JoadHe 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
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of old 
Tom JoadGuitar 
SoloNow Tom 
Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guyWherever a hungry new born baby criesWhereever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the airLook for me ma'I'll be thereWherever somebodies stuglin' for a place to standFor a decent job or a helpin' handWherever somebody is strugglin' to be freeLook in their eyes ma,You'll see me! (repeat 8 times)And the highway is alive tonightnobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goesI'm sittin' down here in the campfire lightWith the Ghost of Tom Joad.