The Ghost of Tom Joad

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Wyzwmn

The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Men walkin’ ‘long the railroad tracks
Goin’ someplace there’s no goin’ back
Highway patrol choppers comin’ up over the ridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretchin’ round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin’ in their cars in the southwest
No home no job no peace no rest

The highway is alive tonight
But nobody’s kiddin’ nobody about where it goes
I’m sittin’ down here in the campfire light
Searchin’ for the ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin’ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box ‘neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin’ in the city aqueduct

The highway is alive tonight
But where it’s headed everybody knows
I’m sittin’ down here in the campfire light
Waitin’ on the ghost of Tom Joad

Now Tom said “Mom, wherever there’s a cop beatin’ a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there’s a fight ‘gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me Mom I’ll be there
Wherever there’s somebody fightin’ for a place to stand
Or decent job or a helpin’ hand
Wherever somebody’s strugglin’ to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you’ll see me.”

The highway is alive tonight
But nobody’s kiddin’ nobody about where it goes
I’m sittin’ downhere in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Copyright © Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP)
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strange times

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Wyzwmn

I’m away at the fadder’s this weekend
I wanted some quiet time
and it is delightfully
and
definitely quiet here….

I find I’m currently not so interested
in the patter
that comes with day to day life

I’m not interested in finding out
what all “those” people are doing
the forums
and blogs
that used to take up most of my off time
no longer entice me

I’m not interested in the comings
and doings
of others…

after 10 years of the Internet
being a large part of my life
I’m not really interested
in what I’m finding just now

and I don’t seem to be that interested
in writing about
what’s going on in my life just now

wonder if I ever will be again?

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