Bruce Springsteen Tom Morello The ghost of Tom Joad ( Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2009)

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 is 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