歌词
Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
人们沿着铁轨徒步前行
要去往一个不归之地
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
山脊上空飞过一架架公路巡逻机
大桥下的营火上煮着热汤
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
成排的临时避难所在角落旁绵延
欢迎来到这新的世界秩序中
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
西南地区的人都一家子挤在小车里过夜
没有家，没有工作，没有祥和，也没有安宁
Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
今夜的公路活了过来（指路上有很多逃荒的难民）
但是没有人拿它通往何方开玩笑
Welcome to the new world order
我坐在这营火的光亮中
寻找着汤姆.乔德的灵魂
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest
牧师从睡袋里拿出一本祈祷经书
点燃一根烟屁股抽了一口
No home no job no peace no rest
躺在在地下通道的一个硬纸盒里
祈盼着这世界彻底颠倒的那一刻来临
The highway is alive tonight
你得到了一张去往期望中乐土的单程票
你肚子上有个洞，手里有把枪
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
以坚硬的岩石为枕而卧
以城市的排水沟为池而浴
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
今夜的公路如此热闹
但人人都知道它通往何方
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
我坐在这营火旁
等待着汤姆.乔德的灵魂
He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag
汤姆说：
“妈妈，无论哪里，都有警察在打人
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
无论哪里都有饥饿的新生儿在哭泣
哪里会有反抗血统和仇恨的斗争呢
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
妈妈你会在那里找到我
无论哪里，只要有人还在为了一席立足之地而奋斗
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
或是为了一份体面的工作，或是为了一双援助的手
只要哪里有人还在为了获得自由而苦苦挣扎
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
妈妈，在他们的双眸里你就会看到我。”
今夜的公路生机盎然
You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
但人人都知道它通往何方
我坐在这营火的光亮中
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
与汤姆.乔德的灵魂在一起
今夜的公路生机盎然
Bathin' in the city aqueduct
但是没有人拿它通往何方开玩笑
我坐在这营火的光亮中
The highway is alive tonight
与汤姆.乔德的灵魂在一起
与汤姆.乔德的灵魂在一起
But where it's headed everybody knows
与汤姆.乔德的灵魂在一起
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
Well 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
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
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