Lyrics Tom Joad - Woody Guthrie
TOM
JOAD
(Woody
Guthrie)
Tom
Joad
got
out
of
the
old
McAlester
Pen
There
he
got
his
parole
After
four
long
years
on
a
man
killing
charge
Tom
Joad
come
a
walking
down
the
road,
poor
boy
Tom
Joad
come
a
walking
down
the
road
Tom
Joad
he
met
a
truck
driving
man
There
he
caught
him
a
ride
He
said:
"I
just
got
loose
from
McAlester's
Pen
On
a
charge
called
Homicide,
A
charge
called
Homicide."
That
truck
rolled
away
in
a
cloud
of
dust,
Tommy
turned
his
face
toward
home,
He
met
Preacher
Casey
and
they
had
a
little
drink,
But
they
found
that
his
family
they
was
gone,
He
found
that
his
family
they
was
gone.
He
found
his
mother's
old
fashion
shoe
Found
his
daddy's
hat.
And
he
found
little
Muley
and
Muley
said:
"They've
been
tractored
out
by
the
cats,
They've
been
tractored
out
by
the
cats."
Tom
Joad
walked
down
to
the
neighbors
farm
Found
his
family.
They
took
Preacher
Casey
and
loaded
in
a
car
And
his
mother
said
"We
got
to
git
away."
His
mother
said
'We
got
to
get
away."
Now
the
twelve
of
the
Joads
made
a
mighty
heavy
load
But
Grandpa
Joad
did
cry.
He
picked
up
a
handful
of
land
in
his
hand
Said:
"I'm
stayin'
with
the
farm
till
I
die.
Yes,
I'm
stayin'
with
my
farm
till
I
die."
They
fed
him
short
ribs
and
coffee
and
soothing
syrup
And
Grandpa
Joad
did
die.
They
buried
Grandpa
Joad
by
the
side
of
the
road,
Buried
Grandma
on
the
California
side,
They
buried
Grandma
on
the
California
side.
They
stood
on
a
Mountain
and
they
looked
to
the
West
And
it
Looked
like
the
promised
land.
That
bright
green
valley
with
a
River
running
through,
There
was
work
for
every
single
hand,
they
Thought,
There
was
work
for
every
single
hand.
The
Joads
rolled
away
to
Jungle
Camp,
There
they
cooked
a
stew.
And
the
hungry
little
kids
of
the
Jungle
Camp
Said:
"We'd
like
to
Have
some
too."
Said:
"We'd
like
to
have
some
too."
Now
a
Deputy
Sheriff
fired
loose
at
a
man
Shot
a
woman
in
the
back.
Before
he
could
take
his
aim
again
Preacher
Casey
dropped
him
in
his
track.
Preacher
Casey
dropped
him
in
his
track.
They
handcuffed
Casey
and
they
took
him
to
Jail
And
then
he
got
away.
And
he
met
Tom
Joad
on
the
old
river
bridge,
And
these
few
words
he
did
say,
poor
boy,
These
few
words
he
did
say.
"I
preached
for
the
Lord
a
mighty
long
time
Preached
about
the
rich
and
the
poor.
Us
workin'
folks
got
to
all
get
together,
Cause
we
ain't
got
a
chance
anymore.
We
ain't
got
a
chance
anymore."
The
Deputies
come
and
Tom
and
Casey
run
To
the
bridge
where
the
water
run
down.
But
the
vigilante
they
hit
Casey
with
a
club,
They
laid
Preacher
Casey
on
the
ground.
They
laid
Preacher
Casey
on
the
ground.
Tom
Joad
he
grabbed
that
Deputy's
club
Hit
him
over
the
head.
Tom
Joad
took
flight
in
the
dark
rainy
night
A
Deputy
and
a
Preacher
lying
dead,
two
men,
A
Deputy
and
a
Preacher
lying
dead.
Tom
run
back
where
his
mother
was
asleep
He
woke
her
up
out
of
bed.
Then
he
kissed
goodbye
to
the
mother
that
he
loved
Said
what
Preacher
Casey
said,
Tom
Joad,
He
said
what
Preacher
Casey
said.
"Ever'body
might
be
just
one
big
soul
Well
it
looks
that
a
way
to
me.
Everywhere
that
you
look
in
the
day
or
night
That's
where
I'm
gonna
be,
Ma,
That's
where
I'm
gonna
be.
Wherever
little
children
are
hungry
and
cry
Wherever
people
ain't
free.
Wherever
men
are
fightin'
for
their
rights
That's
where
I'm
gonna
be,
Ma.
That's
where
I'm
a
gonna
be.
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TOMJOAD
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===DOCUMENT
BOUNDARY
1 Talking Dust Bowl Blues
2 This Land is Your Land
3 Tom Joad
4 Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good to Know You)
5 I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore
6 Blowin' Down This Road
7 Do Re Mi
8 Gypsy Davey
9 Poor Boy
10 Hard, Ain't It Hard (Re-Recorded Version)
11 Buffalo Skinner
12 John Henry
13 Pretty Boy Floyd (Re-Recorded Version)
14 More Pretty Girls Than One
15 Lonesome Day
16 Ranger's Command
17 Worried Man Blues
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