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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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of the old McAllister pen,
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was there that he got his parole.
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After four long years on
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a man -killin' charge,
Tom Joad come a -walkin' down the road,
poor boy.
Tom Doade come a -walkin'
down the road
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Tom Doade, he met a truck drivin' man
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It was there that he caught him a ride
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He said, I just got loose from
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the Mack Alistair Penn
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On a charge called Homicide
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On a charge called Homicide
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A truck rolled away in a cloud of dust
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Tommy turned his face towards home
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He met Preacher Casey
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and they had a little drink
And he found that his family,
they was gone, poor boy
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He found that his family was gone
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He found his mother's old -fashioned suit
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And he found his daddy's hat
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They found little Muley
They'd been tractored out by the cats,
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They'd been tractored out by the cats
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Went on down to the neighbor's farm
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And he found his family
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Took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car
As Mammy said, got to get away, dawg
As Mammy said, we got to get away
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The twelve of the Joads
made a mighty heavy load
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But Grandpa Joad did cry
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He picked up a handful of land in his hand
He said, I'm staying with the farm till I die
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I'm a -stayin' with the farm till I die
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We fed some short ribs
some coffee
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But Grandpa George did die
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We buried Grandpa George
by the side of the road
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Buried Grandma on the California side
Buried Grandma on the California side
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He stood on a mountain
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and he looked to the west
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And it looked like the promised land
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A big green valley with a river
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There was work for every single
hand they thought
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There was work for every single hand
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The Joads rolled into a jungle camp
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It was there that they cooked them a stew
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And the hungry little
kids in the jungle camp
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Said we'd like to have some too
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Yes, we'd like to have some too
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A deputy sheriff fired loose at a man
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And he shot a woman in the back
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But be fore he could take his aim again,
it was Preacher Casey dropped
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Preacher Casey dropped
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him in his track.
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They handcuffed Casey
and they took him to jail.
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And then he got away.
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by the old river bridge.
And these few words he did say,
Praise to Casey,
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these few words he did say.
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I praised for the Lord a mighty long time,
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Preached about the rich and the poor,
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Us working folks has got
Cause we ain't got a chance anymore,
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God knows we ain't got a chance anymore.
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And the deputies come
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and Tom and Casey run to the bridge
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where the water run down.
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And the vigilante thugs
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hit Casey with a club
and they laid preacher
Casey on the ground.
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Poor Casey, they laid preacher
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Casey on the ground.
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Tom picked up that deputy's club
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and he hit him over the head.
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And Tom Joe took flight
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in the dark rainy night
Left a deputy and a preacher lying dead
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Two men and a preacher
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an d a deputy lying dead
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Tom run back where his
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mother was asleep
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And he woke her up out of bed
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And he kissed goodbye
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to the mother that he loved
And he said, what preacher Casey said,
Tom Joad
He said, what preacher
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Casey said
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Everybody might be just one big soul
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Well, it looks that way to me
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So everywhere that you look
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in the day or the night
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That's where I'm gonna be, Ma
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That's where I'm gonna be
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Wherever little children are
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wherever people ain't free,
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wherever men are fight
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ing for their rights,
that's where I'm gonna be, Paul,
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that's where I'm gonna be.
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