Released: August 27, 2007
Songwriter: Billy Montana Kyle Jacobs Lee Brice
Producer: Allen Reynolds
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen. It is the title track to his eleventh studio album, released in 1995. The character Tom Joad, from John Steinbeck's classic 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, is mentioned in the title and narrative. Originally a quiet folk song, "The Ghost of Tom Joad" has also been recorded by Rage Against the Machine and Junip. Springsteen himself has performed the song in a variety of arrangements, including with the E Street Band Read more on Last.fm.
Length: 4:44
People say she's only in my head
It's going to take time but I'll forget
They say I need to get on with my life
They don't realize
[Verse 1]
Is when you're dialing 6 numbers just to hang up the phone
Driving across town just to see if she's home
Waking a friend in the dead of the night
Just to hear him say it's going to be alright
When you're finding things to do not to fall asleep
Because you know she will be there in your dreams
That's when she's more than a memory
[Bridge]
Took a match to everything she ever wrote
Watched her words go up in smoke
Tore all her pictures off the wall
That ain't helping me at all
[Verse 2]
Because when you're talking out loud but nobody's there
You look like hell and you just don't care
Drinking more than you ever drank
Sinking down lower than you ever sank
When you find yourself falling down upon your knees
Praying to god, begging him please
That's when she's more than a memory
She's more
She's more
[Verse 3]
Because when you're dialing her number just to hang up the phone
Driving across town just to see if she's home
Waking a friend in the dead of night
Just to hear him say it's gonna be alright
When you're finding things to do not to fall asleep
Because you know she's waiting in your dreams
That's when she's more than a memory
[Outro]
People say she's only in my head
It's going to take time but I'll forget
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