Tom Joad, Pt. 1 - Chris Thile

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-walkin' down the road, poor boy

Tom Joad come a-walkin' 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 Pen

On a charge called homicide

On 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-fashioned shoe

Found his daddy’s hat

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 neighbor’s farm

And he found his family

They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car

And his mother said, «We've gotta get away»

His mother said, «We've gotta get away»