The Skyhorse Post

Twitter

Powered by Twitter Tools

Remembering Tom Joad’s
Speech to his Mother

May 10th, 2009

Who can forget Tom Joad’s speech to his mother? Here is the text from the John Ford/Henry Fonda movie:

“I’ll be all around in the dark. I’ll be ever’-where – wherever you can look. Wherever there’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad – I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry an’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when the people are eatin’ the stuff they raise, and livin’ in the houses they build – I’ll be there, too.”

Bruce Springsteen The Ghost Of Tom Joad (C) 1995 Bruce Springsteen

Credits: Wordpress, Sky3c, Kaushal Sheth, The Skyhorse Co.