Michael Moore Unveils The Nightwatchman

Tom Morello's acoustic folk protest alter-ego, The Nightwatchman, will release his first album, "One Man Revolution," on April 24th. The video for the first single, "The Road I Must Travel," made it's online debut on documentary filmmaker Michael Moore's official website this week. Peep it here. But if you're like me and you can't quite make out the quotes, you can view a larger version of the vid here.

And since we're all about the acoustic, folk, protest, anti-right (and alter-egos) here on AtD, though not so much radical socialism either (sorry Che Guevara fans), let's do some lyrics (courtesy of Mr. Morello himself):

Well I climbed the seven summits
And I swam the seven seas
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
I fought in the jungles
And I fought in the streets
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Once I had a reason
Don't know what it could be
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

I walked the empty desert
And I was burned in the heat
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
I crossed the frozen wasteland
And in the bitter cold did freeze
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
And I will knock on every door
For I do not have a key
And the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

They shot a man in Soho
Couldn't guess his age
I found his empty journal
I filled up every page
I called up my state senator
They said he wasn't there
The secretary took my name
And man she sounded scared
So I counted my misfortunes
I added up the blame
I picked through all the garbage
I checked off all the names
I read in the newspaper
They'd questioned all my friends
They hoped that they could find me
Before I struck again
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

So when thirsty I will drink
When hungry I will steal
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
So tonight I walk in anger
With worn shoes on my feet
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
And I will sing to myself
That I'm gonna be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

There's a sign along the highway
But it's too dark now to read

Check out more tunes, tour dates, and a whole lot more at the official Nightwatchman site.