Thunder Road

[Verse 1] Well, the screen door slammed and Mary's dress swayed Like a vision, she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Girl, that's me, and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again [Verse 2] Don't you run back inside Darling, you know just what I'm here for So you're scared, and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright Oh, and that's alright with me [Verse 3] You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain Make crosses for your lovers, throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a savior to rise on these streets Well, I'm no hero, that's understood All the redemption I can offer is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow So what else can we do now? [Chorus] Except roll down the window Let the wind blow back your hair Well, the night's busting open And these two lanes can take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real We can trade in these wings on some wheels So climb in back, girl, heaven's waiting down on the tracks [Post-Chorus] Oh, come take my hand We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road, Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun I know it's late, but we could make it if we run Oh, Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold Thunder Road [Verse 4] Well, I've got this guitar, and I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back if you're willing to take that long, long walk From your front porch to my front seat The door is open but the ride it ain't free Now I know you're lonely and there's words I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free and the promises'll be broken [Chorus] There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away They haunt these dusty beach roads In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets And they scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to your front porch they're gone on the wind So Mary, climb in This is a town full of losers and we're pulling out of here to win [Outro] Oh Oh Oh La la la, la la la Oh Oh Oh La la, yeah La la Yeah