Thunder Road

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves

Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays

Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely

Hey, that's me and I want you only

Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone

Don't 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

And that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain

Make crosses from your lover, throw roses in the rain

Waste your summer praying in vain

For a savior to rise from these streets

Yeah, well, I'm no hero, that's understood

All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood

With a chance to make it good somehow

What else can we do now?

Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair

Well, the night's bustin' open, these two lanes can take us anywhere

We got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels

Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the track

Oh-oh, come take my hand

Riding out tonight to case the promised land

Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road

Lying out there like a killer in the sun

It's late, we can make it if we run

Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road, sit tight

Take hold, Thunder Road

Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk

And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk

From your front porch to my front seat

Door's open, the ride, it ain't free

And in the lonely cool before dawn, they'll hear our engine roaring on

But when they'll get to the porch we'll be gone on the wind

So Mary climb in

It's a town full of losers, and I'm pulling out of here to win