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Thanks for the Ride by The Wonder Years

TRACK

The Wonder Years

Thanks for the Ride

Release date: 13th October 2025

From No Closer To Heaven (10th Anniversary Edition)Track 83:32
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"Thanks for the Ride" is a track by The Wonder Years, from the album No Closer To Heaven (10th Anniversary Edition), released 13th October 2025. The track is 3:32 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about The Wonder Years.

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The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

Lyrics

Thanks for the Ride

I washed chain grease & blood off of my hands
In the ocean, I let salt water rinse the dirt away
I stood calm in a room I hadn't been in
In a decade, I felt dizzy, used to stand here every day

Wait out the storm in a harbor town
Pretend I'll see you in fall
Wait out the storm in a harbor town

Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a
Beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside

Thanks for the ride
I watched lines of container ships drift in
Just off of Long Beach, I thought long about where you would be today
We lose touch after college came my way
I hear you got married to some boy from California

Have a baby on the way
Wait out the storm in a harbor town
Pretend I'll see you in fall

Wait out the storm in a harbor town
Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a
Beautiful home
I won't call

No, you're waiting right outside
Thanks for the ride
Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a

Beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
I'm letting balloons drift off
Sending gifts to a lonely God
Darling please wake up
I'm letting balloons drift off

Sending gifts to a lonely God
If you see her, tell her I'm not giving up
(See her, tell her I'm not giving up)
Hey Hannah, don't go

We could've given you such a
Beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
Hey Hannah, don't go

We could've given you such a
Beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
Thanks for the ride
Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a
Beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
Thanks for the ride

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Track details

From No Closer To Heaven (10th Anniversary Edition)

3:322025
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Album
No Closer To Heaven (10th Anniversary Edition)
No Closer To Heaven (10th Anniversary Edition)
The Wonder Years
14th October 2025
Track number
8
Release year
2025
  1. 1Brothers &
    1:31
  2. 2Cardinals
    3:15
  3. 3A Song For Patsy Cline
    3:52
  4. 4I Don't Like Who I Was Then
    3:38
  5. 5Cigarettes & Saints
    5:03
  6. 6The Bluest Things on Earth
    3:11
  7. 7A Song for Ernest Hemingway
    2:51
  8. 8Thanks for the Ride
    3:32
  9. 9Stained Glass Ceilings
    4:45
  10. 10I Wanted So Badly to be Brave
    3:47
  11. 11You in January
    3:14
  12. 12Palm Reader
    4:15
  13. 13No Closer To Heaven
    2:22
  14. 14Slow Dancing with San Andreas
    3:40
  15. 15Palm Reader (Alternate Version)
    3:56

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