The door slams, Mary's dress waves Like a vision she across the porch as the radio plays Roy singing for the lonely Hey, me and I want you only Don't turn me home again, I can't face myself alone again 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 young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're Oh, and that's alright me
You can hide your covers and study your pain Make crosses from your lovers, roses in the rain Waste your summer in vain For a savior to rise from these Well now, I no hero, that's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this hood With a to make it good somehow Hey, else can we do now? Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back hair Well, the night's busting open, these two will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it To in these wings on some wheels Climb in back, waiting on down the tracks
Oh oh, come my hand We're riding out tonight to case the promised Oh oh oh oh, Road Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder out there like a killer in the sun Hey, I it's late, we can make it if we run Oh oh oh oh, Road Sit tight, hold, Thunder Road
Well, I got this and I learned how to make it talk And my car's out if you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front The door's open but the ride ain't And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't But we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road in the frames of burned-out Chevrolets They scream name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at feet And in the lonely before dawn You hear engines rolling on But when you get to the porch, they're on the wind So Mary, in It's a town of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win