The screen door slams, Mary's waves Like a she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison for the lonely Hey, me and I want you only Don't me home again, I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside, darling, you know what I'm here for So you're scared and thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a but, hey, you're alright Oh, and that's with me
You can hide your covers and study your pain Make from your lovers, throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in For a to rise from these streets Well now, I ain't no hero, that's All the I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it somehow Hey, what else can we do Except roll the window and let the wind blow back your hair Well, the night's open, these two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last to make it real To trade in these wings on wheels Climb in back, waiting on down the tracks
Oh oh, come take my We're riding out to case the promised land Oh oh oh oh, Road Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Lying out there like a in the sun Hey, I know it's late, we can it if we run Oh oh oh oh, Road Sit tight, take hold, Thunder
Well, I got guitar and I learned how to make it talk And my out back if you're ready to take that long walk From front porch to my front seat The door's but the ride ain't free And I know you're for words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be
There were in the eyes of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton of burned-out Chevrolets They your name at night in the street Your gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely before dawn You hear engines rolling on But when you get to the porch, gone on the wind So Mary, in It's a town of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win