The door slams, Mary's dress waves Like a she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison for the lonely Hey, that's me and I want you turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside, darling, you just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that anymore Show a little faith, magic in the night You a beauty but, hey, you're alright Oh, and that's alright me
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your Make crosses from your lovers, roses in the rain your summer praying 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 dirty hood With a chance to make it good Hey, what can we do now? Except roll down the window and let the wind blow your hair Well, the busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last to make it real To in these wings on some wheels Climb in back, heaven's on down the tracks
Oh oh, come take my We're riding out tonight to case the land Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Road out there like a killer in the sun Hey, I know it's late, we can it if we run Oh oh oh oh, Road Sit tight, take hold, Road
Well, I got guitar and I learned how to make it talk And my car's out if you're ready to take that long walk your front porch to my front seat The open but the ride ain't free And I you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent They haunt this beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets They scream your name at in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at feet And in the lonely cool before You hear engines rolling on But when you get to the porch, they're gone on the So Mary, in It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of to win