The screen door slams, Mary's dress Like a she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the Hey, that's me and I you only Don't turn me home again, I just face myself alone again Don't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm for So you're scared and you're thinking that we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're Oh, and alright with me
You can 'neath your covers and study your pain Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the Waste your summer praying in For a savior to rise these streets now, I ain't 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 else can we do roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair Well, the night's busting open, these two lanes will us anywhere We got one last chance to it real To trade in these wings on some in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh oh, come my hand We're riding out tonight to the promised land Oh oh oh oh, Road Oh, Road, oh, Thunder Road Lying out there a killer in the sun Hey, I know late, we can make it if we run Oh oh oh oh, Road Sit tight, hold, Thunder Road
Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it And my car's out back if ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my seat The door's but the ride ain't free And I know lonely for words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free, all the be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you away They haunt this dusty beach road in the frames of burned-out Chevrolets They scream your name at in the street Your gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before 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