The screen slams, Mary's dress waves Like a vision she across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the Hey, that's me and I want you Don't turn me 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 thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty but, hey, alright Oh, and that's with 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 from these streets Well now, I ain't no hero, that's All the redemption I can offer, girl, is this dirty hood With a chance to make it somehow Hey, what else can we do Except roll down the window and let the wind 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 wheels Climb in back, heaven's on down the tracks
Oh oh, come take my We're riding out tonight to case the promised Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Oh, Road, oh, Thunder Road Lying out like a killer in the sun Hey, I know it's late, we can it if we run Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Sit tight, take hold, Road
Well, I got this guitar and I how to make it talk And my out back if you're 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 you're lonely for that I ain't spoken But we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were in the eyes of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road in the frames of burned-out Chevrolets scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before You hear their 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