The door slams, Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch as the plays Roy Orbison singing for the Hey, that's me and I want you Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone Don't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm for So you're scared and you're that maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a faith, there's magic in the night You a beauty but, hey, you're 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 summer praying 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 beneath dirty hood With a chance to make it good Hey, what can we do now? 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 make it To in these wings on some wheels Climb in back, waiting on down the tracks
Oh oh, take my hand riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh oh oh oh, Road Oh, Thunder Road, oh, 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, take hold, Road
Well, I got this guitar and I how to make it talk And my car's out back if you're ready to that long walk From your front porch to my front The door's but the ride ain't free And I know you're lonely for words that I 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 this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in at their feet And in the lonely cool before You hear their engines on But you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind So Mary, in It's a town of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win