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