Screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision dancing across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, honey, you know just what I'm here for
And you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that
Young any more
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but eh, you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero That's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow hey what else can we do now
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real to trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Ohh come take my hand We're ridin out tonight to case the Promised Land
Oh Thunder Road, Oh Thunder road, Oh Thunder Road
Lyin' out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
So I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
Door's open but the ride ain't free
Well I know you've been waiting for words that I ain't spoken
Well tonight we'll be free--all the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They drive this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of
Burned-out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
Until you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and we're pulling out of here to win