Thunder Road Lyrics - Live: 1975-85 (3cd) - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves 

Like a vision she dances 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, darling, you know just what I'm here for 

So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore 

Show a little faith, there's magic in the night 

You ain't a beauty but, hey, 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 ain't 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 

Oh oh, come take my hand 

We're riding out tonight to case the promised land 

Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road 

Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road 

Lying out there like a killer in the sun 

Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run 

Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road 

Sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road 

Well, 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 

The door's open but the ride ain't free 

And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken 

But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken