Ballad Of Thunder Road Lyrics - Born & Raised In Black & White - Mark Collie

Now let me tell a story and I can tell it all 

It's about a mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol 

His daddy made the moonshine while he drove the load 

And when his engine roared they called the highway Thunder Road 

Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town 

The revenuers chased him but they could not run him down 

Just when they thought they had him, his engine would explode 

And he'd blow by while they were standing still on Thunder Road 

And there was thunder, thunder on that Thunder Road 

Thunder was his engine white lightning was his load 

There was moonshine, moonshine, quench the old devil's thirst 

The G men swore they'd get him but the devil got him first 

Roaring out of Harlan went the whippoorwill 

He shot the gap at Cumberland and screamed through Maynardsville 

With G men, oh, his taillights and roadblocks up ahead 

That mountain boy took roads that even angels fear to thread 

Blazin' right through Knoxville on down Kingston Pike 

It was just outside of Bearden where they made that fatal strike 

He left the road at ninety that's all there is to tell 

The devil sent the moonshine and the driver straight to hell 

And there was thunder, thunder on that Thunder Road 

Thunder was his engine white, lightning was his load 

There was moonshine, moonshine, quench the old devil's thirst 

Yeah, the G men swore they'd get him but the devil got him first