The screendoor slams, Mary's dress waves

Like a vision she dances across the porch

As the radio plays

Roy Orbison singin' 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, darlin' you know just what I'm here for

So you're scared and you're thinkin' 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 all right

Oh, and that's all right 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 prayin' in vain for a savior to ride 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 could we do now



Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair

Well the night's bustin' 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 waitin' down on the tracks

Oh, oh come take my hand

We're ridin' out tonight to case the promised land

Oh, 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, oh thunder road

Sit tight, take hold

Thunder road



Well I got this guitar and I've learned how to make it talk

And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk

From the front porch to my front seat

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

And I know you're hungry for words that I ain't spoke

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

There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets

They scream your name at night in the streets

Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet

And in the lonely cool before dawn

You hear their engines roarin' on

But when you get to the front porch, they're gone

On the wind

So Mary climb in

It's a town full of losers

And I'm pullin' outta here to win