Don't run back inside
Darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
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
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 saviour 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 down on the tracks
Oh oh come take my hand
Riding out tonight to case the promised land
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 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 font porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it 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 will 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 burnt 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
But when you get to the porch they're gone,
On the wind, so Mary climb in.
It's a town full of losers,
And I'm pulling out of here to win."