The screen door slams
Mary's dress sways
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'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
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 front 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'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 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.
Springsteen - Thunder Road (04:15)
Springsteen live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1975. Intro is dark for a while.
I think of this song as the/a sequel to Thunder Road
Autor: togalogs
2
Yeah a few listens and your hooked.
Even now after owning the album for a few years, i can still go back and enjoy listening to it again.
The harmonica on the very first song, The ghost of Tom Joad, just takes me into it. And then the whole album just takes you along for the journey.
Truely a great album.
Autor: paulbyrne132
3
It sure is a beautiful rendition......I love Bruce' acoustic versions.....
Autor: 2008dreamon
4
yes, i think this album must be in the podium of springsteen´s career with nebraska and btr/darkness
Autor: asburyvega
5
Definately one of the greatest songs of all time, just like most of the rest of the stuff on The Ghost of Tom Joad (A masterpiece, even bu ruces standards - Of course Bruce has yet to put anything out, that is less than a masterpiece)
A great performance, so once more thank you for the post :)
I think if there sone person on youtube who deserves an award of any kind, its you!
Autor: LeprachaunXL
6
I'm so bummed I didn't go see Bruce on this tour. So many masterpieces on this album, including this one. Bruce is at his best when he sings of lost love and desparation.
Autor: fourbagger
7
This is one of the best acoustic performances (vocally, guitar playing) I've ever heard Bruce give.
