Thunder Road

Verse 1

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The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
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Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
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Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
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Hey that's me and I want you only
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Don't turn me home again
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I just can't face myself alone again

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Don't run back inside, darlin you know just what I'm here for
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So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
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Show a little faith there's magic in the night
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You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
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whoa that's alright with me

Verse 2

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You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
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Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
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Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets
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Well I ain't no hero, that's understood
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All the redemption I can offer, is beneath this dirty hood
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With a chance to make it good somehow
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Hey what else can we do now

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Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
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Well the night's bustin' open these two lanes will take us anywhere
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We got one last chance to make it real
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To trade in these wings for some wheels
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Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks

Verse 3

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Whoa come take my hand
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We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
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Whoa thunder road     Whoa thunder road

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I'm lying out there like a killer in the sun
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Yeah I know it's late but we can make it if we run
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Whoa thunder road
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Sit tight    take hold    Thunder Road

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Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
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And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
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From your front porch to my front seat
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Hey the door's open but the ride it ain't free

And I know you're lonely from words I' ain't spoken
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Tonight we'll be free  all the promises will be broken

Verse 4

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Well there were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys that you sent away
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They haunt this dirty beach road in the skeleton frames of burnt out Chevrolets
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They scream your name at night from the street
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Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
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And in the lonely cool before dawn
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you hear their engines rollin on
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But when you get to the porch they're gone, on their way, so Mary climb in
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It's a town full of losers and I'm pullin' outta here to win