Bruce Springsteen Tribute - Lebanese Tribute to Bruce Springsteen

THUNDER ROAD^©

Greg Kihn's version

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison sang for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me on again I just can't face myself alone again
Hey don't run back and hide, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking maybe we ain't that young anymore
Have a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
Ooh and that's alright with me

Hey!

You can hide 'neath the covers and study your pain
Make crosses for your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain for a saviour to raise from these streets
Well 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
Baby what else can we do now
Except roll down the window and let wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busted open, these two lanes can take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings for some wheels
Climb in back heaven's waitin' on down the tracks

And it's ooh-oh come take my hand
We're ridin' out tonight to case the promised land
Ooh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
It's lying out there like a killer in the sun
I know it's late but we can make it if we run
Ooh-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 the front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride ain't free
I know you're lonely for the words I ain't spoken
Tonight we'll be free, all the promises are 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
The graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
From your room you hear their engines roar on
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind, so Mary climb right in
It's a town full of losers, I'm getting out of here to win

Page last updated: 11 Sep 2007

The above lyrics are for the cover by Greg Kihn. It has just some minor lyrics variations to Springsteen's version.

Greg Kihn's version was released on his album True Kihnfessions in 2000. It was also included on two various artists Bruce Springsteen tribute albums, The Smithereens - Downbound Train and Born To Run 2003 - The Best of The Boss, Volume Two.

Various artists / The Smithereens - Downbound Train

CD EP - The Right Stuff (72438-58691-2-9) - USA - 1998

THUNDER ROAD is performed by Greg Kihn

The second single released from the One Step Up / Two Steps Back tribute album. THUNDER ROAD is one of the non-album bonus tracks.

Greg Kihn / True Kihnfessions

CD - Corazong (???) - USA - 2000

Various artists / Born To Run 2003 - The Best of The Boss, Volume Two

CD - Uncut (UNCUT 2003 04B) - UK - 2003

THUNDER ROAD is performed by Greg Kihn

Free CD (volume 2 of 2) released with the April 2003 issue of Uncut magazine

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Thanks Timmy Petersson (Terry at Greasy Lake) for this version's lyrics.

THUNDER ROAD©

Greg Kihn's version

Page last updated: 11 Sep 2007

THUNDER ROAD^©