Live 14 Mar 2008 version
| Bruce Springsteen: | 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 | |
| Just can't face myself alone again | |
| Don't you 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 | |
| Crowd: | Young anymore |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Come on! |
| Crowd: | Show a little faith, there's magic in the night |
| You ain't a beauty, but, hey, you're all right | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Say it! |
| Oh, and that's all right with me | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | 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, 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 | |
| What else can we do now | |
| Conor Oberst: | Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair |
| Well, tonight's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | We got one last chance to make it real |
| To trade in these wings on some wheels | |
| Help me out! | |
| Whoa, oh, come take my hand | |
| We're riding out tonight to case the promised land | |
| Whoa, oh, oh, oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road | |
| Lying out there like a killer in the sun | |
| Crowd: | I know it's late |
| Bruce Springsteen: | We can make it if we run |
| Whoa, oh, oh, Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk |
| ...Out back if you're ready to take that long walk | |
| From your front porch to | |
| Conor Oberst: | My front seat |
| Door's open but the ride, it ain't free | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I know you're lonely, there's words that I ain't spoken |
| Tonight, girl, we'll be free, all the promises will be broken | |
| There were ghosts | |
| Conor Oberst: | In the eyes of all the boys you sent away |
| Bruce Springsteen: | 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 | |
| Crowd: | In the lonely cool before |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Dawn |
| You hear their engines roaring on | |
| When you get to the porch, they're gone | |
| On the wind; so Mary climb in | |
| It's a town full of losers, we're pulling out of here to win |
The above lyrics are for the live 14 Mar 2008 performance of THUNDER ROAD at Quest Center in Omaha, NE, during the Magic Tour. The song featured a guest appearance by Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of THUNDER ROAD on this website:
THUNDER ROAD [Album version]