text: The screen door slams, Marys dress waves
  Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
  Roy Orbisons singing for the lonely
  Hey, thats me and I want you only
  Dont turn me home again, I just cant face myself alone
  Dont run back inside, darling, you know just what Im here for
  So youre scared and youre thinking that maybe we aint that young anymore
  Show a little faith, theres magic in the night
  You aint a beauty, but hey, youre alright
  And thats alright with me
  You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
  Make crosses from your lover, throw roses in the rain
  Waste your summer praying in vain
  For a savior to rise from these streets
  Yeah, well, Im no hero, thats 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?
  Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
  Well, the nights bustin open, these two lanes can take us anywhere
  We got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels
  Climb in back, heavens waiting down on the track
  Oh-oh, come take my hand
  Riding out tonight to case the promised land
  Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road
  Lying out there like a killer in the sun
  Its late, we can make it if we run
  Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road, sit tight
  Take hold, Thunder Road
  Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
  And my cars out back if youre ready to take that long walk
  From your front porch to my front seat
  Doors open, the ride, it aint free
  And in the lonely cool before dawn, theyll hear our engine roaring on
  But when theyll get to the porch well be gone on the wind
  So Mary climb in
  Its a town full of losers, and Im pulling out of here to win