Thunder Road by Counting Crows Lyrics
Well the screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
And like a vision she dances across the porch
While the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
'Cause 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 any more
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
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 listen I ain't 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?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
This night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
Oh we got one last chance to make it real
We can trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to face the promised land
Oh thunder road
You know lying out there like a killer in the sun
And oh I know it's late, we can make it if we run
We can make it if we run, we can make it if we run
Yeah so we got this guitar
We learned how to make it talk, the car's out back
If you're ready to take that long, long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
Tonight you were lonely, for words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
And they haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
We got one last chance to make it real
We got one last chance to make it real
And like a vision she dances across the porch
While the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
'Cause 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 any more
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
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 listen I ain't 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?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
This night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
Oh we got one last chance to make it real
We can trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to face the promised land
Oh thunder road
You know lying out there like a killer in the sun
And oh I know it's late, we can make it if we run
We can make it if we run, we can make it if we run
Yeah so we got this guitar
We learned how to make it talk, the car's out back
If you're ready to take that long, long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
Tonight you were lonely, for words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
And they haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
We got one last chance to make it real
We got one last chance to make it real