The Thunder Rolls composed by Garth Brooks and Pat Alger, tells the story of infidelity in a relationship. The turmoil and betrayal between a couple are metaphorically represented through a storm. The song sparked controversy for its explicit depiction of domestic violence, particularly in the video version that includes a scene where the wife confronts the cheating husband.
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Introduction:
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Three-thirty in the morning, not a soul in sight
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The city's lookin' like a ghost town on a moonless summer night
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Raindrops on the windshield, there's a storm moving in
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He's headin' back from somewhere that he never should have been
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And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
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Every light is burnin', in a house across town
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She's pacin' by the telephone in her faded flannel gown
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Askin' for a miracle, hopin' she's not right
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Prayin' it's the weather that's kept him out all night
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And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
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And the thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
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Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
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As the storm blows on out of control
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Deep in her heart the thunder rolls
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She's waitin' by the window when he pulls into the drive
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She rushes out to hold him thankful he's alive
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But on the wind and rain a strange new perfume blows
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And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes and he knows that she knows
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And the thunder rolls and the thunder rolls
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And the thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
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Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
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As the storm blows on out of control
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Deep in her heart the thunder rolls
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She runs back down the hallway to the bedroom door
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She reaches for the pistol kept in the dresser drawer
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Tells the lady in the mirror He won't do this again
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Cause tonight will be the last time she'll wonder where he's been