Thunder Road is a song by Bruce Springsteen that speaks about a young couple on the run to start a new life. The song opens with a gentle harmonica and piano, setting the tone of hope and anticipation. The lyrics call for a journey of breaking free from the confines of small-town life, a quest for dream fulfillment. Thunder Road offers a poetic narrative about seeking freedom and redemption in post-industrial America, deeply resonating with the s ... See more [+] ense of longing and aspiration.
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The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
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Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
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Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
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Hey that's me and I want you only
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Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
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Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking
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That maybe we ain't that young anymore
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Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
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You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
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Oh and that's alright with me
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You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
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Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
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Waste your summer praying in vain
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For a saviour to rise from these streets
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Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
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All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
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With a chance to make it good somehow
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Hey what else can we do now?
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Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair Well the night's busting open
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These two lanes will take us anywhere
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We got one last chance to make it real
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To trade in these wings on some wheels
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Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks
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Oh oh come take my hand
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We re riding out tonight to case the promised land