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THUNDER ROAD^©

Live 16 Oct 2002 version

Screen door slam, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey it's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone anymore
Don't you run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night*
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright*
Oh 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 saviour to rise from these streets
Well now 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
Hey what else can we do now
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's bustin' open, these two lanes take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks

Oh oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
I know it's late, we can make it if we run
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road

Well I have this guitar and I learned how to make it talk**
My car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
I know you're lonely, these words that I ain't spoken
Well tonight girl, we'll be free, all the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
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
In the lonely cool before 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 outta here to win

Page last updated: 11 Sep 2007

THUNDER ROAD was played a total of 58 times out of the 120 regular dates of The Rising Tour, always played full-band. The above lyrics are for the live 16 Oct 2002 performance at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain.

** Lyrics in italic are sung by the crowd only, while most of the song has the crowd singing along with Springsteen.
* This line is followed by a quick but heavy guitar riff.

Handwritten setlist from the 16 Oct 2002 show at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain Bruce Springsteen performing THUNDER ROAD during the 16 Oct 2002 show at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain (from the "Live In Barcelona" DVD)

The first half of this show was broadcast live at the time across Europe on MTV Europe and VH1 UK. A tape of the broadcast was later aired by CBS in the United States on 28 Feb 2003 as well. THUNDER ROAD was not part of the broadcast; actually it was a bonus show closer. The entire concert was released in Nov 2003 on the Live In Barcelona DVD.

Bruce Springsteen -- Live In Barcelona (DVD)

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