THUNDER ROAD

Live 09 Mar 2012 version

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
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 that 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
Hey well, that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and cover 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 busting open, these two lanes will 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
Baby, I know it's late but 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
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
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
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 out of here to win

[Spoken outro:] Thank you! Thank you Apollo! Thank you.

Page last updated: 10 Mar 2012

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 09 Mar 2012 performance of THUNDER ROAD at Apollo Theater in New York City, NY, during the Sirius Satellite Radio 10-year anniversary celebration. The parts in bold are sung by the crowd.

The 09 Mar 2012 Show

This was a special event at the 1500-seat historic Apollo Theater, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Sirius Satellite Radio, which has been hosting exclusive Bruce Springsteen channel E Street Radio since October 2005. Tickets were only available to special guests, plus a couple of hundred winners of a contest held by Sirius XM for its subscribers. Among the crowd were numerous celebrities, including Tom Hanks and family, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ben Stiller, Elvis Costello, Harry Belafonte, Michael J. Fox, Tommy Hilfiger, Brian Williams and many more. The concert, which raised money for WhyHunger charity, was broadcast live on E Street Radio and was also professionally filmed.


Promotional poster for the 09 Mar 2012 show at Apollo Theater, New York City, NY

Setlist for the 09 Mar 2012 concert:

  1. WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN
  2. WRECKING BALL
  3. BADLANDS
  4. DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN
  5. MY CITY OF RUINS
  6. THE E STREET SHUFFLE
  7. JACK OF ALL TRADES
  8. SHACKLED AND DRAWN
  9. WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY
  10. THE PROMISED LAND
  11. MANSION ON THE HILL
  12. THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
  13. 634-5789 (SOULSVILLE, U.S.A.)
  14. THE RISING
  15. WE ARE ALIVE
  16. THUNDER ROAD
  17. ROCKY GROUND
  18. LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS
  19. TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
  20. HOLD ON I'M COMIN'
Marquee for the 09 Mar 2012 show at Apollo Theater, New York City, NY
Christopher Phillips photo (Backstreets.com), used with permission
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