GenerationX
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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, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
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 anymore
Show a little faith
There's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty
But, hey, you're all right
Oh, and that's all right 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, 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, Thunder Road
Oh, Thunder Road
Oh, Thunder Road
Lying out there
Like a killer in the sun
Hey, I know it's late
We can make it if we run
Oh, oh, oh Thunder Road
Sit tight, take hold
Thunder Road
Well, I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And 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
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
Tonight, we'll be free
All the promises'll 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
And 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
I'm pulling out of here to win
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision
She dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
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 anymore
Show a little faith
There's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty
But, hey, you're all right
Oh, and that's all right 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, 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, Thunder Road
Oh, Thunder Road
Oh, Thunder Road
Lying out there
Like a killer in the sun
Hey, I know it's late
We can make it if we run
Oh, oh, oh Thunder Road
Sit tight, take hold
Thunder Road
Well, I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And 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
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
Tonight, we'll be free
All the promises'll 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
And 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
I'm pulling out of here to win