Thunder Road-Life of the Party

[ti:Thunder Road] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:A Tribute to 20 Iconic Guitars and the Artists Who Play Them, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Thunder Road - Life of the Party [00:17.65]The screen door slams [00:18.66] [00:20.17]Mary's dress waves [00:21.82] [00:24.07]Like a vision she dances across the porch [00:27.59]As the radio plays [00:29.10] [00:30.91]Roy Orbison singing for the lonely [00:33.46] [00:34.13]Hey that's me and I want you only [00:36.74] [00:37.49]Don't turn me home again [00:39.28]I just can't face myself alone again [00:42.67] [00:44.74]Don't run back inside [00:46.24]Darling you know just what I'm here for [00:49.14] [00:51.50]So you're scared and you're thinking [00:53.15]That maybe we ain't that young anymore [00:57.09] [00:57.82]Show a little faith, there's magic in the night [01:00.78] [01:01.39]You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright [01:04.37] [01:06.48]Oh and that's alright with me [01:09.52] [01:12.05]You can hide neath your covers [01:13.85]And study your pain [01:15.60]Make crosses from your lovers [01:17.14]Throw roses in the rain [01:19.01] [01:19.93]Waste your summer praying in vain [01:22.16]For a savior to rise from these streets [01:24.77] [01:25.73]Well now I'm no hero [01:27.22]That's understood [01:28.36] [01:29.09]All the redemption I can offer, girl [01:31.31]Is beneath this dirty hood [01:33.45]With a chance to make it good somehow [01:35.43] [01:35.94]Hey what else can we do now [01:38.93]Except roll down the window [01:41.59]And let the wind blow back your hair [01:44.16] [01:46.28]Well the night's busting open [01:48.28]These two lanes will take us anywhere [01:51.84] [01:53.11]We got one last chance to make it real [01:55.71] [01:56.90]To trade in these wings on some wheels [01:59.11] [02:00.90]Climb in back [02:01.98]Heaven's waiting down on the tracks [02:04.52] [02:07.52]Oh oh come take my hand [02:09.80] [02:10.79]Riding out tonight to case the promised land [02:13.82] [02:14.66]Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road [02:18.53] [02:19.29]Oh Thunder Road [02:20.31] [02:21.37]Lying out there like a killer in the sun [02:23.77] [02:24.30]Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run [02:27.17] [02:28.60]Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold [02:33.12] [02:34.18]Thunder Road [02:36.82] [02:37.52]Well I got this guitar [02:39.30]And I learned how to make it talk [02:41.66] [02:44.59]And my car's out back [02:46.09]If you're ready to take that long walk [02:50.50] [02:51.51]From your front porch to my front seat [02:53.87] [02:54.85]The door's open but the ride it ain't free [02:57.26] [02:58.50]And I know you're lonely [02:59.79]For words that I ain't spoken [03:01.72]But tonight we'll be free [03:03.25]All the promises'll be broken [03:05.39]There were ghosts in the eyes [03:06.91]Of all the boys that you sent away [03:09.44] [03:11.59]They haunt this dusty beach road [03:13.74]In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets [03:17.20] [03:18.84]They scream your name at night in the street [03:21.53]Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet [03:24.83] [03:25.68]And in the lonely cool before dawn [03:27.97] [03:29.07]You hear their engines roaring on [03:31.48] [03:32.53]But when you get to the porch they're gone [03:35.23]On the wind, so Mary climb in [03:40.37] [03:42.83]It's a town full of losers [03:44.77]And I'm pulling out of here to win