The screen door slams, Mary’s dress sways
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 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
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 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 busted 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
Woah 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
Woah 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 waiting
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
But 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
Prevod pesme
Put groma
Vrata se zalupiše, Merina haljina se zanjiše
Kao neka vizija ona po verandi pleše
Dok radio svira, Roj Orbison peva usamljenima
Hej, to sam ja i želim samo tebe
Ne šalji me kući ponovo
Prosto ne mogu da se ponovo suočim sa svojom samoćom
Nemoj bežati nazad unutra, draga
Znaš tačno zašto sam tu
Dakle, bojiš se i misliš
Da možda više nismo tako mladi
Imaj malo vere, noć nosi čaroliju
Ti nisi neka lepotica, ali, hej, dobra si ti
Oh, i to sasvim odgovara mi
Možeš se preko glave pokriti
i svoj bol proučavati
Za svakog ljubavnika recke lupati
Na kišu ruže bacati
Traćiti svoje leto uzalud se moleći
Za spasioca sa ovih ulica
E pa sad, ja nisam heroj, razume se
Svo iskupljenje koje mogu da ponudim, mala, ispod je ove prljave kapuljače
Uz šansu da nekako sve sredimo
Hej, šta sad drugo možemo
Osim da spustimo prozor
I pustimo vetar da ti skloni kosu s lica
Ma, noć je pred nama
Ove dve trake odvešće nas bilo gde
Dobili smo poslednju šansu da uspemo
Da ova krila točkovima zamenimo
Upadaj nazad, dole niz put raj nas čeka
Oh oh, hajde, uzmi me za ruku
Večeras idemo na put da ispitamo obećanu zemlju
Oh oh, put groma, oh, put groma, oh, put groma
Leži tamo, kao ubica na suncu
Hej, znam da je kasno, stići ćemo ako požurimo
Oh oh, put groma, sedi mirno, drži se, put groma
Ma, ja imam ovu gitaru, i naučio sam kako da je nateram da priča
A moja kola su iza, ako si na tu dugu šetnju spremna
Sa svoje verande do mog prednjeg sedišta
Vrata su ti otvorena, ali vožnja nije besplatna
A ja znam da čekaš
Reči koje nisam izgovorio
Večeras slobodni bićemo
Sva obećanja biće prekršena
Sablast je u očima
Svih momaka koje si oterala
Oni opsedaju ovaj prašnjavi put uz plažu
U kosturima izgorelih ševroleta
Oni noću po ulici tvoje ime uzvikuju
Tvoja maturska haljina leži iscepana pod njihovim nogama
A u samotnoj svežini pred zoru
Ti čuješ njihove motore kako i dalje bruje
Ali kada stigneš do verande, njih
Vetar odneo je, zato Meri upadaj
To je grad pun luzera
Ja odlazim odavde radi pobede