the promise ii

Bruce Springsteen

Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock n roll band looking for that million-dollar sound
Me I got a little job down in Darlington but some nights I don t go
Some nights I go to the drive-in and some night I stay home

You see I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen
With a built-up Challenger down route 9
Through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my old dreams

You see I built that Challenger by myself
But I needed money and so I sold it
And I lived a secret I should have kept to myself
But I got drunk one night and I told it
All my life I fought that fight
The one that I can t ever win
And everyday it just gets harder to live
The dreams I m believing in
Thunder Road
Oh baby you were so right
Thunder Road
There s something dying on the Highway tonight

Well now my Daddy taught me how to walk quiet
And how to make my peace with the past
And I learned real good to tighten up inside
And I don t say nothin unless I m asked

When the promise is broken you go on livin
But it takes something from down in your soul
Like when the truth is spoken
And it don t make no difference
Something in your heart turns cold

You see I followed that dream, me and some guys
Through the dead ends and all the two-bit bars
When the promise was broken
I was drunk and far away from home
Sleeping with a stranger in the back seat of a borrowed car
Thunder Road
And when it washes away with the rain
Thunder Road
You learn to walk among the remains
Thunder Road
I remember when me and Terry we d always say
Thunder Road
We were gonna take it all
And throw it all
Away