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The Promise

Bruce Springsteen

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The Promise

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Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtownTerry works in a rock'n'roll bandLooking for that million-dollar soundMe I don't do nothing much,I spend a lot of time aloneSome nights I go to the drive-in,And some night I stay homeI followed that dreamJust like those guys do way up on the screenDrove a chopped up Challengerdown Route 9Through the dead ends and all the bad scenesAnd when the promise was brokenI cashed in a few of my dreamWell, I built that Challenger by myselfBut I needed money and so I sold itI lived a secret I should've kept to myselfBut I got drunk one night and I told itAll my life I fought that fightThe one that no man can never winAnd every day it just gets harderTo live the dream I'm believing inThunder Road ...I stay up every morning until it turns lightThunder Road ...There's something dying out on the highway tonightWell now I won big once and I hit the coast,Oh but somehow I paid the big costInside I felt like I was carryingThe broken spirits of all the other ones who lostWhen the promise is broken you go on livingBut man it takes something from down in your soulLike when the truth is spoken, it don't make nodifferenceFinally something in your heart turns coldYeah I followed that dream, me and some guysIn the dead ends and all thetwo-bit barsThe night the promise was brokenI was drunk and far away from home,Sleeping with a strangerIn the back seat of a borrowed carThunder Road ...Here's one for the lost lovers and all the fixed gamesThunder Road ...Here's one for the tires rushing by in the rainThunder Road ...I remember when me and Billy, we'd always sayThunder Road ...We were gonna take it all, and throw it all away
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