Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

...So you're scared and you're thinking

That maybe we ain't that young anymore...

...And I know you're lonely

and there's words that I ain't spoken

But 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 and

I'm pulling out of here to win.

Oh, Bruce - How does he do it so well?

So often when you write down on paper the lyrics to a song it diminishes the impact.

Not so with Bruce.

It is kind of the opposite with me.

I am soooo impressive on paper, but when you see me in real life - dullsville.

I guess I am the anti-Bruce, the oppo-Bruce, not the Boss but the underling.

In honour of Bruce - may you never again...

"...hide `neath your covers

and study your pain

Make crosses from your lovers,

throw roses in the rain

waste your summer praying in vain..."

Not me.

I already have my next five summers semi-planned!

Maybe i am thinking I... I dunno "ain't that young anymore.."

It gives purpose to every day I am here.

I really like that.

thanks again, Bruce. Enjoy this  version of a terrific poem.

or see Bruce and Melissa - nice version, too