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1.Johnny works in a factory, Billy works downtown
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Terry works in a rock'n'roll band lookin' for that million-dollar sound
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I got a job down in Darlington but some nights I don't go
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Some nights I go to the drive-in and some nights I stay home
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I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the
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screen I drove my Challenger down route 9
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through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
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And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my own dreams
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2.Well, I built that Challenger by myself
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but I needed money and so I sold it
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I lived a secret I should-a kept to myself
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But I got drunk one night and I told it
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All my life I've fought that fight
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a fight that you can never win
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Every day it just gets harder to live the dream you're believing in
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Thunder Road____ oh baby you were so right
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Thunder Road____ there's something dying down on the highway tonight
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3.Well I won big once and I hit the coast
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Oh but I paid the big cost
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Inside I felt like I was carryin' broken spirits
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of all the other ones who lost
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When the promise is broken you go on livin'
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but it steals something from down in your soul
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Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference
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something in your heart runs cold
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I followed that dream, through the southwestern tracks
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the dead ends and the two-bit bars
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When the promise was broken I was far away from home
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sleeping in the backseat of a borrowed car
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Thunder Road____ here's for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
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Thunder Road____ here's for the tires rushing by in the rain
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Thunder Road____ remember Billy what we'd always say
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