Letra de The Promise (Live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA - 7/1/1978)
This is a - I'm gonna do this for my PopWell, Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock and roll band, looking for that million-dollar sound Me, I got a little job down in Darlington, oh, but some nights I don't go Some nights I go to the drive-in or some nights I stay homeI followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen And I drove a Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes When the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my own dreamsWell now, I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it I lived a secret I should've kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told itAll my life I fought this fight The fight that no man can ever win And every day it just gets harder to live this dream I'm believing inThunder road Oh baby, you were so right Thunder road There's something dying out on the highway tonightWell, 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 nothing unless I'm askedWhen the promise is broken you go on living But it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference Something in your heart turns coldWell, I followed that dream just like those guys The dead-end bars and the dirt tracks When the promise was broken, I was far away from home Sleeping in the backseat of a borrowed carThunder road And when it washes away with the rain Thunder road You learn to walk among the remainsThunder road Remember what me and Billy we'd always say Thunder road We were gonna take it all and throw it all away