[Verse 1]
I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size seven
I said "There's no smoking in the store, ma'am."
She crossed her legs and then we made some small talk
That's where it should have stopped
She slipped me her number, I put it in my pocket
My hand slipped up her skirt
Everything slipped my mind
In that little roadhouse on Highway 29
[Verse 2]
It was a small town bank, it was a mess
Well, I had a gun, you know the rest
Money on the floorboards
Shirt was covered in blood and she was crying
Her and me we headed south on Highway 29
[Verse 3]
In a little desert motel, the air was hot and clean
I slept the sleep of the dead, I didn't dream
I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink
We headed into the Sierra Madres across the borderline
The winter sun shot through the black trees
I told myself it was all something in her
But as we drove, I knew it was something in me
Something that had been coming for a long, long time
And something that was here with me now on Highway 29
[Outro]
The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline
She wasn't saying nothing, it was just a dream
The wind come silent through the windshield
All I could see was snow and sky and pine
I closed my eyes and I was running
Yeah, I was running, then I was flying
I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size seven
I said "There's no smoking in the store, ma'am."
She crossed her legs and then we made some small talk
That's where it should have stopped
She slipped me her number, I put it in my pocket
My hand slipped up her skirt
Everything slipped my mind
In that little roadhouse on Highway 29
[Verse 2]
It was a small town bank, it was a mess
Well, I had a gun, you know the rest
Money on the floorboards
Shirt was covered in blood and she was crying
Her and me we headed south on Highway 29
[Verse 3]
In a little desert motel, the air was hot and clean
I slept the sleep of the dead, I didn't dream
I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink
We headed into the Sierra Madres across the borderline
The winter sun shot through the black trees
I told myself it was all something in her
But as we drove, I knew it was something in me
Something that had been coming for a long, long time
And something that was here with me now on Highway 29
[Outro]
The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline
She wasn't saying nothing, it was just a dream
The wind come silent through the windshield
All I could see was snow and sky and pine
I closed my eyes and I was running
Yeah, I was running, then I was flying
The Live Series: Songs Of The Road
- Thunder Road - Live at the Palace Theatre, Albany, NY - 07/02/77
- The E Street Shuffle (Live at TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA - 11/19/07)
- Working on the Highway (Live at Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy - 07/11/13)
- Racing in the Street (Live at the Agora, Cleveland, OH - 08/09/78)
- Action In The Streets (Live at the Palace Theatre, Albany, NY - 02/07/77)
- Used Cars (Live at St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJ - 11/08/96)
- Born to Run (Live at the Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ - 08/05/84)
- Drive All Night (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 11/08/09)
- Out In the Street (Live at the Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - 10/20/09)
- Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (Live at the Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY - 02/08/77)
- Stolen Car - Live at ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ, 11/05/80
- Open All Night - Live at New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival, New Orelans, LA, 04/30/06
- Incident On 57th Street - Live at Capitol Theatre, Passiac, NJ, 09/20/78
- Highway 29 - Live at King’s Hall, Belfast, UK, 03/19/96
- Cadillac Ranch (Live at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - 12/31/80)
- Born in the U.S.A.
- Born to Run
- Dancing in the Dark
- I’m On Fire
- Thunder Road
- Blinded by the Light
- The River
- Atlantic City
- Hungry Heart
- Jungleland
- Glory Days
- Badlands
- My Hometown
- Streets of Philadelphia
- Backstreets
- The Ghost of Tom Joad
- Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
- Secret Garden
- Racing in the Street
- Nebraska
- I’m Goin’ Down
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
- Growin’ Up
- The Rising