LET ME TELL THE STORY
I CAN TELL IT ALL
ABOUT
THE MOUNTAIN BOY
WHO RAN ILLEGAL
ALCOHOL
HIS DADDY
MADE THE WHISKEY
SON HE DROVE THE LOAD
WHEN HIS ENGINE
ROARED
THEY CALLED
THE HIGHWAY
THUNDER ROAD
SOMETIMES INTO
ASHEVILLE
SOMETIMES
MEMPHIS TOWN
THE REVENUERS
CHASED HIM
BUT THEY COULDN'T
RUN HIM DOWN
EACH TIME
THEY THOUGHT
THEY HAD HIM
HIS ENGINE
WOULD EXPLODE
HE'D GO BY
LIKE THEY WERE
STANDING STILL
ON THUNDER ROAD
THUNDER THUNDER
OVER THUNDER ROAD
THUNDER
WAS HIS ENGINE
AND WHITE LIGHTNING
WAS HIS LOAD
MOONSHINE MOONSHINE
TO QUENCH
THE DEVIL'S THIRST
THE LAW THEY SWORE
THEY'D GET HIM
BUT THE DEVIL
GOT HIM FIRST
ON THE FIRST OF APRIL
NINETEEN FIFTY-FOUR
THE FEDERAL MAN
SENT WORD
HE'D BETTER
MAKE HIS RUN NO MORE
HE SAID
TWO HUNDRED AGENTS
WERE COVERING
THE STATE
WHICHEVER ROAD
HE TRIED TO TAKE
THEY'D GET HIM
SURE AS FATE
SON HIS DADDY
TOLD HIM
MAKE THIS RUN
YOUR LAST
THE TANK IS FILLED WITH
HUNDRED PROOF
YOU'RE ALL TUNED UP
AND GASSED
NOW DON'T TAKE ANY
CHANCES
IF YOU CAN'T
GET THROUGH
I'D RATHER HAVE YOU
BACK AGAIN
THAN ALL THAT
MOUNTAIN DEW
THUNDER THUNDER
OVER THUNDER ROAD
THUNDER
WAS HIS ENGINE
AND WHITE LIGHTNING
WAS HIS LOAD
MOONSHINE MOONSHINE
TO QUENCH
THE DEVIL'S THIRST
THE LAW THEY SWORE
THEY'D GET HIM
BUT THE DEVIL
GOT HIM FIRST
ROARING OUT OF HARLAN
REVVING UP HIS MILL
HE SHOT THE GAP
AT CUMBERLAND
AND SCREAMED BY
MAYNARDVILLE
WITH 'T' MEN
ON HIS TAILLIGHTS
ROADBLOCKS UP AHEAD
THE MOUNTAIN BOY
TOOK ROADS
THAT EVEN ANGELS
FEAR TO TREAD
BLAZING RIGHT THROUGH
KNOXVILLE
OUT ON KINGSTON PIKE
THEN RIGHT OUTSIDE OF
BEARDEN
THERE THEY MADE
THE FATAL STRIKE
HE LEFT THE ROAD
AT NINETY
THAT'S ALL THERE IS
TO SAY
THE DEVIL GOT
THE MOONSHINE
AND THE MOUNTAIN BOY
THAT DAY
THUNDER THUNDER
OVER THUNDER ROAD
THUNDER
WAS HIS ENGINE
AND WHITE LIGHTNING
WAS HIS LOAD
MOONSHINE MOONSHINE
TO QUENCH
THE DEVIL'S THIRST
THE LAW
THEY NEVER GOT HIM
'CAUSE THE DEVIL
GOT HIM FIRST
THE LAW
THEY NEVER GOT HIM
'CAUSE THE DEVIL
GOT HIM FIRST