THUNDER ROAD KING ©December 2025 by Mark King
[Verse 1]
I was born where the river bends, raised on a four-string roar
Daddy said “boy, keep your fingers bleeding, that’s what thunder’s for”
I walk these streets with a low-end heartbeat, make the windows shake
Every note I hit is a nail in the coffin of every promise they break
[Verse 2]
Townshend’s swinging windmills, Moonie’s tearing up the sky
But when the bass steps forward, grown men stop and cry
I don’t play the rhythm, I AM the goddamn rhythm, feel it in your bones
One flick of my wrist and the whole damn hall explodes
[Chorus]
I’m the Thunder Road King, low-end gasoline
Eighteen wheels of fury in a four-string machine
When the lightning cracks, that’s me attacking
Thunder Road King, and there ain’t no turning back!
[Verse 3]
They say “turn it down, son,” I just turn it up to ten
I’m the reason the walls sweat and the floorboards bend
I’ll bury you in low end, baptize you in the sound
When the Thunder Road King rolls, better get out of this town
[Final Chorus]
I’m the Thunder Road King, feel the earth cave in
Every heartbeat’s a backbeat, every breath is a sin
I don’t need no singer, I don’t need no praise
Just four strings and fury for the rest of my days!