Lyrics To Bruce Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' To Be Corrected

For 46 years, Bruce Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' lyrics have been miscalculated.

Most of the world believe that "Mary's dress waves," it does not "sway," no matter what some people think they hear him saying.

Many trust the lyrics that have been spread all over the world, starting with the original 1975 vinyl pressing all the way to those posted on Springsteen's website in July 2021.

Well, turns out the lyrics have been misplaced all these years. After two weeks of debates, Springsteen's manager Jon Landau has settled all disputes. Jon co-produced the 'Born to Run' album.

"The word is 'sways.' Any typos in official Bruce material will be corrected." 

Shortly after, the official website changed the lyrics to "sways." 

Bruce's manager didn't seem too sympathetic to all those who believed the lyrics were "waves."

"By the way, 'dresses' do not know how to 'wave.'"

Many of the pro-"sway" believers have exacted Jon's statement that dresses do not wave, to which the "waves" believers returned with "What is it that the Star-Spangled Banner does, again?"

Jon Landau continued to say, "That's the way he wrote it in his original notebooks, that's the way he sang it on 'Born to Run,' in 1975, that's the way he has always sung it at thousands of shows, and that's the way he sings it right now on Broadway." 

Doubt first started entering the minds of Bruce's fans when he quoted 'Thunder Road' in his autobiography in 2016. 

This debate started up in this year's American summer because Maggie Haberman, from The New York Times, went to see 'Springsteen on Broadway,' where afterwards she tweeted, "A screen door slams, Mary's dress sways." This instantly enraged plenty of Springsteen fans.

 Debates continued to arise for two weeks until investigative journalist Rob Tannenbaum noted that Sotheby's auctioned off Bruce's original handwritten lyrics two years ago. The original lyrics read, "The screen door slams Anne dress sways." 

This caused many to start distrusting a guy who promises both Anne and Mary he would take them away. Many artists have covered this song over the years, each singing "waves."

Melissa Etheridge, who sung a duet with Springsteen on MTV Unplugged said, "He would've told me if it wasn't 'waves.' He would've said, 'You're singing it wrong, honey.' So it's definitely 'waves.'"

Country hit star Eric Church, who has also covered this song on many occasions, has said that "'sways' is sexier."

Rob Tannenbaum even stated that "Springsteen is not one of rock's great enunciators"

E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, has said on Twitter "Oy vey! Get this Bruce lyric shit outta my feed!"  

Springsteen's team has declined requests for comments, which makes many believe Bruce wanted to just let the mystery be what it is. 

Interesting to say that I think society finds ways to get into Twitter debates over anything nowadays. Whether it be "waves" or "sways," who cares. It's a classic song that has stood the test of time and will continue to do so for a long time.