You know they come around town the midnight rambler
 
 The night shift gotta go
 
 O'Malley turned and baby got burned
 
 Went the way of the buffalo
 
 To protect and serve their tryin' to keep the peace
 
 The rattler'll tell ya that there ain't no mercy
 
 On the corner of 42nd street
 
  
  Blue Thunder...The keepers of the street
 
 Blue Thunder...The only number that ya need
  
 
 Up to no good in the neighborhood
 
 A broken chain of command
 
 O'Hara snapped and got his head bad
 
 With cold beer and a percodan
 
 Shotgun blast mini mac justice
 
 When will the madness end
 
 East side, West side all fired up
 
 No rest for the policeman
  
 
 The streets are insane
 
 On a night full of danger
 
 Honey don't you get caught
 
 In a city by a stranger
 
 It's a contact sport in the game of life
 
 Hear a shot out your window tonight
 
 You're ready for the hell to end, you're callin'
  
 
 Blue Thunder...The keepers of the street
 
 Blue Thunder...The only number that ya need
  
 
 An officers killed he was on the run
 
 A ten year old shot him just for fun
 
 He had two kids and a beautiful wife
 
 One split second blinded by the light
 
 Take a chance on the midnight dance, talk about livin' hell
 
 There's one or twenty losers trapped in the Tropicana Motel
  
 
 The streets are insane
 
 On a night full of danger
 
 Honey don't you get caught
 
 In a city by a stranger
 
 It's a contact sport in the game of life
 
 Hear a shot out your window tonight
 
 You're ready for the hell to end, you're callin'
  
 
 Blue Thunder...The keepers of the street
 
 Blue Thunder...The only number that ya need
 
 Blue Thunder...The keepers of the street...callin
 
 Blue Thunder... The only number that ya need