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AMERICAN GIRL Tom Petty Well she was an American girl Raised on promises She couldn't help thinkin' That there was a little more to life somewhere else After all it was a great big world With lots of places to run to And if she had to die tryin' She had one little promise she was gonna keep O yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night She was an American girl Well it was kinda cold that night She stood alone on her balcony Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach And for one desperate moment There he crept back in her memory God it's so painful when something that's so close Is still so far out of reach Oh yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night She was an American girl |
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BREAKDOWN Tom Petty It's all right if you love me It's all right if you don't I'm not afraid of you running away Honey, I get the feeling you won't There is no sense in pretending Your eyes give you away Something inside you is feeling like I do We've said all there is to say Baby breakdown Go ahead and give it to me Breakdown honey take me through the night Breakdown now I'm standing here can't you see Breakdown it's all right It's all right It's all right Breakdown Go ahead give it to me Breakdown honey take me through the night Breakdown now I'm standin' here can't you see Breakdown it's all right It's all right It's all right |
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REFUGEE Tom Petty & Mike Campbell We get somethin' we both know it, we don't talk too much about it. Ain't no real big secret; all the same, 'somehow we get around it. Listen, it don't really matter to me. Baby, you believe what you wanna believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee. Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me why you wanna lay there, revel in your abandon. Honey, it don't make no difference to me. Baby, everybody's had to fight to be free. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee. No baby, you don't have to live like a refugee. Baby, we ain't the first. I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned. Right now this ain't real to you. It's one of those things you got to feel to be true. Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped, tied-up, taken away, and held for ransom. Honey, it don't really matter to me. Baby, everybody's had to fight to be free. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee. No, you don't have to live like a refugee. Baby, you don't have to live like a refugee. |
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DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT Tom Petty I was talking with a friend of mine, said a woman had hurt his pride. Told him that she loved him so and turned around and let him go. Then he said, "You better watch your step, or your gonna get hurt yourself. Someone's gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size." Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. What if I love you baby? Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. Someday I might need you baby. Don't do me like that. Listen honey, can you see? Baby, you would bury me If you were in the public eye givin' someone else a try. And you know you better watch your step or you're gonna get hurt yourself. Someone's gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size. Don't do me like that. Dont' do me like that. What if I love you baby? Don't, don't, don't, don't... Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. What if I need you baby? Don't do me like that. 'Cause somewhere deep down inside Someone is saying, "Love doesn't last that long." I got this feelin' inside night and day And now I can't take it no more. Listen honey, can you see? Baby, you would bury me If you were in the public eye givin' someone else a try. And you know you better watch your step or you're gonna get hurt yourself. Someone's gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size. Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. What if I love you baby? Don't, don't, don't, don't... Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. I just might need you honey. Don't do me like that. Wait! Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. Baby, baby, baby, Don't, don't, don't... No! Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. Baby, baby, baby... Oh, oh, oh... |
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THE WAITING Tom Petty Oh baby don't it feel like heaven right now Don't it feel like something from a dream Yeah I've never known nothin' quite like this Don't it feel like tonight might never be again We know better than to try and pretend Baby no one could'a ever told me 'bout this I said yeah yeah The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part Well yeah I might have chased a couple women around All it ever got me was down Then there were those that made me feel good But never as good as I'm feeling right now Baby you're the only one that's ever known how To make me wanna live like I want to live now I said yeah yeah The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part Oh don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool Don't let this go too far Don't let it get to you |
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YOU GOT LUCKY Tom Petty and Mike Campbell You better watch what you say You better watch what you do to me Don't get carried away Girl, if you can do better than me, go Yeah go, but remember Good love is hard to find Good love is hard to find You got lucky babe Yeah, you got lucky babe When I found you-- You put a hand on my cheek And then you turn your eyes away If you don't feel complete If I don't take you all of the way, go Yeah go, but remember good love Is hard to find You got lucky babe, Yeah you got lucky When I found you-- |
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DON'T COME AROUND HERE NO MORE Tom Petty and David A. Stewart Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Hey! Don't come around here no more I've given up. I've given up- I've given up on waiting any longer I've given up, on this love getting stronger I don't feel you anymore You darken my door Whatever you're looking for Hey, don't come around here no more I've given up. I've given up I've given up, you tangle my emotions I've given up, honey please admit it's over Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Hey, don't come around here no more Stop walking down my street Who do you expect to meet? Whatever you're looking for Hey, don't come around here no more |
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I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne Well I won't back down, no I won't back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won't back down Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out Hey I will stand my ground And I won't back down. Well I know what's right, I got just on life In a world that keeps on pushin' me around But I'll stand my ground and I won't back down Hey baby there ain't no easy way out Hey I will stand my ground And I won't back down No, I won't back down |
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RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Mike Campbell It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin' Trees flew by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway I was flyin' Yeah runnin' down a dream That never would come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads Runnin' down a dream I felt so good like anything was possible I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes The last three days the rain was un-stoppable It was always cold, no sunshine Yeah runnin' down a dream That never would come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads Runnin' down a dream I rolled on as the sky grew dark I put the pedal down to make some time There's something good waitin' down this road I'm pickin' up whatever's mine Yeah runnin' down a dream That never would come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads Runnin' down a dream |
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FREE FALLIN' Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne She's a good girl, loves her mama Loves Jesus and America too She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis Loves horses and her boyfriend too It's a long day livin' in Reseda There's a free-way runnin' through the yard And I'm a bad boy, cause I don't even miss her I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart And I'm free, I'm free fallin' All the vampires walking through the valley Move west down Ventura Boulevard And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows All the good girls are home with broken hearts And I'm free, I'm free fallin' I wanna glide down over Mulholland I wanna write her name in the sky I wanna free fall out into nothin' Gonna leave this world for awhile And I'm free, I'm free fallin' |
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LEARNING TO FLY Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne Well I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down, as I crossed the hill And the town lit up, the world got still I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well the good ol' days, may not return And the rocks might melt & the sea may burn I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well some say life will beat you down, break your heart, steal your crown So I've started out, for God knows where I guess I'll know when I get there I'm learning to fly, around the clouds, But what goes up must come down I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing |
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INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne Eddie waited til' he finished high school He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo He met a girl out there with a tattoo too The future was wide open They moved into a place they both could afford He found a night club he could work at the door She had a guitar and she taught him some chords The sky was the limit Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Out in the great wide open A rebel without a clue The papers said Ed always played from the heart He got an agent and a roadie named Bart They made a record and it went in the chart The sky was the limit His leather jacket had chains that would jingle They both met movie stars, partied and mingled Their A&R man said "I don't hear a single" The future was wide open Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Out in the great wide open A rebel without a clue |
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MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE Tom Petty She grew up in an Indiana town, Had a good-lookin' mama who never was around. But she grew up tall and she grew up right With them Indiana boys on them Indiana nights. Well, she moved down here at the age of eighteen. She blew the boys away, was more than they'd seen. I was introduced and we both started groovin'. I said, "I dig you baby, but I got to keep movin' on. Keep movin' on." Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain. I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again. Well, I don't know, but I've been told, You never slow down, you never grow old. I'm tired of screwin' up, tired of going down, Tired of myself, tired of this town. Oh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes. Honey, put on that party dress. Buy me a drink, sing me a song. Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long. Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain. I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again. There's pigeons down on Market Square. She's standin' in her underwear, Lookin' down from a hotel room. Nightfall will be comin' soon. Oh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes. You got to put on that party dress. It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone. I hit my last number and walked to the road. Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain. I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again. |
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YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS Tom Petty Let me run with you tonight I'll take you on a moonlight ride There's someone I used to see But she don't give a damn for me But let me get to the point, let's roll another joint And turn the radio loud, I'm too alone to be proud You don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels to be me People come, people go Some grow young, some grow cold I woke up in between A memory and a dream So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint Let's head on down the road There's somewhere I gotta go And you don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels to be me My old man was born to rock He's still tryin' to beat the clock Think of me what you will I've got a little space to fill So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint Let's head on down the road There's somewhere I gotta go And you don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels to be me |
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