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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers lyrics - 217 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Free Fallin'", "Runnin' Down A Dream", "Learning To Fly".
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- Out of a dream, out of the sky / Into my heart, into my life / And you were just a face in the crowd (“A Face In The Crowd”) Penned alongside his frequent collaborator, acclaimed rocker Jeff Lynne, Petty’s pensive 1989 hit “A Face In The Crowd” harbors some hefty lyrics.
- It’s time to move on, time to get going / What lies ahead, I have no way of knowing / But under my feet, baby, grass is growing / It’s time to move on, it’s time to get going (“Time To Move On”)
- But not me baby, I’ve got you to save me / Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had / In a world gone mad, yer so bad (“Yer So Bad”) In the shuffling 1990 bop “Yer So Bad,” Petty flexes his sharp wit and pointed cynicism to gift listeners another honest look at everyday life.
- I’m learning to fly but I ain’t got wings / Coming down is the hardest thing (“Learning To Fly”) “Learning To Fly” is among Petty’s most relatable hits.
Tom Petty lyrics: 'Don't Come Around Here No More', 'Last Dance With Mary Jane', 'I Won't Back Down', 'You Wreck me', 'Refugee'.
Thomas Earl “Tom” Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and ...
- “It’ll All Work Out” Inspired by Petty’s brief separation from his wife, Jane, during the making of Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough), “It’ll All Work Out” is a sweetly effectual breakup song.
- “I Should Have Known It” “We’d record in one or two takes,” Petty said of 2010’s Mojo. “We couldn’t have made this album in the Eighties.” Mojo, which was recorded at the band’s Los Angeles rehearsal space, saw the Heartbreakers get back to the raw, impassioned vigor of their early work, minus any extraneous studio sweetening; “I Should Have Known It” has the garage-blues drive of classic Yardbirds or Led Zeppelin, with a grinding riff and a wailing vocal from Petty.
- “The Best of Everything” Southern Accents closes with a powerful ballad that Petty calls “one of the best songs I ever wrote.” He’d intended “The Best of Everything” for 1981’s Hard Promises, but held it and eventually gave it to Robbie Robertson, who added horns and enlisted his fellow Band alums Garth Hudson on keyboard and Richard Manuel on backing vocals.
- “A Higher Place” “It’s a nice hopeful lyric,” says Mike Campbell of the brightest-sounding song on Wildflowers. Petty sang all the harmonies, and Campbell garlanded the melody with swirling psychedelic guitar that recalls the Byrds and the Beatles.
Free Fallin' Lyrics: 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...
Wildflowers Lyrics: You belong among the wildflowers / You belong in a boat out at sea / Sail away, kill off the hours / You belong somewhere you feel free / Run away, find you a lover /...
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