Mudcrutch

Released: September 28, 2018

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Denny Cordell

Light from a window
Cold dark and black
Sound from a dream
I was hypnotized
I was paralyzed
I could hardly speak

And baby
Baby
You never realized
That
I could have stood there lost in your eyes
Stood there waiting
And not realized
Love isn't easy
It isn't always kind
I could have stood there
Lost in your eyes

Guess I understand it
Guess I sort of have to
Guess I kind of see
Just because it could have been
Doesn't mean it had to
Ever mean a thing

And baby
Baby
I could say it all the time
That
I could have stood there lost in your eyes
Stood there waiting
And not realized
Love isn't easy
It isn't always kind
I could have stood there
Lost in your eyes

And you know sometimes I wonder
Yes I wonder
I really really do
Ya yes I do
Just because it helps me
Though sometimes it scares me
Guess you wouldn't know
No you wouldn't know

Guess I understand it
Guess I sort of have to
Guess I kind of see
Just because it could have been
Doesn't mean it had to
Ever mean a thing

And baby
Baby
You never realized
I could have stood there lost in your eyes
Stood there waiting
And never realized
Love isn't easy
It isn't always kind
I could have stood there
Lost in your eyes
I could have stood there

This Gainesville Florida band used to be called The Epics. Then someone in the band suggested the new name Mudcrutch. Tom says it wasn’t him; band mates say it was. It fell apart after moving to California. From its ashes Tom Petty built The Heartbreakers. Later in life, though, Tom got the band back together and they recorded two albums. Some of Tom’s best songs (“Hungry No More”, “I Forgive It All”, “Crystal River”) are on these records.

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