Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: September 28, 2018

Songwriter: Mike W. Campbell Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Jimmy Iovine

You know, sometimes, I don't know why
But this old town just seems so hopeless
I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times
Were just a little bit more in focus

But when she puts her arms around me
I can, somehow, rise above it
Yeah man, when I got that little girl standing right by my side
You know, I can tell the whole wide world, and shout it

[Chorus:]
Hey, here comes my girl, here comes my girl
Yeah, she looks so right, she's all I need tonight

Every now and then, I get down to the end of a day
I'll have to stop, ask myself, "What’ve I done?"
It just seems so useless to have to work so hard
And nothin' ever really seem to come from it

And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it

[Chorus]

Yeah, everytime it seems like there ain't nothin' left no more
I find myself havin' to reach out and grab hold of somethin’
Yeah, I just catch myself wanderin’, waitin', worryin’
About some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'

And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain’t never goin' change our minds about it

[Chorus]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – an L.A.-based gang of sharp-dressed garage-rock refugees from Gainsville, Florida – released their debut LP in November 1976, featuring two tracks which are now part of their long list of hits, “Breakdown” and “American Girl.”

Since that first LP in ‘76, the band’s style has epitomized and largely defined the American “heartland rock” movement – a vintage-guitar twang, hard lyric truth, and searing vocal attitude.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been nominated for 17 Grammy awards and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all-time.

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