Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: September 28, 2018

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Ryan Ulyate Mike W. Campbell Tom Petty

Beneath the shade the hired hands are talking
Down the highway a lonely woman walking
The prisoner of a dream that she's been stuck in
And I'm waiting for the bus to Tampa Bay

There's a map of Osceola and his Raiders
Fighting off the Everglades Invaders
He burnt them down, he left them for the gators
And there's maybe something better down the road

I've lost no sleep over where I'm leaving
Bit by bit, I slowly stop believing
That it was me and only me I was deceiving
And I'm waiting for the bus to Tampa Bay

It was a love but she never would admit it
It was killing her but she didn't know how to quit it
They say there's good work if you can get it
And I'm waiting for the bus to Tampa Bay
Yeah, I'm waiting for the bus to Tampa Bay

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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