Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: April 21, 1987

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

She wore faded jeans and soft black leather
She had eyes so blue they looked like weather
When she needed me, I wasn't around
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out

There were times apart, there were times together
I was pledged to her for worse or better
When it mattered most, I let her down
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out

It'll all work out eventually
Better off with him than here with me

It'll all work out eventually
Maybe better with him than here with me

Now the wind is high and the rain is heavy
And the water's rising in the levee
Still I think of her when the sun goes down
It never goes away, but it all works out

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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Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) (1987)
Playback (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (1995)
Anthology Through The Years (2000)
Elizabethtown (Music From the Motion Picture) (2005)

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