Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: October 19, 1979

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty

Had it all and ya' didn’t know
Hadda' try for a little more
Baby gets me down , when you lead me 'round
And we come up nowhere

Oh

Well it’s half mine and it’s half yours
Got half of what I deserve
Baby you were so cool , when you were in school
How’d you come up nowhere?

And baby I feel nothin' but an empty room
You'll see you’ll be lonely too
Honey you tell me what I'm supposed to do
I’ve got all this time invested in you
Did you walk me through hell just to finally break through?
To nowhere

To nowhere

Well it’s half mine and it’s half yours
I got half of what I deserve
Baby you were so cool , when you were in school
And it gets me down when you lead me 'round
And you come up nowhere
You come up nowhere

(Producer Jimmy Iovine speaking)
Alright, that's fantastic

(Petty)
That was the best one

(Iovine)
That's fantastic...

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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