Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: April 13, 1999

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Rick Rubin Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Ricky and Dicky standing in the sun
Out there on that highway and the dog wouldn't run
Ricky rolled a number, Dicky raised the hood
Time we hit Daytona, I was feeling pretty good

Oh Mama, I'm about to give out
Oh Mama, I'm about to give out
I'm Davey Crockett in a coonskin town
Oh Mama, I'm about to give out

Karaoke Katie drove the crowd wild
Every time she'd sing they'd come in for miles
Curtain came up, Katie came on
Drinking like a lumberjack and singing "Delta Dawn"

Oh Mama, I'm about to give out
Oh Mama, I'm about to give out
I'm Davey Crockett in a coonskin town
Oh Mama, I'm about to give out

Yeah, I hit town hard last night
Abraham and Moses, some other friends of mine
Moses started drinking, he got a little rude
We woke up in the bushes, beat to Hell and nude

Oh Mama, I'm about to give out
Oh Mama, I'm about to give out
I'm Davey Crockett in a coonskin town
Oh Mama, I'm about to give out
I'm Roy Rogers in a one-horse town
Oh Mama, I'm about to give out

I'm about to give out
I'm about to give 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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