Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: April 13, 1999

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Rick Rubin Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

I want you to be my little lover
I want you to be my power glide

Oh, oh, oh, little girl, don't misunderstand me
'Cause there's a rumor going around
Somebody's going to let me down
And I don't know what it's all about
Or if it's true
I'm counting on you

I want you to drive my El Dorado
I want you to fly my aeroplane

Oh, oh, oh, little girl, don't misunderstand me
'Cause there's a rumor going around
Somebody's going to let me down
And I don't know what it's all about
Or if it's true
I'm counting on you
Counting on you

Well, I saw your reflection in the river
And I swear I heard you in the wind

Oh, oh, oh, little girl, don't misunderstand me
'Cause there's a rumor going around
Somebody's going to let me down
And I don't know what it's all about
Or if it's true
I'm counting on you
Counting on you
Counting on you
Oh, oh, oh
Counting on you
Counting on you

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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