Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Rick Rubin Mike W. Campbell Tom Petty

Well I'm goin' down to Georgia
Drivin' all the way
Cross country for no reason
I woke up, I couldn't stay

I'm travellin' in an old car
Made in the USA
Hear that engine knockin'?
We've both seen better days

I'm takin' my sweet time
Day dreamin' a new life
It's summer down in Georgia
Girl, I'll see you later on

Look at them peaches down in Georgia
Red clay peaches hangin' on a tree
Look at them peaches down in Georgia
Red clay peaches hangin' on a tree

Won't last long, wintertime will get 'em
Winter will come and get 'em hanging on a tree
Won't last long, wintertime will get 'em
Winter sure will get 'em hanging on a tree

Well I'm goin' down to Georgia
Drivin' all the way
Cross country for no reason
I woke up, I couldn't stay

Well I'm travellin' in an old car
Made in the USA
Hear that engine knockin'?
We've both seen better days

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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