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Built to LastTom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: July 2, 1991

Songwriter: Tom Petty Jeff Lynne

Producer: Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

[Verse 1]
Somewhere out my doorway
Somewhere down my block
I can hear her heartbeat in rhythm with my clock

[Verse 2]
I want her more than diamonds
I want her more than gold
I want her more than anything anyone could hold

[Chorus]
We were built to last on until forever
The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last

[Verse 3]
She has followed me down
Along some empty streets
She has followed me where the rain would fall in sheets

[Verse 4]
And I know I've been changing
Changing like the wind
I was feeling burned out, I got tired of it

[Chorus]
We were built to last on until forever
The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last

[Verse 5]
So come to me, my darling
Hold me while I sleep
I know you feel lost, but you're not in too deep

[Chorus]
We were built to last on until forever
The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last

We were built to last on until forever
The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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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