Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: July 2, 1991

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell Jeff Lynne

Producer: Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

[Verse 1]
When I was a young boy, I was working for the state
I wasn't making much money, I was staying out late
I'd go down at nighttime, played music in the bars
Take my breaks out underneath the stars

[Chorus 1]
I was making some noise
I was a working boy
Up at the top of my voice
Saying, "Look at me mama
I'm making some noise"

[Verse 2]
I had to rock the boat, I had to shake the tree
To see what would fall down on me
I thought, "Maybe I can make it, if I never give in
I been down before, I ain't going down again"

[Chorus 2]
I'm making some noise
I've been a worried boy
Up at the top of my voice
Saying, "Look at me mama, I'm making some noise"

[Verse 3]
From across the canyon, a guitar plays
Through an amplifier on a long delay
It was an old melody, I recognized the song
I had an amplifier too, so I played along

[Chorus 3]
I'm making some noise
I'm still a working boy
At the top of my voice
Saying, "Look at me mama
I'm making some noise"

[Chorus 4]
I'm making some noise
I been a long-gone boy
At the top of my voice
Saying, "Look at me mama
I'm making some noise"

[Outro]
I'm making some noise
I'm making some noise

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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