Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: July 2, 1991

Songwriter: Tom Petty Jeff Lynne

Producer: Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

[Verse 1]
In the dark of the sun
Will you save me a place?
Give me hope, give me comfort
Get me to a better place

[Verse 2]
I saw you sail across a river
Underneath Orion's sword
In your eyes, there was a freedom
I had never known before

[Chorus]
Hey, yeah, yeah
In the dark of the sun
We will stand together
Yeah we will stand as one
In the dark of the sun

[Verse 3]
Past my days of great confusion
Yeah, past my days of wondering why
Will I sail into the heavens
Constellations in my eyes?

[Chorus]
Hey, yeah, yeah
In the dark of the sun
We will stand together
Yeah we will stand as one

Hey, yeah, yeah
In the dark of the sun
We will stand together
Yeah we will stand as one
In the dark of the sun
Hey, yeah, yeah
In the dark of the sun
Oh, in the dark of the sun

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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