Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: July 2, 1991

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Jeff Lynne Mike W. Campbell

[Verse 1]
Her imagination ran wild
Could this really happen to me?
She could barely hold back the tears

[Chorus]
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true

[Verse 2]
Everything that she'd waited for
Everything that she'd dared to dream
Suddenly was outside her door

[Chorus]
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true

[Bridge]
There was no talk of giving in
And just as hope was wearing thin
Her eyes were like a child again
Too good to be true

[Verse 3]
Morning on the outskirts of town
Sitting in the traffic alone
You don't know what it means to be free

[Chorus]
And it was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
Too good to be true

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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