Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: April 21, 1987

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

They came this morning with a dog on a chain
They came and took my little brother away
His generation never even got a name, oh no

Yeah, my momma was a rocker way back in '53
Buys them old records that they sell on TV
I know Chuck Berry wasn't singing that to me, oh no

Mama, that's alright
It's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life, your world

I watch that fortune wheel, but never get to spin it
You made me promises, I don't think you mean it
If there's some sunshine, baby, I'm going to get out in it, oh yeah

Mama, that's alright
It's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life, your world

I tried to leave, but the traffic had been stopped
The beach was burning and someone was throwing rocks
They said an aeroplane had fallen on my block, oh yeah

Mama, that's alright
It's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life, your world

My life, your world (x4)

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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