Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: November 2, 1982

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty

Every woman and every man
Knows the feeling so well
Those times when the heart just can't understand
The times when you never can tell

So deliver me, deliver me
Baby, take this heart, set it free
Take this chance, take this dream
Baby, take this heart, deliver me

Well, I was born with something down inside of me
And it's carried me over, delivered me
Yeah delivered me, I'm standing at your gate
Just out of reach of the hands of fate

So deliver me, deliver me
Baby, take this heart, set it free
Take this chance, take this dream
Baby, take this heart, deliver me

Sometimes I wonder if this is worth the trouble
Sometimes I wonder if this is worth the fight
I never have made my mind up about it
I've just decided to let it all ride, let it all ride, let it all ride

So deliver me, deliver me
Baby, take this heart and set it free
Take this chance, take this dream
Baby, take this heart, deliver me
Baby, take this heart, deliver me
Baby, take this heart, deliver me

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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