Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: November 20, 1995

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Producer: Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty

Baby you'll come knockin' on my front door
Same old line you used to use before
I said ya...well...what am I supposed to do
I didn't know what I was gettin' into

So you had a little trouble in town
Now you're keepin' some demon down
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around

It's hard to think about what you've wanted
It's hard to think about what you've lost
This doesn't have to be the big get even
This doesn't have to be anything at all

I know you really want to
Tell me good-bye
I know you really want to
Be your own girl

Baby you could never look me in the eye
Yeah you buckle with the weight of the words
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around

There's people running 'round loose in the world
Ain't got nothing better to do
Than make a meal of some bright eyed kid
You need someone looking after you

I know you really want to
Tell me good-bye
I know you really want to
Be your own girl

Baby you could never look me in the eye
Yeah you buckle with the weight of the words
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around

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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