Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: August 6, 1996

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Rick Rubin Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

[Verse 1]
I dreamed you
I saw your face
Caught my lifeline
When drifting through space

[Chorus]
I saw an angel
I saw my faith
I can only thank God it was not too late

[Verse 2]
Over mountains
I floated away
'Cross an ocean
I dreamed her name

[Chorus]
I followed an angel
Down through the gates
I can only thank God it was not too late

[Bridge]
Sing a little song for loneliness
Sing one to make me smile
Another round for everyone
I'm here for a little while

[Verse 3]
Now I'm walking
This street on my own
But she's with me
Everywhere I go

[Chorus]
Yeah, I found an angel
I found my place
I can only thank God it was not too late
I can only thank God it was not too late
I can only thank God it was not too late

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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