Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: August 6, 1996

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Rick Rubin Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

I've been wrapped up in confusion
I've been tied down to my bed
Suffering some illusion
I'm out of my fucking head
It's insane to my brain
I ran away

And now, hey, hey, hey
I'm a zero from outer space

Well, I know you think I'm joking
I don't mean the things I say
Like I could but I won't
If I would anyway
It's insane to my brain
I ran away

(Chorus)

You think that you're above me
You think that you're so big
Well, I saw you kick that dog
When the wind blew off your wig
It's insane to my brain
I ran away

(Chorus x2)

Yes, I am

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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