Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: October 8, 2002

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell George Drakoulias

[Verse 1]
Going down to Lillian's music store
To buy a black diamond string
Gonna wind it up on my guitar
Gonna make that silver sing

[Chorus]
Like it was Dreamville
A long time ago, million miles away
All the trees were green in Dreamville

[Verse 2]
I keep waking up all by myself
With a bluejay in my brain
Flapping his wings, making me sing
It was just about to rain

[Chorus]
Like it was Dreamville where I was born
Light years from here
And the air smelled good in Dreamville
In Dreamville

[Chorus]
Like it was Dreamville
A long time ago, light years from here
And the trees were green in Dreamville

[Bridge]
Riding with my mama to Glen Springs pool
The water was cold, my lips were blue
There was rock and roll across the dial
When I think of her, it makes me smile

[Chorus]
Like it was Dreamville
A long time ago, million miles away
All the trees were green in Dreamville
In Dreamville
Yeah, it was Dreamville
A long time ago, light years from here
And the air smelled good in Dreamville
In Dreamville

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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