Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: February 15, 2019

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Bill Bottrell Tom Petty

[Verse 1]
Oh brother, look what we’ve become
Oh brother, could we be so dumb?
They set us up like dominos
I didn’t do it for no magazine
Didn’t do it for no video
Never did it for no CEO

[Chorus]
But I did it for real
Woulda done it for free
I did it for me
'Cause it was all that rang true
I did it for real and I did it for you

[Verse 2]
Mighta done it for my sanity
Maybe done it for my vanity
Could be I did it for my big ego

[Chorus]
But I did it for real
Woulda done it for free
Yeah, I did it for me
'Cause it was all that rang true
I did it for real and I did it for you (True)

[Bridge]
Oh brother, look what we’ve become
Oh brother, I’ve been overrun
Only did it for the way it made me feel

[Chorus]
Yeah, I did it for real
Woulda done it for free
Yeah, I did it for me
'Cause it was all that rang true
I did it for real and I did it for you

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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