Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: October 8, 2002

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell George Drakoulias

She took a rolled up twenty out of her pocket
And paid for my cigarettes
We were friends at first sight
In the 7-11 light
She said, "Here, lemme cover it"
And I rode shotgun all that night
She drove and never made a sound
I asked if there was anything wrong
She said, "Nothing worth talking 'bout"

It's a blue Sunday
Down the interstate
Yeah a blue Sunday
Blue with shades of grey

Her backseat could've been a hotel
I slept for a thousand years
Every now and then, she'd laugh out loud for no reason
I pretended not to hear
And rolled my jacket up under my head
And stretched my body out
Couldn't be too far in front of her daddy's bloodhounds
But I ain't gonna worry now

It's a blue Sunday
Down the interstate
Yeah a blue Sunday
Blue with shades of grey

A blue Sunday
We never met before
It's a blue Sunday
When it's time to leave, you go

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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