Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: October 8, 2002

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell George Drakoulias

Lord, please watch over all these lost children
Born to chase the hurricane
Please shine some light down on those who wander
Filled with hunger and pain

Please raise the wind for all those out sailing
On an ocean alone
Lord, shine a light on all these lost children
Far away from their home

Lord, keep an eye on all these lost children
Swept away in the wind
Please shine some light down on all those traveling
Lead them home again

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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