Mudcrutch

Released: May 20, 2016

Songwriter: Benmont Tench

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell Ryan Ulyate

Welcome to Hell, population me
Local attraction, the heartbreak sea
The smell in the air, of night bloom and despair
By the dry wishing well
Ah, welcome to Hell

A plain little house, on a plain little road
At the corner of Done, and Where'd It All Go?
Time crawls by, with a shudder and moan
It don't look like much
But it's a heck of home

Ah, welcome to Hell
Population two
Little old me, and the lack of you
See the hole in the bed
Where you no longer sleep
In the chamber of promises
We just couldn't keep

What ever happened to the sweet little heaven
Where we lived and loved so long?
Where in the world are the man and the woman
Who danced to their favorite song?

Gone, gone, gone to Hell
Even the devil wept
Uh, when he heard
The depth of our unhappiness
Then he dried a tear
And he sighed "Aw well
Where do you think you are boy?
Welcome to Hell"

(Repeat verses 4 & 5)

Every lonely soul
Has a sad story to tell
"Where do you think you are boy?
Welcome to Hell"

"Where do you think you are boy?
Welcome to Hell"

This Gainesville Florida band used to be called The Epics. Then someone in the band suggested the new name Mudcrutch. Tom says it wasn’t him; band mates say it was. It fell apart after moving to California. From its ashes Tom Petty built The Heartbreakers. Later in life, though, Tom got the band back together and they recorded two albums. Some of Tom’s best songs (“Hungry No More”, “I Forgive It All”, “Crystal River”) are on these records.

more tracks from the album

2

From the album

2 (2016)

Mudcrutch popular songs

Welcome To HellMudcrutch

Mudcrutch

2