Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: July 29, 2014

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell Ryan Ulyate

I like to move on sure and easy
Like a cat creeps through the grass
And the full moon seems to know me
'Cause I've found myself at last
And I'm a full-grown boy

And there's laughter on the hillside
From voices far away
How am I gonna tell her that I love her?
When this might not be the day
And I'm a full-grown boy

Hey, my mind floats away
Yeah, and I'm changing every day

Can you see her in the firelight
Hear how soft and low she sings
How am I gonna tell her that I love her?
When words don't mean a thing
And I'm a full-grown boy

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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