Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: June 15, 2010

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell Ryan Ulyate

Well poor Tom Jefferson, he loved the little maid out back
Midnight creeping out to the servant's shack
Kept a secret under the bed wrapped in a burlap sack

Well, I drove all day and night out to Jericho
But in my second mind, I knew it was time to go
Yeah and I still get nervous every time that bugle blows

Well she ain't no good for me, but I just can't let go
If I sit here thinking, my thoughts will overflow
And I can't keep from crying, can't keep time from moving slow

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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