Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: June 15, 2010

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell Ryan Ulyate

[Verse 1]
Rain on the river, I'm soaking wet
Waiting on a friend who ain't come yet
And he might not get here for three or four days
Got to make a little bit go a long way

[Verse 2]
I've got a blond-headed woman who likes to come around
Cute little hippy girl lives in town
Brings a bag of records and she plays 'em 'til dawn
Give me little loving then she got to go home

[Chorus]
When times are hard
When you start feeling low
Let yourself go
When the river's rising
And the world feels cold
Let yourself go
Let yourself go

[Verse 3]
I got a 442 sittin' in the sun
Well it'd been ten years since she used to run
Man, she was a beauty in '69
But there ain't no more coming down the line

[Chorus]
When times are hard
And you start feeling low
Let yourself go
When the river's rising
And your world feels cold
Let yourself go
Honey, let yourself go
Let yourself 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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