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You Tell MeTom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: October 19, 1979

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty

[Verse 1]
Baby, I heard thunder
I woke up, middle of the night
Baby, I saw fire
I went left, I went right

[Chorus]
So you tell me what you want me to do
This might be over, honey, it ain't through
Let me know when you're finished with me
What you want me to be
Baby, you tell me
Honey, you tell me

[Verse 2]
Baby I don't understand this
But that's all right, I can take a little pain
I've been winning and losing
Baby, I've been in and out of the rain

[Chorus]
So you tell me what you want me to do
This might be over, honey, it ain't through
Let me know when you're finished with me
What you want me to be
Baby, you tell me
Honey, you tell me

[Bridge]
Well you put me through your paces and your twists
Until I felt like dying, I, I
Yeah, the last thing that I needed
Was to finally realize that you were lying, I, I

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
So you tell me what you want me to do
This might be over, honey, it ain't through
Let me know when you're finished with me
What you want me to be
Baby, you tell me
Honey, you tell me

[Outro]
Baby, you tell me
Will you tell me?
Oh!

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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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