Tom Petty
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
I don't understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That's not gonna work out, you know? It's a waste of your time!
She's got nothing to hide,
And she hides it so well.
Keeps broken dreams
To fix up and sell.
There was Rock 'N' Roll across the dial.
When I think of her, it makes me smile.
I want her more than diamonds,
I want her more than gold.
I want her more than anything
Anyone could hold.
Baby, you've got a heart so big,
It could crush this town.
But I can't hold out forever.
Even walls fall down.
Look deep in the eyes of love
And find out what you were looking for.
Create myself down south.
Impress all the women.
Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens.
ear seersucker and white linens.
Artists aren't necessarily business people. And they aren't necessarily aware of all the things that go on in their names. Some just want to make some music, but there is a lot of greed among artists as well. Whether or not we know it, we are all to blame. I think it's time — starting with the artist — to try to be a little more responsible and aware of what goes on in our name.
And you may think it's all over.
But there'll be more just like me
Who won't give in;
Who'll rise again.
Can't stop a man from dreaming.
An act like ours wouldn't even be around today if someone hadn't brought us along and let us make mistakes and grow at our own pace. Today it seems that if you don't have a hit — or even if you do — they have no use for you the next time.
I saw an angel, I saw my fate.
I can only thank God it was not too late.
I'm gonna give her all my soul.
I'm gonna play her Rock 'N' Roll.
Take back your insurance,
Baby nothin's guaranteed.
Always had more dogs than bones.
Well I fought for you;
I fought too hard.
To do it all again babe,
It's gone too far.
As we celebrate mediocrity,
All the boys upstairs want to see
How much you'll pay for
What you used to get for free.
Excuse me if I
Have some place in my mind
Where I go time to time.
Think of me what you will,
I've got a little space to fill.
And no I can't find no reason to explain the way that I feel.
I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
Oh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes.
Honey, put on that party dress.
Buy me a drink, sing me a song.
Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long.