I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
TOM PETTYEvery verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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If you don’t run, you rust.
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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A rebel without a clue.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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