Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
TOM PETTYWhere the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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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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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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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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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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I got my own way of praying.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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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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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 and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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