I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
TOM PETTYHoney, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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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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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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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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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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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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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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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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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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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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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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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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