The waiting is the hardest part.
TOM PETTYThe waiting is the hardest part.
TOM PETTYHoney, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
TOM PETTYEvery verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
TOM PETTYWe could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
TOM PETTYIf you don’t run, you rust.
TOM PETTYMy 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.
TOM PETTYShe’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
TOM PETTYThere’s a freeway running through the yard.
TOM PETTYHow 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.
TOM PETTYYou belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
TOM PETTYBut not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
TOM PETTYI 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.
TOM PETTYExcuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
TOM PETTYTime to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
TOM PETTYI’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.
TOM PETTYI’ve always had a great love for the blues.
TOM PETTY