I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
TOM PETTYYou 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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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m Tired of this town again.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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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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A rebel without a clue.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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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 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!
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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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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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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 don’t run, you rust.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I got my own way of praying.
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