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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
Tom PettyTom Petty And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
Tom PettyTom Petty Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
Tom PettyTom Petty You believe what you want to believe.
Tom PettyTom Petty You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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 PettyTom Petty Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
Tom PettyTom Petty I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty I got my own way of praying.
Tom PettyTom Petty Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
Tom PettyTom Petty Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
Tom PettyTom Petty Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
Tom PettyTom Petty
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