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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.

Tom Petty

Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
TOM PETTY

Diamond King Money Sound
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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Drugs Fun Pay Stupidity Thinking
You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Hell Job Yourself
We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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Death Move Quick
No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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Guitar Instrument Learning Play
If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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Corporation Country Profit
Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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Guitar Sing Wind
I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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Friendship Introvert Man Myself
The waiting is the hardest part.
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Hard One Liner Patience
You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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Wings World Yourself
You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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Believe See Yourself
I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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Health Mental Physical Thinking
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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Hope Passion Pay Success Yourself
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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Communication Healing Life Magic Move Music Myself Reality
Some grow young, some grow cold.
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Cold Growth Young
You 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.
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Boat Feeling Flower Freedom Love Sea Yourself
She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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Goodness Horse Relationship Woman
I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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Clear Myself Reality Time
If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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Death Old Yourself
I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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Myself Night Room World
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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Feeling Happiness Moon Myself Purpose Young
Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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Born Children Hurricane Lost
Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
TOM PETTY

Add Wait Wondering Worry Yourself
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 PETTY

Break Up Expectation Fantasy Love Myself Recognition Relationship Togetherness Yourself
Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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Myself Worry
God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
TOM PETTY

Close God Pain Reach
I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
TOM PETTY

Feeling Money Myself

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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