I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
TOM PETTYSome 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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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.
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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 believe what you want to believe.
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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 always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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 think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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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How 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.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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