Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
TOM PETTYEvery verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
TOM PETTYIf you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
TOM PETTYI 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 PETTYWhere the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
TOM PETTYI don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
TOM PETTYThere’s a freeway running through the yard.
TOM PETTYI 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!
TOM PETTYI’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
TOM PETTYI wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
TOM PETTYOh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
TOM PETTYSo I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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 PETTYHoney, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
TOM PETTYGeorge Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
TOM PETTYYou 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 PETTYYeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
TOM PETTY