Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
TOM PETTYAt twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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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 remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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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 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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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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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’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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