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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.

Tom 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.
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Come Dance Dreams Forever Life Pain Yourself
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
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
What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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Each Other Learning Marriage Yourself
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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Change Finding Friendship Wind
She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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Goodness Horse Relationship Woman
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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Bad Grant Record Thinking
Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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Guitar Sing Wind
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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Audience Money Pay Price Yourself
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.
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Each Other Music People Perfection Soul
It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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Dedication Easy Fame Hall Life Myself
Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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Dreams Myself Time World
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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Attitude Goodness Rich Thinking Yourself
I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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Goodness Known Live Myself Past
Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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Joint Point
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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Abandonment Lose Yourself
Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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Add Wait Wondering Worry Yourself
God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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Close God Pain Reach
Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Lose Luck Pride
I got my own way of praying.
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Myself Prayer Way
I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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Hope Ideal Myself Thinking Weird
I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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Myself Night Tired Worry
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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Artist Believe Herself Responsibility
I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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Fascination History Love Myself
I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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Love Music Myself Play Tired
I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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Down Myself Tired
I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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Important Myself Offering Thinking

My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.

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