Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to 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.
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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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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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George 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.
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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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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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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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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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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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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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