Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Assorted Songs



Breakdown

It's alright if you love me, It's alright if you don't
I'm not afraid of you runnin' away honey,
Iv'e got this feeling you won't
Say there ain't no use in pretending,
Your eyes give you away
Something inside you is feeling like I do,

We said all there is to say

Breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
Breakdown, take me through the night
Breakdown, go ahead give it to me,
Breakdown, it's alright, It's alright, it's alright


American Girl

Well, she was an American girl, 
Raised on promises 
She couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life 
Somewhere else 
After all it was a great big world 
With lots of places to run to 
And if she had to die Tryin', she Had one little promise she was gonna keep 

Chorus: 

Oh yeah, alright, 
Take it easy, baby 
Make it last all night 
She was an American girl. 

Well, it was kind of cold that night, 
She stood alone on the balcony 
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by, 
Out on four forty one like 
Waves crashing on the beach, 
And for one des'rate moment there 
He crept back in her memory 
God, it's so painful when something that's so close 
Is still so far out of reach 

Chorus


Listen To Her Heart

You say you're gonna take her away
With your money and your cocaine
You keep thinkin' that her mind is gonna change
But I know everything is OK

She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do

Well, she might need a lot of lovin' 
But she don't need you
You want me to think I'm being used
You want her to think it's over
You can't see it doesn't matter what you do 
Buddy you don't even now her

(Chorus)

And you just can't creep up behind her
And you can't understand that she's my girl, my girl

(Chorus)


Learning to Fly

Well I started out down a dirty road
Started out all alone
And the sun went down as I crossed the hill
And the town lit up, the world got still

CHORUS

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Well the good ol' days may not return
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn

CHORUS

Well some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I've started out for God knows where
I guess I'll know when I get there

CHORUS


Free Fallin'

She's a good girl, loves her mama
loves Jesus, and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too
It's a long day livin' in Reseda
there's a free-way runnin' through the yard
and I'm a bad boy, cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

Chorus:And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

All the vampires walkin' through the valley
move west down Ventura Blvd.
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts

Repeat Chorus

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile

Repeat Chorus


Runnin' Down a Dream

 It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
trees flew by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway
I was flyin'


Chorus

Yeah runnin down a dream that never would come to me
workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
runnin' down a dreamI felt so good like anything was possible


I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
the last three days the rain was un-stoppable
it was always cold, no sunshine

[Chorus]

I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
there's something good waitin' down this road
I'm pickin' up whatever's mine