Fading by degrees
Not believing all I see to be so
I'm flying over backyards
Country homes and ranches
Watching life between the branches below
And it's hard to say
Who you are these days
But you run on anyway
Don't you, baby?
You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace
I'm moving on alone
Over ground that no one owns
Past statues that atone for my sins
There's a guard on every door
And a drink on every floor
Overflowing with a thousand amens
And it's hard to say
Who you are these days
But you run on anyway
Don't you, baby?
You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace
Don't you, baby?
You're rolling up the carpet
Of your father's two-room mansion
No headroom for expansion no more
And there's a corner of the floor
They're telling you is yours
You're confident but not really sure
And it's hard to say
Who you are these days
But you run on anyway
Don't you, baby?
You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace
Don't you, baby?
You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace
Don't you, baby?
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He was also a successful solo artist.
Over the course of his career, Petty sold more than 80 million albums. His hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "American Girl" (1976), "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's solo hits include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994).
Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. He also acted; he had a recurring role as the voice of Lucky Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show's end in 2009.
Petty died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017 at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour.
If you poke around some more, I suspect that you will find more to like in a catalog that includes 20 studio albums, 4 bands, several collaborations, and 300+ songs.
Diggin it! I love the roving rim shot tracking right to left on these headphones of mine. Good driving tune...now I need to find a road and LEAVE work...shucks....gotta stick it out another 159 minutes today.....Long Live RP!!
RIP, Tom Petty. Thanks for the ride.
…another mediocre TP song on RP - overplayed.
average rating is a 7 out of over 2600 ratings hmmm seems you are in the minority GH l
We'll all be rediscovering Tom Petty for the rest of our lives.
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Why is that monkey leading the spaceman towards the Simian Rocket?
To get to the other side?
Why is that monkey leading the spaceman towards the Simian Rocket?
Why doesn't the monkey have on a space suit?
Is the "monkey " actually a sentient alien lifeform from that desert planet?
Could this be the planet Arrakis from Dune?
Is the astronaut is taking the monkey back to Earth?
There's yellow smoke on the left horizon.
Is that the remains of a nuclear mushroom cloud?
Or is that someone exhaling from a vape pen?
So many questions ...
What a horrible voice he has... unpleasant.
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.... if you're Madonna or Cher.