Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ (2002)

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
"The Last DJ"
Album: The Last DJ (2002 Warner)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Well you can't turn him into a company man
You can't turn him into a whore
And the boys upstairs just don't understand anymore
Well the top brass don't like him talking so much
And he won't play what they say to play
And he don't want to change what don't need to change
And there goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
There goes the last DJ
Well some folks say they're gonna hang him so high
Because you just can't do what he did
There's some things you just can't put in the minds of those kids
As we celebrate mediocrity all the boys upstairs want to see
How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free
And there goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
And there goes the last DJ

[Instrumental break]

Well he got him a station down in Mexico
And sometimes it will kinda come in
And I'll bust a move and remember how it was back then
There goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
And there goes the last DJ

ALBUM:

Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down (1989)

Tom Petty
"I Won't Back Down"
Album: Full Moon Fever (1989 MCA)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground, won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin me down
gonna stand my ground
... and I won't back down

Chorus:
(I won't back down...)
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(and I won't back down...)
hey I will stand my ground
and I won't back down

Well I know what's right, I got just one life
in a world that keeps on pushin me around
but I'll stand my ground
...and I won't back down

(I won't back down...)
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(and I won't back down...)
hey I will stand my ground
(I won't back down)
and I won't back down...

(I won't back down...)
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down)
hey I won't back down
(and I won't back down)
hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(and I won't back down)
hey I will stand my ground
(and I won't back down)
and I won't back down
(I won't back down)
No I won't back down...

ALBUM:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl (1977) (Live 1978)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"American Girl"
Album: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976 Shelter)


SINGLE:








LYRICS:
Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin'
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


O yeah, all right
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 her balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by,
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate 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


O yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl


ALBUM:

Tom Petty - Free Fallin' (1989)

Tom Petty

Free Fallin'

Album: Full Moon Fever (1989 RCA)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


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

And it's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway 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

{Refrain}
And I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah, I'm free, free fallin'

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

{Refrain}

Free fallin', I'm a-free fallin', I'm a
Free fallin', I'm a-free fallin', I'm a

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

And I'm free
  Free fallin', I'm a-free fallin', I'm a
Free fallin'
  Free fallin', I'm a-free fallin', I'm a
Yeah, I'm free
  Free fallin', I'm a-free fallin', I'm a
Free fallin'
  Free fallin', I'm a-free fallin', I'm a
{Repeat to fade}

ALBUM:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Surrender (1977) TV Live

Tom Petty & The Hearbreakers
"Surrender" (1977 Not released until 2000)
Album: Anthology Through the Years 1974-2000 (2000 MCA)


Anthology: Through the Years is a double compilation album featuring the best of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It contains a new song, "Surrender", written by Petty during the You're Gonna Get It! sessions, but recorded in 2000 especially for this release. "Surrender" is also the last studio recording of Howie Epstein before his death.


SINGLE:





LYRICS:


Don't go crazy now
Take it easy
I just can't hold out forever

Don't you lie to me?
You said me you love
Don't say you dont remember

Cause you told me
Yeah you did
And I'm not gonna let you forget

Well I'm down on my knees
And I'm begging again
You tell me why you have to pretend
I know you want me, why don't you give in?

Surrender

Don't let me down
I just can't hang around
Feeling this way forever

On your balcony
You said you love me
Don't say you don't remember

Cause you told me
Yeah you did
And I'm not gonna let you forget

Well I'm down on my knees
And I'm begging again
You tell me why you have to pretend
I don't like it when you looking at him

Surrender
Surrender to me
Baby surrender, surrender

Surrender
Surrender to me


HOWIE EPSTEIN (1955-2003)





ALBUM:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Waiting (1981)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"The Waiting"
Album: Hard Promises (1981 Backstreet/MCA)


SINGLE: 




LYRICS:

Oh baby don’t it feel like heaven right now
Don’t it feel like somethin’ from a dream
Yeah I’ve never known nothing quite like this
Don’t it feel like tonight might never be again
We know better than to try and pretend
Baby no one could have ever told me ’bout this

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

Well yeah I might have chased a couple of women
around
All it ever got me was down
Then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby you’re the only one that’s ever known how
To make me wanna live like I wanna live now

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more ca rd
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

Don’t let it kill you baby, don’t let it get to
you
Don’t let ’em kill you baby, don’t let ’em get to
you
I’ll be your breathin’ heart, I’ll be your cryin’
fool
Don’t let this go to far, don’t let it get to you

ALBUM:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refugee (1979)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Refugee"
Album : Damn the Torpedoes (1979 MCA)


LYRICS:

We got somethin', we both know it, we don't talk too much about it
Ain't no real big secret, all the same, somehow we get around it
Listen, it don't really matter to me baby
You believe what you want to believe, you see

You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Tell me why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon
Horny, it don't make no difference to me baby
Everybody has to fight to be free, you see

[Chorus:]
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No baby you don't have to live like a refugee
(Dont have to live like a refugee)

Baby we ain't the first
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
Right now it seems real to you, but it's
One of those things you gotta feel to be true

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Who knows maybe you were kidnapped tied up,
Taken away and held for ransom
Horny, it don't make no difference to me baby
Baby, everybody has to fight to be free, you see

[Chorus]

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Make It Better (Forget About Me) (1985)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Make it Better" (Forget about Me)
Album : Southern Accents (1985 MCA)


I wanna make it better baby
Listen, I want to make it good again
Yes I want to make it better girl

Yeah better for you, and me
Baby wait and see
I know it's been a long, long time
But it's gonna be alright
No you musn't let it drag you down

Honey, there's a lot a fools around
But anything I can do, honey
I'm gonna do it' for you

(Chorus)

Yeah good for and me
Baby please believe
That anything I can, baby I'm gonna do it for you
(Forget about me, forget these eyes)
(Forget about me, say goodbye)

These was too much rain, too much humility
Do you know why you did what you did to me?
Honey you're the jugde, there ain't no jury
And I'm just an innocent boy, used to bein' guilty