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“Well some say life
Will beat you down,
And break your heart,
Steal your crown.So it started out
For God-knows-where.
I guess I'll know
When I get there.”

Tom Petty

Learning to Fly
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)

Life , God , Heart

“Well I won't back down,
No I won't back down.
You could stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won't back down.”

Tom Petty

I Won't Back Down, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)
Source: Conversations with Tom Petty

Hell

“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.”

Tom Petty

I Won't Back Down
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

World

“Yeah runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me.
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads.
I'm runnin' down a dream.”

Tom Petty

Runnin' Down a Dream, written with Jeff Lynne and Mike Campbell
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

Dreams

“I was talkin' with a friend of mine,
Said a woman done hurt his pride.
Told him that she loved him so, then
Turned around and let him go.
Then he said "you'd better watch your step"
Or you're gonna get hurt yourself.
Someone's gonna tell you lies
Cut you down to size…”

Tom Petty

Don't Do Me Like That
Lyrics, Damn The Torpedoes (1979)

Love , Hurt

“Create myself down south.
Impress all the women.
Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens.
ear seersucker and white linens.”

Tom Petty

Down South
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)

Women

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

Tom Petty

Free Fallin, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

Home , Girl , Boy , Heart

“I was born a rebel
Down in Dixie on a Sunday morning.
Yeah, with one foot in the grave,
And one foot on the pedal.
I was born a rebel.”

Tom Petty

Rebels
Lyrics, Southern Accents (1985)

“There were times apart, there were times together.
I was pledged to her for worse or better.
When it mattered most I let her down.
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out.”

Tom Petty

It'll All Work Out
Lyrics, Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987)

Way , Time

“Baby, you've got a heart so big,
It could crush this town.
But I can't hold out forever.
Even walls fall down.”

Tom Petty

Walls (Circus)
Lyrics, Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996)

Heart , Baby

“Louisiana rain now is falling just like tears.
Running down my face washing out the years.
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes.
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge.”

Tom Petty

Louisiana Rain
Lyrics, Damn The Torpedoes (1979)

Shoe , Tear

“I'm learning to fly,
But I ain't got wings.
Coming down
Is the hardest thing.”

Tom Petty

Learning to Fly, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)

Learning , Flying

“It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music. I'm not condoning downloading music for free. I don't think that's really fair, but I understand it. If you brought CD prices back down to $8.98, you would solve a lot of the industry's problems.”

Tom Petty

Rolling Stone interview (2002)

People , Music , Way , Understanding

“I wanna glide down over Mulholland.
I wanna write her name in the sky.
Gonna free fall out into nothing.
Gonna leave this world for a while.”

Tom Petty

Free Fallin
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

World

“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.”

Tom Petty

I Won't Back Down
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

Life , World