Tom somehow mastered it before ever over-thinking it, one of so many reasons his songs were powerful when released, and persists in delivering that force every time. Paul Simon spoke often about this balance of conversational and poetic language in songs. That balance is something some songwriters take decades to develop, if they ever do. That restraint has the effect of underscoring the poetry when it does come to the surface, built on the foundation of real speech. Yet he always knew to temper the poetry in a song, so that it was realĪnd understandable, and not obscure the meaning. Might have written every line with the same level of “revel in your abandon” Other songwriters wanting the world to know of their poetic depth, His natural instinctual inner-songwriter leading the way – is in beautifulīloom here. Yet the fullness of Tom’s genius – which was both the result of diligence and “Tell me why you want to lay there and revel in your abandon.” In its simple but poignant elegance, pushing the entire song gently into a More poetic and less colloquial than what has brought us there, it’s Shakespearean This is followed by an archetypal Tom Petty line at once
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“Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some.” Which fractured her personality, causing this condition: It’s directed at this character in mostlyĬonversational language, as the narrator attempts to piece together the hurt The lyric, which he said poured out of him without much work, It was built, as were many of Tom’s great songs, on the foundation of a Mike Campbell chord progression – this one in F#m, anchored on the simple but powerful repeating progression of F#m-A-E – over which Tom wrote the words and the melody to this timeless song. Song – that becoming this character of ragged desperation, though matching someĬounter-culture ideal of a rebel refusing to play by conventional rules – was perhaps Song – taking on this lyrical conceit rarely explored so directly in a rock Music wed to words both conversational and poetic. This album was right on the crux of the fullĮmergence of Tom as a songwriter, revealing the remarkable blend of rocking, visceral It all started strong and would keep getting stronger.Īs Rolling Stone declared, it was the “album we’ve all been waiting for – that is, if we were all Tom Petty fans, which we would be if there were any justice in the world.” Already the potential for expansion seemed likely and was now affirmed. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Its reception by the fans – and most critics – was one of great elation and a sense that this great band was one of those rare ones not to repeat themselves, but evolve with each album.
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Get the embed code Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Album Lyrics1.American Girl2.American Girl (Live)3.Breakdown4.Breakdown (Live)5.Don't Bring Me Down6.Don't Bring Me Down (Live)7.Don’t Bring Me Down8.I Need To Know (Live At The Wiltern/1985)9.Insider10.It Ain't Nothin' to Me (Live)11.Needles and (Live)14.Refugee15.Refugee (Live)16.Rockin' Around (With You)17.Rockin' Around (With You) (Live)18.Rockin’ Around (With You)19.Shout20.Shout (Live)21.So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star (Live)22.Southern Accent23.Southern Accents24.Stories We Could Tell25.The Waiting26.The Waiting (Live)27.You Got Lucky (Live At The Wiltern/1985)Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Lyrics provided by Now you don't have to live like a refugee No, you don't have to live like a refugee
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I'm sure a lot of other lover's been burned Now baby you don't have to live like a refugee Hii! It don't make no difference to me baby You see you don't have to live like a refugee Listen, it don't really matter to me baby