Tom Petty Quotes

Restless sleep, twisted dreams
Moving targets, silent screams.
Restless city, restless street
Restless you, restless me.

I'm watching the water Watching the coast Suddenly I know What I want the most And I want to tell you Still I hold back I need some time Get my life on track. I know that look on your face But there's somethin' lucky about this place And there's somethin' good comin' For you and me Somethin' good comin' There has to be.

I just catch myself wonderin', waitin', worryin' bout some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'.

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...

There is no sense in pretending,
Your eyes give you away.
Something inside you is feeling like I do,
We've said all there is to say.

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

It's time to move on, time to get going
What lies ahead I have no way of knowing.
But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
It's time to move on, it' s time to get going.

He was caught up in a lie he half-believed,
Found her hiding high in the family tree.
Washed his hands, and put her 'cross his knee.
She said "daddy, you've been a mother to me."

Wherever you are tonight,
I wish you the best of everything, in the world.
And I hope you found
Whatever you were looking for.

Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.

I'm so tired of being tired.
Sure as night will follow day,
Most things I worry about
Never happen anyway.

Running down a dream...
working on a mystery...
going wherever it leads...

I've got someone who loves me tonight.
I've got over a thousand dollars in the bank,
And I'm all right.

Little miss queen of hearts you're a strange thing.
Why you wanna stay so vague?
I'm wandering through this mess you've made
To see what I can save.

I'm old enough to have lived in a country where, if you were willing to work hard, you could have a fairly nice life. You could support your family, and even get a shot at owning your own home. But you never thought you'd get a swimming pool. Now culture has hypnotised people into thinking they're really nothing if they're not wealthy and a Kardashian.