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I was walking down the street the other day
A woman stopped me
She said, "Why is it you look so down in the mouth?"
And I told her
This is a burnt out town
It's full of dirty looks
There's ashes on main street
And the mayor is cooking the books
Why, even my best friends
Are turning into crooks
Yeah this is a burnt out town
New Emperor, same clothes
They're dancing on the glass ceilings
While the filthy money flows
Yes, and here I am stealing gas
With a garden hose
Aw, look out now...
This is a burnt out town
The city fathers have come to blows
It's out of their realm of reality
The truth's indecent when exposed
Yeah, it's a burnt out town
It's going down but no one knows
Yeah, it's a burnt out town
Ain't dead but getting close
The magic of this magical man.
Beautiful description of the Obama years
Everything is broken…
on purpose
Hate to have to agree. The late 70's / early 80's stuff was great, but then...meh...
Yup.
Top 40 Radio Fodder, at best.
As if the Stones would take the time to learn this tune. That's just Absurd and Idiotic.
Between tea with the Queen and golfing, it would have to be a good song.
Most asinine song comment in recent history.
Slam Dunk.
I'm sure Bob is OK....BillG on the other hand was safely away from Paradise during the fire, though Paradise is a Burnt out Town, sadly; love to all those impacted by the fire...Long Live RP!! I'm at an 8 on this groovy blues-rock funk track!
It does work but not until the obligatory mouthful of the stuff followed by much spitting and cursing.
Even swilling your mouth out with milk afterwards takes a long time to erase that taste.
Tom Petty and the lyrics in this song just brought that memory back
He won a $53,000 insurance settlement. He'll never have to work again.
Didn't he work in a corn chip factory in Waco some years ago?
He won a $53,000 insurance settlement. He'll never have to work again.
Reminds me of a hung-over, untied-shoes variation on John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillun"...
"here I am stealing Guinness with a garden hose"
What is he complaining about? I'd like to try that on occasion.
Let me know when you find the source, I'll join you.
Give Mojo a listen. It came out in 2010. Maybe his best work!
"Because I've just eaten an Eider Duck."
As the old saying goes, you don't get down off a horse, you get down off a duck :o)
I'll get me coat...
Its the way ya tell'em Fred, cracked me right up .....
This song is great 12-bar blues... what an incredible album... everybody in my homeless camp loves this song... we understand why Tom Petty has fire on his mind—
In 1987, when he lived over the hill in Encino, his home burnt to cinders in an arson that may have had homicidal intent. Trapped in the house after hustling his family out a side door to the pool, he crawled through smoke to save himself.
Two decades later, after he had relocated to Malibu, Petty woke one night to the odor of smoke. After rousing his wife, Dana York, and a friend in a nearby building, he had time to grab only one item as they fled the so-called Canyon Fire. “It was a Hohner bass that I’ve used on every record, and you can’t find another one,” says Petty. “I grabbed that and I went, ‘Hell, is this going to happen to me twice in my life where everything I own is just wiped out?’ And then I thought, ‘Well, I’m OK with that.’ Because things come back, but people don’t.”
That's interesting. Thanks for the post, Lazza :)
"Because I've just eaten an Eider Duck."
As the old saying goes, you don't get down off a horse, you get down off a duck :o)
I'll get me coat...
"here I am stealing Guinness with a garden hose"
What is he complaining about? I'd like to try that on occasion.
Been listening to this album for two days worth of commuting so far, it is excellent!
American Dream Plan B and All You Can Carry are both stellar work. No doubt that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers still have got the spark. Would love to see this tour.
Do yourself a favor and catch this tour. Saw Tom's show in Vancouver last month and it's well worth it
Been listening to this album for two days worth of commuting so far, it is excellent!
American Dream Plan B and All You Can Carry are both stellar work. No doubt that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers still have got the spark. Would love to see this tour.
This song is great 12-bar blues... what an incredible album... everybody in my homeless camp loves this song... we understand why Tom Petty has fire on his mind—
In 1987, when he lived over the hill in Encino, his home burnt to cinders in an arson that may have had homicidal intent. Trapped in the house after hustling his family out a side door to the pool, he crawled through smoke to save himself.
Two decades later, after he had relocated to Malibu, Petty woke one night to the odor of smoke. After rousing his wife, Dana York, and a friend in a nearby building, he had time to grab only one item as they fled the so-called Canyon Fire. “It was a Hohner bass that I’ve used on every record, and you can’t find another one,” says Petty. “I grabbed that and I went, ‘Hell, is this going to happen to me twice in my life where everything I own is just wiped out?’ And then I thought, ‘Well, I’m OK with that.’ Because things come back, but people don’t.”
"Yeah this is a burnt-out town. New Emperor, same clothes"
Beautiful description of the Obama years
Clown comment, bro.