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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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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.
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There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.
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You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because, you know, it's very shy, too. But once you've got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there's a better word, or a better change.
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Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
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I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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I've always had a great love for the blues.
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I've got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint...
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.
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I always tell my kids, "Find something that you love and within that you'll find some job that you can do and you'll always be happy. You'll go to a job that you want to go to."
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Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.
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There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.
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We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.
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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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I wouldn't want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don't mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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Some grow young, some grow cold...
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You believe what you want to believe...
Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers