After working with his early bands The Sundowners, The Epics, and Mudcrutch (which also included future Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench) he began his recording career with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers when the band broke onto the national music scene with their 1976 self-titled debut album. Still, it took America a full year to catch up to the album. "Breakdown" was re-released to radio and became a Top 40 hit in 1977 after word filtered back the band was creating a firestorm in England.
He was also a member of The Traveling Wilburys, along with George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison. Petty and the Heartbreakers also toured as a backing band for Bob Dylan.
Petty is a vocal critic of the modern recording industry, including the disintegration of independent radio stations.
Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with his 2006 effort, Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation himself. Examples of other solo albums include Full Moon Fever and Wildflowers
Petty died on 2 October 2017 following a cardiac episode earlier that day at his home in Malibu, California. Although some media outlets incorrectly reported his death following an erroneous police report, his death was confirmed later that day by his publicist and manager.
Woman in Love
Tom Petty Lyrics
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Said "Don't think about it, you can go crazy
Any thing can happen, anything can end
Don't try to fight it, don't try to save me"
She's a woman in love
And he's gonna break her heart to pieces
She don't want to see
Well all rig ht, do what you want
Don't try to talk, don't say nothin'
She used to be the kind of woman
You have and you hold, she could understand the problem
She let the little things go
She's a woman in love
And he's gonna break her heart to pieces
But she don't want to know
She's a woman in love, she can't let go
Time after time, night after night
She would look up at me and say she was lonely
I don't understand what she needed
I gave her everything, she threw it all away on nothin'
She's a woman in love
Tom Petty's Woman in Love depicts the story of a man who's just experienced a breakup with a woman. She doesn't seem too broken up about it and tells him to move on because anything can happen and anything can end. She's currently involved with another guy who's going to break her heart to pieces, but she's still in love with him. The man laments that he doesn't understand what she needs because he gave her everything, but she threw it all away for nothing.
The song speaks about the complexity of love, and how it can be challenging for outsiders to understand what someone may need or want from a partner. It reflects how people can be hesitant to let go despite knowing that the other person might hurt them. The singer experiences deep pain as he watches the woman he loves suffer under the misguided belief that her current love will eventually reciprocate her feelings.
Overall, the lyrics reveal the dark underbelly of love, highlighting the fragility of human emotions and the disastrous consequences that often follow when desires collide with reality.
Line by Line Meaning
She laughed in my face, told me good-bye
She snickered in my face and said farewell
Said "Don't think about it, you can go crazy
She cautioned me not to dwell on it, as it can drive one insane
Any thing can happen, anything can end
She reminded me that anything can take place, and everything can come to a conclusion
Don't try to fight it, don't try to save me"
She requested me to refrain from fighting it, as well as from rescuing her
She's a woman in love
She is infatuated with someone
And he's gonna break her heart to pieces
Her lover is going to shatter her heart into innumerable little pieces
She don't want to see
She doesn't want to see it coming
She's a woman in love, but it's not me
Although she's in love, it's not me she's in love with
Well all right, do what you want
I permitted her to do what she wanted
Don't try to talk, don't say nothin'
She didn't want me to try to persuade her out of it or say anything
She used to be the kind of woman
She used to be the sort of woman
You have and you hold, she could understand the problem
She was the kind of person you could hold onto and discuss your issues with
She let the little things go
She was capable of letting go of minor issues
But she don't want to know
However, she doesn't want to learn the reality
She's a woman in love, she can't let go
She is in love with someone and incapable of letting go
Time after time, night after night
Numerous times, every night
She would look up at me and say she was lonely
She would glance up at me and admit she was lonely
I don't understand what she needed
I don't comprehend what she wanted
I gave her everything, she threw it all away on nothin'
I gave her everything, but she squandered it for no concrete reason
She's a woman in love
She is smitten with somebody
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MICHAEL W. CAMPBELL, TOM PETTY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@closedears5429
Me, 14 yrs old, in the 1980s, young black girl listening this group❤❤❤❤❤❤. Thank goodness for my dad exposing me to different music.
@chaddeez8446
You also like The Cure?
@closedears5429
@@chaddeez8446 I never really listened to the Cure
@eyezonly9737
Thats fresh!
@jerrycalljr12345
Aa 2i
@robertdonaldson2316
Thank goodness for you and father!
@stephene8679
“I don’t understand the world today.” Me neither T.P. We miss you
@davehavens8763
You said it. I don't either but this song takes it to a whole other level
@danhughes3626
True fucking story
@mixhaelamikovich
To me this is Tom’s best song