Lyrical Response

[PastaJoe]

Blue Jean
I just met me a girl named Blue Jean

 

Blue Jean
She got a camouflaged face and no money
Remember they always let you down when you need 'em

 

Oh, Blue Jean
Is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean
She got a police bike
She got a turned up nose

[WhoTom]

I done ran into my baby
and finally found my old blue jean.
I done ran into my baby
and finally found my old blue jean.
Well, I could tell that they was mine
from the oil and the gasoline.

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

I never knew how complete love could be
'Til she kissed me and said

Baby, please, go all the way
It feels so right (feels so right)
Being with you here tonight
Please, go all the way
Just hold me close (hold me close)
Don't ever let me go

[muppy]

Kiss me, out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, (swing, swing) swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress

 

[LeviF]

Did you think that I would cry, on the phone?
Do you know what it feels like, being alone?
I'll find someone new

 

Swing, swing, swing from the tangles of
My heart is crushed by a former love
Can you help me find a way
To carry on again?

[DD4Bills]

The fortunes of fables are able
To sing the song
Now witness the quickness with which
We get along
To sing the blues you've got to live the dues
And carry on

[WhoTom]

Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy

[PastaJoe]

I'm taking the shade out of the sun
Whatever made me think that I was number one
I oughta know, easy come, easy go

Sittin' it out, now I'm spinnin' the dial
Just thinkin' about the chump I've been, I have to smile
Didn't I know, easy come, easy go

[muppy]

Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

[WhoTom]

May the four winds blow you safely home
Roll away the dew

[muppy]

Did you ever know that you're my hero
And everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle
For you are the wind beneath my wings

[PastaJoe]

In the chilly hours and minutes
Of uncertainty, I want to be
In the warm hold of your loving mind

To feel you all around me
And to take your hand, along the sand
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

 

[WhoTom]

From the other direction, she was calling my eye
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try

Might as well try

[muppy]

Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

[PastaJoe]

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

 

Picket lines and picket signs (sister, sister)
Don't punish me with brutality (sister, sister)
Talk to me (sister)
So you can see (sister)
Oh, what's going on (what's going on)
What's going on (what's going on)
What's going on (what's going on)
What's going on (what's going on)

[Bill from NYC]

I have a friend I've never seen
He hides his head inside a dream
Someone should call him and see
If he can come out
Try to lose the down that he's found

 

But only love can break your heart
Try to be sure right from the start
Yes, only love can break your heart
What if your world should fall apart?

[muppy]

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

[WhoTom]

Yeah, runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery

Goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream

 

 

 

Related side note: Tom Petty was the voice of Lucky on "King of the Hill." This is one of my favorite Lucky scenes:

 

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by WhoTom

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive
Trying not to confuse it, with what you do to survive
'69, I was 21 and I called the road my own
I don't know when that road turned into the road I'm on

Running on (running on empty)
Running on (running blind)
Running on (running into the sun)
But I'm running behind

Everyone I know, everywhere I go
People need some reason to believe
I don't know about anyone, but me
If it takes all night, that'll be all right
If I can get you to smile before I leave