Gainesville (Outtake, 1998) - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

There's a comfort in the chaos An exhausting kind of peace There's a ringing in our ears That'll last at least a week And they'll wonder why we're grinning With our bodies sore and shot 'Cause they don't know about our secret And it's worth a fucking lot 'Cause it's easy feeling jaded Feeling older, feeling wasted And it's harder feeling stronger But we're better with each other And it's cheesy but I know that When I fall, you'll help to pick me off the floor And I still have that CD-R of 'Reinventing Axl Rose' That you burnt for me in high school Way too many years ago Now it's scratched and I don't have a CD player anymore But I keep it for the sentiment 'Cause that's what shelves are for And it's easy feeling jaded Feeling older, feeling wasted And it's harder feeling stronger But we're better with each other And it's cheesy but I know that When I fall, you'll help to pick me off the floor So bury me in Gainesville Close to State Road 24 When I've finally worn out everything That I was living for I'll stay close and you'll stay magic As October never ends 'Cause we held onto something bigger Than they'll ever understand And it's easy feeling jaded Feeling older, feeling wasted And it's harder feeling stronger But we're better with each other And it's cheesy but I know that When I fall, you'll help to pick me off the floor

I was born in Gainesville, Florida And my father was a tailor And my mother ran a cafe near the university I've a brother died aborning And another who's a sailor I've a sister who is older, and living on her own I have tried all my life to be kind to others Even when others were unkind to me I've been told all my life when I found someone He would look at me and I'd know Are you really mine? Are you really mine? Does your heart glow When you see me walkin' down the street, boy? Do your eyes shine When you know that we're about to meet I don't think they do I was born in Gainesville, Florida And my father was a tailor Andmy mother ran a cafe near the university And she didn't raise a fool when she raised me

I sure like that candy I don't go for them turnip greens I sure like that candy I don't go for them turnip greens So when you put it on the table Oh mama think about me Well I don't drink Coca Cola But I sure like the old moonshine Well I don't drink Coca Cola But I sure like the old moonshine Yeah we drink it from a fruit jar With my little baby by my side Well I don't much like walking But I love my Eldorado ride I ain't never cared a thing about walking But I love my Eldorado ride Yeah we run it round the cornfield With my little baby by my side (Chorus)Well I don't drink Coca Cola But I sure like the old moonshine Well I don't drink Coca Cola But I sure like the old moonshine

Put down your things and rest awhile We both know where to go Yeah, daddy had to crash He was always halfway there you know And no, I don't pretend there's any more of that They say one day, you'll look up and laugh And hear the same sad echo when you walk Yeah, the same sad echo when you talk, loud and clear It's the same, it's the same sad echo around here I promise you this winter I will worship you like gold And ride your train forever Electric fortunes to be told And I don't want to question or even celebrate All the joy you took and then gave back too late It's the same sad echo when you lie It's the same sad echo when you try to be clear It's the same as the same sad echo, around here Well, I woke up right here In a pool of sweat With a box of pills and you Yeah, and I'm gonna keep my head I'm gonna keep my cool 'Cause I'm so in love with you Yes, and in another world nothing was like this There may have been a girl There never was a kiss The poison came in liquid She was naked all the time And no one could explain it It was all between the lines And I don't seem to trust anyone no more It could be faith, but now I'm not quite sure It's the same sad echo every day Yeah, the same sad echo another way It's the same sad echo when you call It's the same, it's the same sad echo, most of all Well you just got tired You just gave in You took it hard Then you just quit You let me down You dropped the ball You fell on your face most of all And I don't want to mean anything to you I don't want to tempt you to be true It's the same sad echo comin' down It's the same sad echo all around in my ears It's the same, it's the same sad echo around here

Goin' down to Lillian's Music Store To buy a black diamond string Gonna wind it up on my guitar Gonna make that silver sing Like it was Dreamville A long time ago A million miles away All the trees were green In Dreamville I keep wakin' up all by myself With a Blue Jay in my brain Flappin' his wings Making me sing It was just about to rain Like it was Dreamville Where I was born Light-years from here And the air smelled good In Dreamville Like it was Dreamville A long time ago Light-years from here And the trees were green In Dreamville Ridin' with my momma To Glen Springs Pool Water was cold My lips were blue There was rock and roll Across the dial When I think of her It makes me smile Like it was Dreamville A long time ago A million miles away All the trees were green In Dreamville In Dreamville It was in Dreamville A long time ago Light-years from here And the air smelled good In Dreamville In Dreamville

From a table across the room She was signaling me with her eyes I walked over to be introduced I said, "Hello", she just smiled And said, "I know a place Not too far from here We could get away for a while" Yeah, that's when she kissed me And told me her name I never did tell her mine Magnolia I remember the smell Of the wind through the sweet Magnolia And I know that she's out there Somewhere in the world She's forgotten me but I remember her Magnolia Well her lips were as warm As that wet southern night Her eyes were as black as the sky And I wondered aloud Just what I had done right As I lay there, with her by my side Then she took hold of my hand As she looked up at me And said, "Now I must tell you goodbye" And there in the moonlight As I watched her leave I felt a chill down inside Oh, Magnolia I remember the smell Of the wind through the sweet Magnolia And I know that she's out there Somewhere in the world She's forgotten me but I remember her Magnolia I remember the smell Of the wind through the sweet Magnolia