You got me in a corner
You got me against the wall
I got nowhere to go
I got nowhere to fall
Take back your insurance
Baby nothin's guaranteed
Take back your acid rain
Baby let your T.V. bleed
You're jammin' me, you're jammin' me,
Quit jammin' me
Baby you can keep me painted in a corner
You can look away, but it's not over
Take back your angry slander
Take back your pension plan
Take back your ups and downs of your life
In raisin-land
Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back Eddie Murphy
Give 'em all some place to go
You're jammin' me, you're jammin' me
Quit jammin' me
Baby you can keep me painted in a corner
You can walk away but it's not over
Take back your Iranian torture
And the apple in young Steve's eye
Yeah take back your losing streak
Check your front wheel drive
Take back Pasadena
Take back El Salvador
Take back that country club
They're tr yin' to build outside my door
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) Album Lyrics
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) Lyrics
Writer: BOB DYLAN, TOM PETTY, MIKE CAMPBELL
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Runaway Trains
She's up there all alone
I'm down here changing lanes
Her room was dark and cold
I'm listening to the waves
And I'm depending on time , babe
To get you out of my mind
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
She says "I understand
I'm used to being alone
And holding my own hand
I'm stronger than you know"
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
Don't blame me
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like are you naway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
I'm down here changing lanes
Her room was dark and cold
I'm listening to the waves
And I'm depending on time , babe
To get you out of my mind
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
She says "I understand
I'm used to being alone
And holding my own hand
I'm stronger than you know"
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
Don't blame me
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like are you naway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
Writer: MICHAEL W. CAMPBELL, TOM PETTY
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
The Damage Youve Done
Yeah, keep it up there
Yeah, uh huh
Well I wish I had a dollar
For every piece of my broken heart
Yeah if they gave out a quarter
For every thread of my shattered life
Baby you'd make me a millionaire
But it wouldn't repair the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Well I wish I was a blue bird
Honey, I'd just fly away
And look down over my shoulder
At the country down below
Baby you could make a king
It wouldn't mean a thing
Compare the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Yeah
Well, I wish I knew you better
Yeah, I wish I was close to you
Then maybe I would understand exactly what
I never did do, honey what's wrong? What's wrong?
Yeah I wish you kind of liked me
I wish you'd spare my pain
Why do you want to destroy me baby?
What did I do wrong?
Baby I could be a millionaire and I wouldn't care
After the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Honey you would make me a king
It wouldn't mean a thing
After the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Yes I'm talking about the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me (alright)
Yeah, uh huh
Well I wish I had a dollar
For every piece of my broken heart
Yeah if they gave out a quarter
For every thread of my shattered life
Baby you'd make me a millionaire
But it wouldn't repair the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Well I wish I was a blue bird
Honey, I'd just fly away
And look down over my shoulder
At the country down below
Baby you could make a king
It wouldn't mean a thing
Compare the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Yeah
Well, I wish I knew you better
Yeah, I wish I was close to you
Then maybe I would understand exactly what
I never did do, honey what's wrong? What's wrong?
Yeah I wish you kind of liked me
I wish you'd spare my pain
Why do you want to destroy me baby?
What did I do wrong?
Baby I could be a millionaire and I wouldn't care
After the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Honey you would make me a king
It wouldn't mean a thing
After the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me
Yes I'm talking about the damage that you've done
The damage that you've done
The damage that you've done to me (alright)
Writer: Tom Petty
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
It'll All Work Out
She wore faded jeans and soft black leather
She had eyes so blue they looked like weather
When she needed me I wasn't around
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out
There were times apart, there were times together
I was pledged to her for worse or better
When it mattered most I let her down
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out
It'll all work out eventually
Better off with him than here with me
It'll all work out eventually
Maybe better with him than here with me
Now the wind is high and the rain is heavy
And the water's rising in the levee
Still I think of her when the sun go es down
It never goes away, but it all works out
She had eyes so blue they looked like weather
When she needed me I wasn't around
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out
There were times apart, there were times together
I was pledged to her for worse or better
When it mattered most I let her down
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out
It'll all work out eventually
Better off with him than here with me
It'll all work out eventually
Maybe better with him than here with me
Now the wind is high and the rain is heavy
And the water's rising in the levee
Still I think of her when the sun go es down
It never goes away, but it all works out
Writer: Tom Petty
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music
My Life / Your World
They came this mornin' with a dog on a chain
They came and took my little brother away
His generation never even got a name
My momma was a rocker way back in ´53
Buys them old records that they sell on T.V.
I know Chuck Berry wasn't singin' that to me
Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world
I watch that fortune wheel
But never get to spin it
You made me promises, I don't think you meant it
If there's some sunshine baby
I'm gonna get out in it, oh yeah
Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world
I tried to leave, but the traffic had been stopped
The beach was burnin', and someone was
Throwin' rocks
They said an airplane had
Fallen in my block
Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world
They came and took my little brother away
His generation never even got a name
My momma was a rocker way back in ´53
Buys them old records that they sell on T.V.
I know Chuck Berry wasn't singin' that to me
Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world
I watch that fortune wheel
But never get to spin it
You made me promises, I don't think you meant it
If there's some sunshine baby
I'm gonna get out in it, oh yeah
Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world
I tried to leave, but the traffic had been stopped
The beach was burnin', and someone was
Throwin' rocks
They said an airplane had
Fallen in my block
Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world
Writer: MICHAEL W. CAMPBELL, TOM PETTY
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Think About Me
Listen little baby one of these days
Your pretty head's gonna turn my way
Honey, oh baby you just wait
One of these nights you're gonna call my name
Oh yeah, one of these days
Girl you better believe, honey wait and see
Yeah, you better believe
You're gonna think about me
Your boyfriend's gotta big red car
Got a compact disc, got a VCR
I can't do no disco dance
But I can sure love you baby if you give me a chance
Oh yeah, one of these days
Girl you better believe, honey wait and see
Yeah, you better believe
You're gonna think about me
I said oh pretty baby, is it something I've said?
Tell me why little baby,
I said why must you play with my head?
Listen little girl I said one of these days
Your pretty head's gonna turn my way
Yeah, one of these days, I know I'm right
You're gonna look for me in the middle of the night
Oh yeah, one of these days
Girl you better believe, honey wait and see
Yeah, you better believe
You're gonna think about me
Your pretty head's gonna turn my way
Honey, oh baby you just wait
One of these nights you're gonna call my name
Oh yeah, one of these days
Girl you better believe, honey wait and see
Yeah, you better believe
You're gonna think about me
Your boyfriend's gotta big red car
Got a compact disc, got a VCR
I can't do no disco dance
But I can sure love you baby if you give me a chance
Oh yeah, one of these days
Girl you better believe, honey wait and see
Yeah, you better believe
You're gonna think about me
I said oh pretty baby, is it something I've said?
Tell me why little baby,
I said why must you play with my head?
Listen little girl I said one of these days
Your pretty head's gonna turn my way
Yeah, one of these days, I know I'm right
You're gonna look for me in the middle of the night
Oh yeah, one of these days
Girl you better believe, honey wait and see
Yeah, you better believe
You're gonna think about me
Writer: TOM PETTY
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
All Mixed Up
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about
All mixed up about you
Yeah, it's having the effekt on me, pullin' and directin' me
I don't know what I'm gonna do
And no I can't find no I can't find no reason
To explain the way that I feel
I remember things being clearer
At one time things were more real
Honey, I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about
All mixed up about you
Yeah it's having the effekt on me, pullin' and directin' me
I don't know what I'm gonna do
(Bridge)
I'm not lookin' for sympathy
I'm just frightened by this aparthy
Like footsteps way in back of me
On a narrow street of stone
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about
All mixed up about you
And if time will answer all questions
Then perhaps a film will be shown
Everyone could mail-order tickets
Yeah, you could sell a lot of shirts
For the last picture show
Baby, I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about
All mixed up about you
It's like something is testing me, pullin' and directin' me
I don't know what I'm gonna do
All mixed up about you
Yeah, it's having the effekt on me, pullin' and directin' me
I don't know what I'm gonna do
And no I can't find no I can't find no reason
To explain the way that I feel
I remember things being clearer
At one time things were more real
Honey, I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about
All mixed up about you
Yeah it's having the effekt on me, pullin' and directin' me
I don't know what I'm gonna do
(Bridge)
I'm not lookin' for sympathy
I'm just frightened by this aparthy
Like footsteps way in back of me
On a narrow street of stone
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about
All mixed up about you
And if time will answer all questions
Then perhaps a film will be shown
Everyone could mail-order tickets
Yeah, you could sell a lot of shirts
For the last picture show
Baby, I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about
All mixed up about you
It's like something is testing me, pullin' and directin' me
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
A Self-Made Man
If he don't want to talk
Leave him alone
If he don't want to talk
Leave him alone
He's a self-made man, he did it on his own
Now some folks say there' s a dangerous side
Some folks say he's got a danger side
He's a self-made man, he knows about pride
So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?
Some folks say it was a woman he knew
So me folks say it was a woman he knew
He's a self-made man, he knows how to lose
So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?
Leave him alone
If he don't want to talk
Leave him alone
He's a self-made man, he did it on his own
Now some folks say there' s a dangerous side
Some folks say he's got a danger side
He's a self-made man, he knows about pride
So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?
Some folks say it was a woman he knew
So me folks say it was a woman he knew
He's a self-made man, he knows how to lose
So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?
Writer: Thomas Earl Petty
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Aint Love Strange
Well, it can get you in the back boy
Or you can lie around in roses
Or maybe walk around wonderin'
You know, goin' through the motions
Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?
'Cause it can make you string barb-wire
Around your little piece of ground
For emotional protection
Oh, but it's too late now
Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?
Some keep tryin' it, giving and denying it
And I don't know why it is I guess you never quit
Tryin' to make sense of it
'Cause it can feel like perfection,
But never all the time
And you don't want to be alone again
Oh my, my
Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?
Or you can lie around in roses
Or maybe walk around wonderin'
You know, goin' through the motions
Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?
'Cause it can make you string barb-wire
Around your little piece of ground
For emotional protection
Oh, but it's too late now
Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?
Some keep tryin' it, giving and denying it
And I don't know why it is I guess you never quit
Tryin' to make sense of it
'Cause it can feel like perfection,
But never all the time
And you don't want to be alone again
Oh my, my
Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?
Writer: Thomas Earl Petty
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
How Many More Days
There is something little darling
That I want you to know
Honey I love you, yeah I need you
Every night, everyday goes so slow
How many more days?
I want to see you again
Yes, I remember you smiling
I remember you feeling mighty fine
I remember your kiss, I remember your touch
I can't get you out of my mind
Little girl, how many more days?
I need to see you again
How long will that take?
I want to see you again
Oh babe can't you see? I'll be honest with you
Please don't lie babe, please don't smile
Please don't play around with this heart of mine
Can't you see?
It's something I want babe
It's more than that, it's something I need
Oh little darling please be truthful, please
Be faithful, please come now to me
Oh baby--I need to see you again
Please remember, little lover
I'll give the good to you
Please remember, my little lover
I'll be good to you--but how many more days?
'Till I can see you again--please don't make me wait
I want to see you again
That I want you to know
Honey I love you, yeah I need you
Every night, everyday goes so slow
How many more days?
I want to see you again
Yes, I remember you smiling
I remember you feeling mighty fine
I remember your kiss, I remember your touch
I can't get you out of my mind
Little girl, how many more days?
I need to see you again
How long will that take?
I want to see you again
Oh babe can't you see? I'll be honest with you
Please don't lie babe, please don't smile
Please don't play around with this heart of mine
Can't you see?
It's something I want babe
It's more than that, it's something I need
Oh little darling please be truthful, please
Be faithful, please come now to me
Oh baby--I need to see you again
Please remember, little lover
I'll give the good to you
Please remember, my little lover
I'll be good to you--but how many more days?
'Till I can see you again--please don't make me wait
I want to see you again
Writer: TOM PETTY
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
Work twenty years and they'll take care of you
They'll buy you a diamond, they'll send you on a cruise
Give it all your money, give it all your time
Then wake up one morning and wonder why
Let me up
I've had enough
I believe you baby, I know you wouldn't lie
Like a dog won't bark, like a bird won't fly
Yeah pretty little baby, you're a weapon with eyes
I know what you want, but it's a surprise
Let me up--I've had enough
Yeah, yeah, bet honest with me
Honey am I what you thought I would be
You tell me you love me baby, you'll be true
I want to believe you, but I don't know why I do
I woke up this mornin', there was a car in the drive
I didn't recognize it, who was that guy?
Let me up
I've had enough
I believe you baby, I know you wouldn't lie
Like a dog won't bark, like a bird won't fly
Yeah pretty little baby why, you're a weapon with eyes
I know what you want, but it's a surprise
Let me up--I've had enough
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I tell ya, this is not
A question of humility here
They'll buy you a diamond, they'll send you on a cruise
Give it all your money, give it all your time
Then wake up one morning and wonder why
Let me up
I've had enough
I believe you baby, I know you wouldn't lie
Like a dog won't bark, like a bird won't fly
Yeah pretty little baby, you're a weapon with eyes
I know what you want, but it's a surprise
Let me up--I've had enough
Yeah, yeah, bet honest with me
Honey am I what you thought I would be
You tell me you love me baby, you'll be true
I want to believe you, but I don't know why I do
I woke up this mornin', there was a car in the drive
I didn't recognize it, who was that guy?
Let me up
I've had enough
I believe you baby, I know you wouldn't lie
Like a dog won't bark, like a bird won't fly
Yeah pretty little baby why, you're a weapon with eyes
I know what you want, but it's a surprise
Let me up--I've had enough
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I tell ya, this is not
A question of humility here
Writer: MICHAEL W. CAMPBELL, TOM PETTY
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Gone Gator Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (styled on the cover with quotation marks) is the seventh studio album by the American band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on April 27, 1987. It features the most songwriting collaborations between Petty and lead guitarist Mike Campbell on any Petty album. It is the first album without then-former bassist Ron Blair on any tracks, as well as the first since Damn the Torpedoes not produced by Jimmy Iovine.
The Heartbreakers' approach when starting to work on the album in 1986 was to make it sound like a live recording. This technique contrasted with the heavy studio production on the band's previous album, Southern Accents, and was influenced by touring as Bob Dylan's backing band.
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) is also notable for being the only previous studio album not represented on Petty's 1993 Greatest Hits album, even though the single "Jammin' Me" (co-written with fellow Traveling Wilbury Bob Dylan) was No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks for four weeks and No. 18 on the Hot 100. "Jammin' Me" was later included on the compilation album Anthology: Through the Years.
Performed By:
Tom Petty & The HeartbreakersThe Heartbreakers' approach when starting to work on the album in 1986 was to make it sound like a live recording. This technique contrasted with the heavy studio production on the band's previous album, Southern Accents, and was influenced by touring as Bob Dylan's backing band.
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) is also notable for being the only previous studio album not represented on Petty's 1993 Greatest Hits album, even though the single "Jammin' Me" (co-written with fellow Traveling Wilbury Bob Dylan) was No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks for four weeks and No. 18 on the Hot 100. "Jammin' Me" was later included on the compilation album Anthology: Through the Years.
Genre(s): Rock and roll, heartland rock
Producer(s): Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
Length: 41:08
Released: April 27th, 1987
Year: 1987