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9. "A One Story Town" from Long After Dark (82-83)

Tue Oct 3, 2017, 09:41 PM

Oct 2017

This was a personal anthem when I moved from the midwest to the west coast. Long After Dark is a great album.

A One Story Town

I'm for standin' up, I'm for breakin' free
I don't want fate handed down to me
Yeah I'm for movin' on, try another town
Time ain't changin' nothin', take a look around

Oh, I'm lost in a one story town
Where everything's close to the ground
Yeah the same shit goes down
Nothing turns around
It's a one story town...

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What's your favorite Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers song? [View all] red dog 1 Oct 2017 OP

I have a soft spot for spike, but that's an offbeat choice unblock Oct 2017 #1

That's a good one too n/t hibbing Oct 2017 #3

Love Spike MontanaMama Oct 2017 #27

The waiting is so close to American Girl OriginalGeek Oct 2017 #64

Don't come around here no more hibbing Oct 2017 #2

I love that song, but... cemaphonic Oct 2017 #15

Runnin' Down a Dream Afromania Oct 2017 #4

Me too. we can do it Oct 2017 #10

You can now vote for it in the poll red dog 1 Oct 2017 #23

Ditto Cracklin Charlie Oct 2017 #11

That song is now option # 10 red dog 1 Oct 2017 #24

Runnin' Down a Dream is now poll option # 10 red dog 1 Oct 2017 #16

"You Wreck Me" and "California".... Tikki Oct 2017 #5

Learning to Fly barely edges I Won't Back Down for me. LonePirate Oct 2017 #6

Learning to Fly is my favorite too.. red dog 1 Oct 2017 #17

Refugee. Blasted out of a juke box in a dive bar in Chicago, 1980. As drunk as I was, it Leghorn21 Oct 2017 #7

Don't Do Me Like That.... DonaldsRump Oct 2017 #8

My next DU Lounge poll question will be "What's Your Favorite Traveling Wilburys song?" red dog 1 Oct 2017 #18

"A One Story Town" from Long After Dark (82-83) Duncan Grant Oct 2017 #9

Thanks for posting those lyrics red dog 1 Oct 2017 #29

You Got Lucky Best_man23 Oct 2017 #12

Yes, and yes. reflection Oct 2017 #60

"The Waiting" n/t DarthDem Oct 2017 #13

Even the Losers....Here Comes My Girl..... Upthevibe Oct 2017 #14

I thought about including that song in the poll red dog 1 Oct 2017 #28

Ah, It's All Good DarthDem Oct 2017 #47

Thanks for that red dog 1 Oct 2017 #50

"A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)" is my personal favorite. Paladin Oct 2017 #19

Ditto. His lyrics perfectly captured the emotion spooky3 Oct 2017 #46

I have many favorite Tom Petty songs,but one of my favorite, favorites is notdarkyet Oct 2017 #20

Into the Great Wide Open, The Last DJ, and When Money Became King NightWatcher Oct 2017 #21

"Kings Highway" is my favorite "wise up and leave a shitty situation" song... VOX Oct 2017 #22

Thanks for that red dog 1 Oct 2017 #25

It is an under-the-radar track, but what a corker. VOX Oct 2017 #37

It reminds me of this song by Lindsay Buckingham red dog 1 Oct 2017 #39

He also did it's theme Song 'Holiday Road' which I believe is played in it's opening credits mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #44

Yeah, I think you're right about that red dog 1 Oct 2017 #45

Wildflowers hands down sweetloukillbot Oct 2017 #26

I love that song Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #42

Very beautiful song underpants Oct 2017 #51

YER SO BAD Skittles Oct 2017 #30

Almost, not quite, like asking what is your favorite Stevie Wonder or Beatles Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #31

I agree red dog 1 Oct 2017 #32

Wallflowers!! A fitting song for those that lost their lives in the shooting, RamblingRose Oct 2017 #33

Another lost gem gilligan Oct 2017 #34

Right Now shadowmayor Oct 2017 #35

No love for "I need to know"? ghostsinthemachine Oct 2017 #36

impossible to pick one. Don't forget "Southern Accent." tomp Oct 2017 #38

Love Southern Accent WiffenPoof Oct 2017 #57

How did "Even The Losers" not make that list? Snake Plissken Oct 2017 #40

Tom Petty wrote many great songs, but DU polls only allow 10 choices, red dog 1 Oct 2017 #41

My votes aren't on the list ... Here Comes My Girl ... then Jammin' Me mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #43

My question was "What's your favorite Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers song?" red dog 1 Oct 2017 #54

Exactly ... which is why ... your actual question ... doesn't match the answers ;) mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #58

You're right! red dog 1 Oct 2017 #63

:) mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #65

This is a solo Byrds cover but I love it Danmel Oct 2017 #48

So many. I guess I would say Free Fallin mvd Oct 2017 #49

A room at the top of the world brucefan Oct 2017 #52

Last DJ randr Oct 2017 #53

Won't back down (my personal anthem) FM123 Oct 2017 #55

Well let's get to the point brokephibroke Oct 2017 #56

Can't Stop The Sun Miles Archer Oct 2017 #59

Great shit ... Tom's Beatles affection (esp. for Lennon) was always pretty obvious ... mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #66

That's the ONLY YouTube clip I'm aware of, but it IS on DVD Miles Archer Oct 2017 #67

Wow ... that's a serious FANS set-list ... can't imagine how many bewildered people were there ... mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #69

That was a dangerous show. Miles Archer Oct 2017 #70

Sounds cool, I'll have to check it out (the Olympic show) mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #72

Dont come around here no more Moral Compass Oct 2017 #61

Even the Losers EOM PossiblePasts Oct 2017 #62

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2017 #68

Love is a Long Road. Jammin' Me. Dulcinea Oct 2017 #71