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

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 03:41 PM

Oct 2017

http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/tom-petty-10-of-his-best-undertheradar-songs/64014
KINGS HIGHWAY
Tom Petty | Into the Great Wide Open | 1991
This knockout track from Into the Great Wide Open might be one of Petty's best "album tracks" ever, and it's actually hard to believe it wasn't released as a single. Of course, when you consider that the album also featured the title track and "Learning to Fly," it starts to make sense. "Oh, I await the day good fortune comes our way, and we ride down the Kings Highway."

Lyrics

When the time gets right
I'm gonna pick you up
And take you far away from trouble my love
Under big ol' sky
Out in the field of green
There's gotta be something left for us to believe

Oh, I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we ride down the Kings Highway

No you can't hide out
In a six gun town
We want to hold our heads up, but we gotta stay down
I don't want to end up
In a room all alone
Don't want to end up someone that I don't even know

Oh, I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we ride down the Kings Highway

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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