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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers — Kings Highway
Album: Into The Great Wide Open
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Released: 1991
Length: 3:02
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When the time gets right
I'm gonna pick you up
And take you far way from trouble my love
Under big ol' sky
Out in the field of green
There's gotta be something left for us to believe

(Chorus)
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 wanna hold our heads up, but we gotta stay down
I don't wanna end up
In room all alone
Don't wann end up someone that I don't even know

(Chorus)
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10 Everything!
Posted 7 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Summer vacation during high school, my friends and I singing along with Tom while the factory stereo trying its best to provide the instrumental accompaniment to our straining vocals blazing above the wind noise as we well exceed the posted speed limit in that first car.
Posted 3 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
TP good but not one of his best songs
Posted 3 years ago by BiffP    [ Reply ]
Sadly missed,RIP Tom❤️
Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Cars 3 
Posted 4 years ago by mirmo1981    [ Reply ]
why would i want to switch back on the old channel ?
Posted 6 years ago by semaca    [ Reply ]
Didn't likey in the 80's or 90's. Very much likey now. I growed up.
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
"I don't wanna end up
In room all alone
Don't wanna end up someone
that I don't even know."

Miss you, Tom.
Posted 6 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
So sad we'll never have new Tom Petty music again. All the more reason to play more of his older music, right, Bill?!
Posted 6 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
RIP Tom, gone too young.   A great loss
Posted 7 years ago by finoufk    [ Reply ]
I see what you are doing Bill, Fats before and now Thomas Earle...
Posted 7 years ago by dyharenas    [ Reply ]
Why is Tom Petty so freakin awesome? I'm gonna be fired for chair dancing.
Posted 16 years ago by bettaSplendens    [ Reply ]
This blows! Tom Petty hasn't written any worthwhile music since 1982. All his tunes sound like the Traveling Wilburys with his whiny voice.
Posted 16 years ago by hikeupit    [ Reply ]
makes me wanna go drive a car!
Posted 16 years ago by Wisecrowe    [ Reply ]
One of the greats.
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Tom Petty songs - no BS, no tricks, just a straight-ahead good tune with sweet licks and good lyrics. - Riff
Posted 16 years ago by riffster    [ Reply ]
love love love TP&H!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
This album is solid if occasionally uneven. It contains some true pop-rock gems of which this and Learning to Fly are absolutely primo examples. That Mike Campbell slide guitar at the end is just perfect, man. What's not to like in this song?
Posted 17 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
There's a very good live version of this on the Playback box set. It's a totally different tempo and feel, changes the tone of the song completely.
Posted 17 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
More Tom Petty please!
Posted 17 years ago by bcorcoran    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Great song from a great musician..
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
i was a fan of T.P. for a brief period of time in high school, but i very quickly tired of hearing him record the exact same song over and over and over again. kinda boring.
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Great song. Can't believe the rating here is not higher... S
Posted 21 years ago by archrrone    [ Reply ]
what a great song.
Posted 21 years ago by rhw    [ Reply ]
Yawn
Posted 21 years ago by Jive    [ Reply ]
"The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says you had to have recorded your first piece of music at least 25 years ago. " Maybe Moby and Radiohead will make it if they last that long. (I hope they do actually, but really, think of all the people you've most likely forgotten about during the last 'n' years - no lasting power etc) Anyway love Tom Petty (and yes, he actually was more than slightly derivative at first -- but he was in a 'good' way) Shari
Posted 21 years ago by shari    [ Reply ]
I have to say, Petty is always consistent. His newer stuff is really good, not carbon copied, but you can still tell where he came from.
Posted 21 years ago by OmegaConcern    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by KevDog: Am I mistaken, or was he not just inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Oh, but maybe you're right, he's not as good as Radiohead and Moby. Gotcha.
heh heh hell yea Petty has some great tunes...
Posted 22 years ago by ObleyWan    [ Reply ]
I don\'t have anything special against this song, I just think RP plays too much Tom Petty. Slow down on the Tom Petty, he\'s not that good.
Posted 22 years ago by madsatod    [ Reply ]