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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Guitar
Scott Thurston
Background Vocals
Howie Epstein
Bass
Mike Campbell
Lead Guitar
Benmont Tench
Electric Piano
Steve Ferrone
Drums
Lenny Castro
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Petty
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dave Schiffman
Additional Engineer
Richard Dodd
Mixing Engineer
Aaron Lepley
Assistant Engineer
Okhee Kim
Assistant Engineer
Rob Brill
Assistant Engineer
Mike Campbell
Producer
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering Engineer
Rick Rubin
Producer
Lyrics
Well, she was standing by the highway
In her boots and silver spurs
Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon
When a Cadillac stopped for her
And she said, "Hey, nice to meet you, are you goin' my way?"
Yeah, that's when it happened
The world caught fire that day
And she went down swingin'
Yeah, she went down swingin'
Well, she was over twenty-one
In trouble with the law
And it didn't faze her none
She called her mother-in-law
And said I need a little money
I knew I could count on you
After that night in Vegas
And the hell that we went through
We went down swingin'
Like Benny Goodman
Yeah, we went down swingin'
Moonlight on the interstate
She was 'cross the Georgia line
Looked out the window feeling great
Yeah, it had to come in time
And she said I'm never goin' back
She said at last I'm free
I wish ma could see me now, she'd be so proud of me
She went down swingin'
Like Glenn Miller
Yeah, she went down swingin'
Like Tommy Dorsey
Yeah, she went down swingin'
Like Sammy Davis
She went down swingin'
Like Sonny Liston
Writer(s): Tom Petty
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