Tag: Tom Petty

  • Mary Jane’s Last Dance by Tom Petty

    Mary Jane’s Last Dance by Tom Petty

    Tom Petty, performing with Mudcrutch, at the Fillmore, San Francisco, on June 20th, 2016.
    Tom Petty, performing with Mudcrutch, at the Fillmore, San Francisco, on June 20th, 2016.

    She grew up in an Indiana town
    Had a good-lookin’ mama who never was around
    But she grew up tall and she grew up right
    With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night

    Well, she moved down here at the age of eighteen
    She blew the boys away, was more than they’d seen
    I was introduced and we both started groovin’
    I said, “I dig you baby, but I got to keep movin’ on
    Keep movin’ on.”

    Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain
    I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again
    Well, I don’t know, but I’ve been told
    You never slow down, you never grow old

    I’m tired of screwin’ up, tired of going down
    Tired of myself, tired of this town
    Oh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes
    Honey, put on that party dress

    Buy me a drink, sing me a song
    Take me as I come ’cause I can’t stay long
    Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain
    I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again

    There’s pigeons down on Market Square
    She’s standin’ in her underwear
    Lookin’ down from a hotel room
    Nightfall will be comin’ soon

    Oh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes
    You got to put on that party dress
    It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
    I hit my last number and walked to the road
    Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain
    I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again

    Songwriters: PETTY THOMAS EARL
    Mary Jane’s Last Dance lyrics © Gone Gator Music

    Mary Jane’s Photo credit: ღ ♠ Aegir ♠ ღ on Visual hunt / CC BY