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    Readers' Best Opening Lyrics: No. 20

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    "She's a good girl, loves her mama, loves Jesus and America, too"
    --Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''

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    Hailsat 6-04-2008

    This is a great opening lyric!
    I adore this song.
    "Cause I'm Freeeeeeefalling"

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    rocketdream34at 8-12-2008

    this has GOT to be number one, oh man

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    mlbassrythemat 9-08-2008

    fuck yea this song kicks ass, it's tom petty.

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    DWat 7-02-2009

    Great opening line, but not even Petty's best. The Hard Promises album opens up with The Waiting and the line "Baby don't it feel like Heaven right now."

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    Carlyat 9-12-2009

    This is one of my all time favorite songs!

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    georganne hollisat 11-03-2009

    I HAVE LOVED TOM PETTY FOR SOOO................MANY YEARS!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD 59th. BIRTHDAY OCT. 20th. TOM PETTY ROCKS!!! I ALSO LOVE EVEN THE LOSERS OPENING!!( it was nearly 7:00, we set on your roof! yeah, we smoked cigarettes and starred at the moon!!!

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    katrinachicat 8-27-2007

    I f-ing love this song!

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    melissaat 8-27-2007

    this song rocks! if i ever go bungee jumping or sky diving.. this will be playing in the background!

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    Debat 8-27-2007

    This is THE song to listen to in your car while you're driving with the windows down (ie - Jerry McGuire)

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    jimat 8-27-2007

    Great song, great opening lyrics. The whole song is full of great lyrics, including the devastating "I'm a bad boy 'cause I don't even miss her, I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart." Classic.

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    Brandon Gentryat 8-27-2007

    Tom Petty probably has more classic rock radio hits then anyone else, this is just one of his classics. He's awesome to see in concert too.

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    Samat 8-27-2007

    This song is on my skydiving video. I tandem
    jumped from 10500 ft. on 22 April in Frankfort, KY to celebrate my 80th birthday freefalling 5000 ft before main chute opened. What a ride.

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    Allisonat 8-28-2007

    Has Tom Petty ever written a bad song? A mediocre song? Nope

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    racing20guyat 8-28-2007

    Wow, how wierd...this song just started like five seconds before I clicked to this page. Great song and great lyrics. Gotta agree with #3 on the bad boy lines!

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    nicknmemphisat 8-28-2007

    I do love this song but I find it odd that Tom Petty is such a great lyricist that he actually started writing this song as a joke. Just spouting off what he thought to be funny insignificant lines to his producer. Because he played the rhythm by accident and his producer liked and told him to sing something. I guess it's true sometimes you get things write by accident.

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    Jessicaat 9-14-2007

    What About Green Day?
    Many Awesome Lyrics...

    DoYouHaveTheTineToListenToMEWhine? x

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    Seanat 10-01-2007

    You can tell this is a good song because there are no negative comments.

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    Pieat 10-08-2007

    I love Tom Petty! This is my favorite song by him!

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    caitlynat 12-21-2007

    I flippin love this song. My mom used to sing it to me when i was little. =]

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    Helenat 1-18-2008

    This is by far the most amazing song.

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