Sunday, November 13, 2016

Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers



Mary Jane's Last Dance was a song I liked the first time I heard on the radio and grew to like it even more the more I heard it. Probably because it mentions a girl in Indiana but that was all it took at that age. That song got me to look up Tom Petty and found all kinds of song by him that I knew. I also figured out this song wasn't my favorite by him.



She grew up in an Indiana town
Had a good lookin' momma 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, it was more than they'd seen
I was introduced and we both started groovin'
She 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 what I've been told
You never slow down, you never grow old
I'm tired of screwing up, I'm tired of goin' down
I'm tired of myself, I'm 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 in 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've got to put on that party dress
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
I hit the last number, I 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


  • This is the 119th song on this blog.
  • This is the 2nd song by Tom Petty on this blog.
  • This is the 5th song released in 1993 on this blog.
  • This is the 36th song listed in the Rock genre on this blog.

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