Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down Lyrics

Tom Petty Lyrics

"I Won't Back Down"

Well, I won't back down
No, I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down

No, I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey, baby
There ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down) Hey, I
Will stand my ground
And I won't back down

Well, I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey, baby
There ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down) Hey, I
Will stand my ground
(I won't back down) And I won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey, baby
There ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down) Hey, I
Won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey, baby
There ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down) Hey, I
Will stand my ground
(I won't back down) And I won't back down
(I won't back down) No, I won't back down

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Writer(s): Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty

This song was one of the many Tom Petty wrote while staying at many hotels and rented houses during the period of his life after his own house was burned down by an arsonist. He said that writing this song helped him overcome his struggles at the time.

The first single where Tom Petty's back-up band, The Heartbreakers, wasn't credited, though they played on the album.

The music video for this song features Ringo Starr on drums, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne on guitars. On the album version though, a session musician played drums.

Tom Petty said about this song in a 2006 interview with Harp, "I thought it wasn't that good because it was so naked. So I had a lot of second thoughts about recording that song. But everyone around me liked the song and said it was really good and it turns out everyone was right – more people connect to that song than anything I ever wrote."

album: "Full Moon Fever" (1989)

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