Melissa Ridner

“Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.”
― Tom Petty

“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”
― Tom Petty, Conversations With Tom Petty

“You will never be told when the next bit of education is coming or where it's coming from or who the teacher will be. That information will only reveal itself after the fact. All that you can do is leave a little room there for the next lesson to come through. Someone will be carrying it. You just leave the door open a crack.”
― Tom Petty, Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

“Free Falling"

She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too

It's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move west down Ventura Blvd
All the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for a while

And I'm free, I'm free fallin”
― Tom Petty