I'm passing sleeping cities
Fading by degrees
And believing all I see to be so

I'm flyin' over backyards
Country homes and ranches
Watching life between the branches below

And it's hard to say
Who you are these days
But you run on anyway
Don't you baby?

You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace

I'm moving on alone
Over ground that no one owns
Past statues that atone for my sins
And there's a guard on every door
And a drink on every floor
Overflowing with a thousand amens

And it's hard to say
Who you are these days
But you run on anyway
Don't you baby?

You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace
Don't you baby?

You're rolling up the carpet
Of your father's two-room mansion
No headroom for expansion no more
And there's a corner of the floor
They're telling you is yours
You're confident but not really sure

And it's hard to say
Who you are these days
But you run on anyway
Don't you baby?

You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace

Don't you baby?

You keep running for another place
To find that saving grace
Don't you baby


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Saving Grace [(Live at Malibu Performing Arts Center, Malibu, C] Lyrics as written by Tom Petty

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    Whatever the real meaning, Petty penned a late-career classic I think. I am amazed at the man's stamina. Pushing 60, and can rock out like guys a third of age, he's like Springsteen in that regard. Either way, Petty a classic rock star and he proves it with this song. It may be about a man's late-life thoughts on religion and humankind, it may be about remembering those singular life experiences that left the greatest impact on one's own life, it may even be gibberish strung together to both look and sound deep while the artist chuckles at his own fanbase for being a little too pretentious. No matter how one slices it, this is an awesome song and Tom Petty is an American treasure.

    OpinionHeadon December 09, 2009   Link

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