This is one of those Tom Petty songs that tells a little story, with an opening line that reads like a book: There was a girl I knew, she said she cared about me We learn that this couple formed a codependent relationship that didn't work out so well, but he's not ready to give up on it - love is a long road, after all.
Petty wrote this song with his guitarist, Mike Campbell. It's a Tom Petty solo track, released on his album Full Moon Fever, but it certainly has the feel of a Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers song, not surprising because Campbell was Petty's prime collaborator in that group. Campbell did a little moonlighting as well, often teaming with Don Henley. In 1989, the same year Full Moon Fever came out, Campbell showed up on Henley's The End Of The Innocence album, producing, playing on, and co-writing the song "The Heart Of The Matter."
Mike Campbell told Rolling Stone the rhythm of the song was inspired by his motorcycle, with the feel of shifting gears.
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