Even The Losers - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (cover)

Young love is a sweet sweet thing. This one goes out to Cindy Macias. Like the Ramones sang, I remember you, oooh oooh oohh. The song was inspired by a night Petty had spent with a girl named Cindy and some friends in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida when he was young. Cindy had been the object of a junior high school crush of his. Unlike in school, Cindy liked him that night. It was also during that night Petty had an epiphany and realized he needed to be in a rock and roll band. The next morning Cindy said their relationship was limited to the previous night. Years later, that night was very much on his mind when he wrote Even the Losers. During the recording session, guitarist Mike Campbell struggled to come up with a guitar solo. Petty asked, "Well, what would Chuck Berry do?" Within minutes, the solo was recorded. Before the track starts there is a female voice heard saying, "It's just the normal noises in here!" The voice is that of Campbell's wife Marcie from a demo recording Campbell had made in his home, replying after he had complained about the noise of their washing machine. Even The Losers Well, it was nearly summer, we sat on your roof Yeah, we smoked cigarettes and we stared at the moon And I showed you stars you never could see Babe, it couldn't have been that easy to forget about me Baby, time meant nothin', anything seemed real Yeah, you could kiss like fire, and you made me feel Like every word you said was meant to be No, it couldn't have been that easy to forget about me Baby, even the losers, get lucky sometimes Even the losers, keep a little bit of pride They get lucky sometimes Two cars parked on the overpass Rocks hit the water like broken glass I shoulda known right then it was too good to last God, it's such a drag when you live in the past Baby, even the losers, get lucky sometimes Even the losers, keep a little bit of pride They get lucky sometimes Baby, even the losers, get lucky sometimes Even the losers, keep a little bit of pride Yeah, they get lucky sometimes Baby, even the losers, get lucky sometimes Even the loser, get lucky sometimes, oh oh oh oh! Even the losers, get lucky sometimes, oh oh!