Name that Tune

[Human without the bean]

Indeed.  There's something else, "Last Dance with Mary Jane" was never released as a single, or any album before the 1993 "Greatest Hits" album but was a song that The Heartbreakers had done in concert a few times, and was well received.  To fulfill their obligation to their record company with MCA and needing one more album to fulfill their contract they decided to do a "greatest hits" album but wanted to add two new songs.  Tom's version of Norman Greenbaum's "Something in the Air" (which I personally love) and "Last Dance with Mary Jane".

Even though it was a never released before song, and only played as a fan favorite, Tom Petty knew it was good enough to make the greatest hits album before it was even a hit.  Sweet stuff.  Really miss him too, but I will always have his music.

 

[WordWolf]

Next song.

"Don't you love the life you killed?
The priest is on the phone.
Your father hit the wall.
Your ma disowned you.
I don't suppose I'll ever know
What it means to be a man.
It's something I can't change.
I'll live around it."

[WordWolf]

I'll accept the artist, the song, or both.

 

"Don't you love the life you killed?
The priest is on the phone.
Your father hit the wall.
Your ma disowned you.
I don't suppose I'll ever know
What it means to be a man.
It's something I can't change.
I'll live around it."

 

"And I'll do anything you ever dreamed to be complete,
Little pieces of the nothing that fall.
Oh, May.
Put your arms around me.
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful.
Oh, May.
Do you want to get married or run away?"

[waysider]

Once again I've been humbled. I have no idea what this is.

[WordWolf]

"Could you whisper in my ear
The things you wanna feel?
I'd give you anything
To feel it comin'.
Do you wake up on your own,
And wonder where you are?
You live with all your faults."

 

"I want to wake up where you are. I won't say anything at all."

 

"Don't you love the life you killed?
The priest is on the phone.
Your father hit the wall.
Your ma disowned you.
I don't suppose I'll ever know
What it means to be a man.
It's something I can't change.
I'll live around it."

 

"And I'll do anything you ever dreamed to be complete,
Little pieces of the nothing that fall.
Oh, May.
Put your arms around me.
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful.
Oh, May.
Do you want to get married or run away?"

 

[WordWolf]

I like this song. I'm going to pivot anyway.  Same artists, different song.

 

"And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming,
Or the moment of truth in your lies,
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive."

[Human without the bean]

I recognize this song from the last line.  I think it's either Goo Goo Dolls or Stone Temple Pilots.  The name however, is eluding me.  I Want You to Know Who I Am?

[WordWolf]

2 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

I recognize this song from the last line.  I think it's either Goo Goo Dolls or Stone Temple Pilots.  The name however, is eluding me.  I Want You to Know Who I Am?

I'll call this one answered. It is the Goo Goo Dolls. This was their second hit but their BIGGEST hit, "Iris." You remember the song and its chorus well, but the title is not in the song's lyrics.  I thought of "iris" as a reference to the eye, and there's mention of how the world sees him.  That's my answer, and I prefer it to the official answers.

The previous song was "Slide". That and "Dizzy" never seem to get much attention, but I think they're underrated, especially when "Black Balloon" and "Broadway" are off the same album ("Dizzy Up the Girl")  and they get more airplay but are lesser songs in my opinion.

 

Go, Human!

[Human without the bean]

And it all comes down to you
Well you know that it does
And lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice
Oh, and it lights up the night

[Human without the bean]

On 2/24/2025 at 11:55 PM, Human without the bean said:

And it all comes down to you
Well you know that it does
And lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice
Oh, and it lights up the night

Oh good, no one has responded so, I'm changing gears.  Let's go with something else.

"Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner
You know you got to help me out

And when there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more son
These changes ain't changing me
The gold-hearted boy I used to be"