I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty, 1989). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-06-19. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"Show more

"I Won't Back Down," written by Jeff Lynn and Tom Petty, was Tom Petty's first hit as a solo artist landing at the no. 12 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989 (Whitburn, 2013). This song is found on Petty's first solo album "Full Moon Fever." Although members of his band the Heartbreakers did contribute to the album and this song, they were not credited as the album's artist (songfacts, 2023). The song was written in response to an arsonist who burnt down Petty's home; "'I Won't Back Down' was his way of reclaiming his life and getting past the torment" (songfacts, 2023).

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Lyrics:

Well, I won't back down
No I won't back down
You could stand me up at the gates of Hell
But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won't back down

Well, I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I will stand my ground (I won't back down)
And I won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I won't back down

(I won't back down) Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I will stand my ground (I won't back down)
And I won't back down (I won't back down)
No I won't back down