Makin' Some Noise

by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

From the album: Into the Great Wide Open

Track 11 of 12 on Into the Great Wide Open (1991).

Duration: 3:25

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Lyrics for Makin' Some Noise

When I was a young boy I was working for the state I wasn't making much money I was staying out late I'd go down at nighttime Playing music in the bars Take my breaks out underneath the stars I was makin' some noise I was a working boy Up at the top of my voice saying "Look at me mama, I'm makin' some noise!" I had to rock the boat I had to shake the tree To see what fall down on me I thought maybe I could make it If I never give in I've been down before I ain't goin' down again I'm makin' some noise I've been a worried boy Up at the top of my voice saying "Look at me mama, I'm makin' some noise!" Woah! From across the canyon A guitar plays Through an amplifier On a long delay It was an old melody I recognized the song I had an amplifier too So I played along I'm makin' some noise I'm still a working boy At the top of my voice saying "Look at me mama, I'm makin' some noise!" I'm makin' some noise I've been a long, gone boy At the top of my voice saying "Look at me mama, I'm makin' some noise!" Oh! I'm makin' some noise You Oh! Yeah! I'm makin' some noise Oh! I'm makin' some noise

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  2. Kings Highway
  3. Into The Great Wide Open
  4. Two Gunslingers
  5. The Dark Of The Sun
  6. All Or Nothin'
  7. All The Wrong Reasons
  8. Too Good To Be True
  9. Out In The Cold
  10. You And I Will Meet Again
  11. Makin' Some Noise
  12. Built To Last