Makin' Some Noise

Tom Petty · Into The Great Wide Open [1991]

When I was a young boy

I was working for the state

I wasn't making much money

I was staying out late

Not going down at the night time

Playing music in the bars

Take my breaks out underneath the stars.



Chorus:

I was making some noise!

I was a working boy

Up at the top of my voice saying

Look at me mama, I'm making 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 aint going down again.



Chorus:

I'm making some noise!

I've been a worried boy

Up at the top of my voice saying

Look at me mama, I'm making some noise!



(Guitar solo)



From across the canyon

A guitar plays

Through an ampliphier, along the lake

It was an old melody, I recognized the song

I had an ampliphier too, so I played along



Chorus:

I'm making some noise!

Im still a working boy

At the top of my voice saying

Look at me mama, I'm making some noise!

I've been a long, gone boy

At the top of my voice saying

Look at me mama, I'm making some noise!