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Rebels

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Benmont Tench

Keyboards

Bobbye Hall

Tambourine

Dave Plews

Trumpet

Dick Braun

Trumpet

Heart Attack Horns

Heart Attack Horns

Horn Section

Howie Epstein

Background Vocals

Jim Coile

Tenor Saxophone

John Berry, Jr.

John Berry, Jr.

Trumpet

Kurt McGettrick

Kurt McGettrick

Baritone Saxophone

M. Duncan

Saxophone

Mike Campbell

Electric Guitar

Stan Lynch

Drums

Tom Petty

Lead Vocals

William Bergman

William Bergman

Tenor Saxophone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tom Petty

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Tom Petty

Producer

Mike Campbell

Producer

Jimmy Iovine

Producer

Alan Weidel

Assistant Engineer

David Bianco

Additional Engineer

Don Smith

Mixing Engineer

Shelly Yakus

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Honey, don't walk out I'm too drunk to follow

You know you won't feel this way tomorrow, I'm just

Maybe a little rough around the edges, or

Inside a little hollow

I get faced with some things sometimes

That are so hard to swallow, hey

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey (I was born a rebel)

Down in Dixie, on a Sunday morning (Hey, hey, hey)

Yeah, with one foot in the grave

And one foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel

I was born a rebel, yeah

[Verse 2]

She picked me up in the morning

And she paid out my ticket

And she screamed in the car

Left me out in the thicket

Well I never would've dreamed

That her heart was so wicked

Oh, but I keep coming back

'Cause it's so hard to kick it

Hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey (I was born a rebel)

Down in Dixie, on a Sunday morning (Hey, hey, hey)

Yeah, with one foot in the grave

One foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel

Born a rebel

[Bridge]

Even before my father's fathers, yeah

They called us all rebels, as they

Burned our cornfields

They left our cities level

I can still feel the eyes

Of those blue bellied devils

Yeah, when I'm walking round tonight

Through the concrete and metal

Hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey (I was born a rebel)

Down in Dixie, on a Sunday morning (Hey, hey, hey)

Yeah, with one foot in the grave

And one foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel

I was born a rebel

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey (I was born a rebel)

Down in Dixie, on a Sunday morning (Hey, hey, hey)

Yeah, with one foot in the grave

And one foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel

Born a rebel

[Outro]

Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey)

Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey)

Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey)

Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey)

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey)

Written by: Tom Petty

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