Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Change The Locks Lyrics

great cover... when was it released?

Tom Petty is a legend for eternity - RIP

I hear Tom and tear up

Excellent soundtrack for Ed Burns first rate film .

I'm going to get a lot of flack for this. But this is the best song that he ever recorded, In my opinion.

I reckon you'll be forgiven for any exuberance. This was a classic cut no mistake from a man with a real embarrassment of riches in musical achievement... so good. It stands along with his best for sure.

Saw him in Seattle first and last time. 2018 Rest In Peace and keep rocking the eff out... i miss you. Thank you for playing Seattle.
You belong among the wildflowers

And honey I'm laughing all the time.. I love that Tom Petty you were the man.

I changed the locks on my door, too

Great break up song! Moving on moving up and moving out,

great song... for me even better in this version

I love this 🖤

This sounds like it’d be a song he wrote, doesn’t it? Like obviously the music is his own, but the lyrics seem like something that’d come off his highway companion album. Awesome tune!!

Should be his signature Song

changed the lock on my front door so you can't see me anymore
And you can't come inside my house, and you can't lie down on my couch
I changed the lock on my front door
I changed the number on my phone so you can't call me up at home
And you can't say those things to me that make me fall down on my knees
I changed the number on my phone
I changed the kind of car I drive so you can't see me when I go by
And you can't chase me up the street, and you can't knock me off of my feet
I changed the kind of car I drive
I changed the kind of clothes I wear so you can't find me anywhere
And you can't spot me in a crowd, and you can't call my name out loud
I changed the kind of clothes I wear
I changed the tracks underneath the train so you can't find me again
And you can't trace my path, and you can't hear my laugh
I changed the tracks underneath the train
I changed the name of this town so you can't follow me down
And you can't touch me like before, and you can't make me want you more
I changed the name of this town
I changed the lock on my front door, I changed the number on my phone
I changed the kind of car I drive, I changed the kind of clothes I wear
I changed the tracks underneath the train, I changed the name of this town
I changed the name of this town
I changed the name of this town

Very cool. Different.🦆

You can’t keep a genius down. The Beatles could only dream about writing a song as good as this. Lucinda and TP , two of the best songwriters this world has ever seen.

This song is so fun-I love it when he laughs!

three chords!!?

I sometimes imagine Tom Petty sitting in her studio listening to this, shaking his head and then turning to her and saying, "Damn Girl that is a perfect song".

Nancy Atlas ... thank you for painting that beautiful picture in my mind ... oh and to have been a fly on the wall in that studio, with those two glorious souls. Seeing Lu tonite - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 20th anniversary tour. 💜

Tom Petty AN AMERICAN ICON PERIOD. SAD SAD DAY IN MY HOUSE. MISS YOU TOM.... ALOT. MY HEART GOES OUT TO TOM'S FAMILY AND THE HEART BREAKERS.
RIP TP

I changed the lock on my heart 💘

I need to do all these things NOW

A Petty fan forever Rest In Peace

Rest in Peace Tom!

My favorite Tom Petty, even as a cover.

This song was my life in 2008. I stated Tom Petty took me through my life. I will miss him dearly.

29 stalkers...

Just heard for the first time 10/2/17
WOW KILLER TUNE..GREAT MIX
R.I.P Tom, hate that you left us, thnx for the 40 yrs..
Tom was - An American Boy....

I love TP......this is a Lucinda Williams song. Love Lucinda too! :)

@Kimberly Sisemore albeit appropriate for the tone of the movie and the real life divorce Tom was dealing with when he took the contract to write for Warner bros pictures.

R I P Mr. Petty

Rest In Peace ....

I saw Lucinda Williams open for Tom Petty in 1999...she sang this song that night & it was awesome...obviously the band that played after her that night is the best band of all time!!!

to this day car wheels on a gravel road is such a classic

the heartbreakers are the best guitar band ever ever ever and their harmonising is so simple but the best ever ever ever .

Masters of economy. And can jam too.

@Guitarsthatkill Love them and I feel like they`re definitely fans of Neal Young and Crazy Horse!

Hellooooilove You - I know what you're going thru. Had a severe brain injury and 3 week coma, basically a vegetable for a long time. Two years before I got out of the wheelchair, and the mental recovery was much slower. Couldn't even buy a candy bar after all that time. I'm doing the same thing you are, listening to a lot of music on Youtube now that I can finally enjoy it again. I'm doing very well physically, mentally and spiritually. Hang in there. God truly does work miracles.

Brilliant cover.

Great Song....

Fuck Face Book.. We need YouMusicWorld....  Something like that.  Focused around music.  I know I have a trash talking vocab.  Get over it !!!

OK.. ok check this out... Hear my voice.   I understand its been what 2 yrs. give take.. I'm still trying to process everything that happen in hospital.  And then I'm trying...  god I gotta get a door. ..

oh my god....  Thank you music !!!!  You have always been there for me !!!!   especially since my brain thingy

Tom petty did a great job. Way better than the original

devoured6by6humans6 they both are good

My 1st X, All The Way!!!

good song written by Lucinda Williams!

Shannon Kringen was most deffinatly johnny cash

Most definitely not. Lucinda Williams wrote it and first sing it in 1988. Check your story before you write something. This information is available even on wikipedia

My favorite TPHB cover. Most definitely written by Lucinda Willaims.

sums it up. hehee

sums it up. hehee

sums it up. hehee

Catching up on The Affair and head this song for the very first time. I can't believe I had never heard Lucinda Williams either. Tom Petty is in my top 5 but he can't beat her original version of this amazing song.

+Scott Yeager Ditto....."Unsuffer Me" I love......She just puts it all out there, leaves her soul on the stage.... I listen to her everyday!!!

Ok.. never heard of the affair.. but Lucinda Williams is a standard in music to me.. don't mind tom petty most of the time but he really sucks trying to do her.

Doran Maxwell , I went through it and Tom Petty says it all. I love Tom Petty and Heartbreakers. I was an original. Yes, I love Lucinda as well. Tom just brought it to me during this time period.

@doran: I really don't think Tom was trying to "do" her. He just did his version that sounded exactly like himself.

Truly sad that a dumb TV show brought anyone here. On the other hand You Go Lucinda!

Tom didn't write it .Lucinda either. Johnny Cash my friends.Johnny mother flippin Cash !!!!!

+Zed Dalan Actually i believe thats how he started his career, even wrote one for elvis.It was only when a woman of a famous nashville family fell for him he got a break singing. It was just at the end of his career that he stopped.

+B. jewlz Purcell I just learned cash did a version of this. he covered, lucinda wrote...

B.Jewlz Purcell lucinda williams wrote this song bro

Lucinda Williams wrote this song. Google it!

B.Jewlz Purcell Get a clue...this is Lucinda Williams’ song; she wrote it.

please don't change the lock oh tom petty please don't let me lave you I need you

This is one of the best covers EVER, Petty makes it his own! Great upload, thanks.

Love to sing this to the taxman

The best ex gf turned psycho song ever. 

It was written by Lucinda Williams. Maybe the best ex-boyfriend psycho song ever......  ;-)

Thanks Miss Obvious, lol. I think he makes this song his own though.

The little blue blurb under artist name says "playing Matthew Knight Arena,, Salem, Aug 7 2014".   Well, you are close.  It is Matt Knight Arena in Eugene Oregon and I will BE there!

I love this song!! RIP Kelly ! We had major fun, and they killed u. Always my friend .

I like Lucinda's Live At The Fillmore version better............

good for you.

True! Love both artists so much but it is really difficult to beat Lucinda's version.

Got 2 Love this song if you ever burned!

You can't here me laugh... funny !

the Silos were one of my favorite bands a few years back. was lucky enough to see them a couple of times when they played in LA and Long Beach. even saw Walter Salas-Humara do a solo acoustic show in Dallas. they did some great music

The Silos also do a fine cover of the Lucinda Williams song.

much agreed! this whole album/soundtrack is awesome! and unfortunately not very widely known!

My husband loves this song because I used to aggravate him about it.I love you Wolfman.

Like... No. Love, Hell yeah!

one of my favorite versions Williams ever did was on CMT Crossroads with Elvis Costello

KILLER LOVE SONG, damn

yeeeeeahhhhhh!

i'm afraid it's something that can't be taught! and i don't think he wrote this one.....my favorite one off of 'she's the one,' though

LOVE IT!!!! one of the most underated songs he has! this was my favorite one off 'she's the one.'

great song..:) tom petty has good taste..

well in that case i give all credit to Mrs. Williams. my sincere apologies. Tammy006

tom..........where did you learn to write music like that? .....teach the kids of today.....PLEASE!

YES finally