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Artist: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Canonical path: /tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/for-real
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For Real
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For Real
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Oh brother, look what we've become
Oh brother, could we be so dumb?
They set us up like dominoes
I didn't do it for no magazine
Didn't do it for no video
Never did it for no CEO
But I did it for real
Would've done it for free
I did it for me
'Cause it was all that rang true
I did it for real
And I did it for you
Might've done it for my sanity
Maybe done it for my vanity
Could be I did it for my big ego
But I did it for real
Would've done it for free
Yeah, I did it for me
'Cause it was all that rang true
I did it for real
And I did it for you
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Oh brother, look what we've become
Oh brother, I've been overrun
Only did it for the way it made me feel
Yeah I did it for real
Would've done it for free
Yeah I did it for me
'Cause it was all that rang true
I did it for real
And I did it for you
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