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Artist: Tom Petty
Canonical path: /tom-petty/rhino-skin
Related lyric paths: 6
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Rhino Skin
Read Rhino Skin lyrics by Tom Petty on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Rhino Skin
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You need rhino skin
If you're gonna begin
To walk
Through this world
You need elephant balls
If you don't want to crawl
On your hands
Through this world
Oh my love if I reveal
Every secret I've concealed
How many thoughts would you steal
How much of my pain would you feel
You need eagles wings
To get over things
That make no sense
In this world
You need rhino skin
If you're gonna pretend
You're not hurt by this world
If you listen long enough
You can hear my skin grow tough
Love is painful to the touch
Must be made of stronger stuff
You need rhino skin
To get to the end
Of the maze through this world
You need rhino skin
Or you're gonna give in
To the needles and pins
The arrows of sin
The evils of men
You need rhino skin
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Tom Petty performs "Rhino Skin", and this lyric page sits inside the Tom Petty catalog on LyroVerse.
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