Leave Virginia Alone
Lyrics and Music: Tom Petty

 

Oh yeah

 

Well I chased her down the alley

And over the hill

To steal her will.

 

She was as hot as Georgia asphalt

When the A-crowd came

To adore her brain.

 

So leave Virginia alone.

Leave Virginia alone.

She’s not like you and me.

She’s not like you and me.

 

You should have seen her back in the city.

Poetry and jewels

Broke all the rules.

 

She was as high as a Georgia pine tree

Make-up and heels

Over due bills.

 

So leave Virginia alone.

Leave Virginia alone.

She’s not like you and me.

She’s not like you and me.

 

Some sunny day when the hands of time have count their way, oh yeah

You’ll understand why it was so hard to run away, run away...

 

She’s a loser. She’s a forgiver.

She still finds good

When no one could.

 

You ought to want her more than money.

Cadillacs and rust.

Diamonds and dust.

 

So leave Virginia alone.

Leave Virginia alone.

She’s not like you and me.

She’s not like you and me.

 

Oh yeah!

 

Leave Virginia alone.

Leave Virginia alone.

She’s not like you and me.

She’s not like you and me.

 

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

La, la, la, la, la, la...

Oh, leave her alone.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...

 

Oh, Virgiania

Oh, Virgiania

Leave her alone!