Name: She Named Her Cat Tom Petty
Duration: P00H04M03S
Description: This track was written in 2020, recorded in 2021, and published in 2022. Instruments: Taylor 324ce acoustic guitar, virtual instruments built in to Cubase, including Halion bass and Groove Agent virtual drums. Organ patch is from the GSI VB3-II VST plugin.

She Named Her Cat Tom Petty

from A Few Stories to Tell by Peter LaQuerre

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This track was written in 2020, recorded in 2021, and published in 2022. Instruments: Taylor 324ce acoustic guitar, virtual instruments built in to Cubase, including Halion bass and Groove Agent virtual drums. Organ patch is from the GSI VB3-II VST plugin.

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She named her cat Tom Petty
It was the least that she could do
For the mangy tom she found
In the streets of north Seattle

As house guest, he was fine
For a while, anyway
'Til he started to get restless
In the apartment all day

So he made his break on Thursday
Through the window I suppose
She left it open on the morning
For the breeze

Tom Petty’s on the run
A refugee from an American Girl
She’s got his photo up
On the telephone poles
But I don’t think he’s coming home

She's feeling so low now
(Breakdown)
She feels like a loser
(Even the losers)
He's just an old tom cat
(I need to know)
Why’s he treat me like that
(Don't, don't do me like that)

Danny came to visit
With a smile and a joint
They smoked it by the window
In the sun

She told him ‘bout a vision
She had the night before
When her long day of searching
Was done

She said saw that cat alive
Among the wild flowers
And it comforts her to know
That he was free

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from A Few Stories to Tell, released March 29, 2022
This song was written, performed, and recorded by Peter LaQuerre.

Seattle photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash.com. Cat photo from Bogdan Farca, also from Unsplash.com.

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Singer-songwriter from Nashua, NH, USA.

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