What's the name of this damn song?

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I have heard this song twice on an oldie station. You’d think if it was an oldie, I’d have heard it before, but no; also, the DJ did not identify it either time! In addition, I can only remember a fragment or two of lyrics. Hopefully, one of you guys can fill me in, because it is a great song.

It sounds like the singer is Bob Dylan or Tom Petty. Fragment 1: " . . . she grew up tall in the Indiana night, she grew up straight, and she grew up right." Fragment 2 (chorus): “Oh, my my, oh, hell yes, honey put on that party dress.” Fragment 3 (chorus): “One last dance with Mary Jane, one more drink to kill the pain.”

Any guesses? Rock experts?

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The singer is Tom Petty, the song is a few years old, not really an oldie. The name might be ‘Last Dance with Mary Jane’ but I’m really not sure and too lazy to look this morning.

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It’s Mary Jane’s Last Dance by Tom Petty.

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Damn. That song was release after I was in the Navy.

I feel old. A golden mouldy as it were.

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You heard that on an OLDIES station?

Bullshit. HAD to have been a classic rock station. The song came out at some point when I was in high school. I’m 22.

I am NOT that old.

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Nahh, I’ve heard some pretty wacked oldies stations–anything older than about 5 years is fair game. It’s stupid, but they do exist.

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See the lyrics here and here. The two versions do not agree exactly.

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Thanks, guys. I thought it was Tom Petty! I guess it was more of a “classic” rock station than an oldies, though I don’t see that much of a difference.

Drain Bead, senility is just around the corner. Those eight-year olds you see playing in the schoolground right now are going to HATE your music, your clothes, and your TV shows in about 12 years. Got 401(k)?

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Has anyone seen the video for this song? Tom Petty’s got a very weird sense of humor, sometimes, don’t he?