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All The Wrong Reasons Lyrics
Trouble blew in on a cold dark wind
It came without no warning
And that big ol' house went up for sale
They were on the road by morning
Oh, the days went slow, into the changing season
Oh, out in the cold, for all the wrong reasons
Well she grew up hard and she grew up fast
In the age of television
And she made a vow to have it all
It became her new religion
Oh, down in her soul, it was an act of treason
Oh, down they go for all the wrong reasons
Where the sky begins the horizon ends
Despite the best intentions
And a big ol' man goes up for sale
He becomes his own invention
Oh, the days go slow into the changing season
Oh, bought and sold, for all the wrong reasons
Oh, down they go for all the wrong reasons
It came without no warning
And that big ol' house went up for sale
They were on the road by morning
Oh, the days went slow, into the changing season
Oh, out in the cold, for all the wrong reasons
In the age of television
And she made a vow to have it all
It became her new religion
Oh, down in her soul, it was an act of treason
Oh, down they go for all the wrong reasons
Despite the best intentions
And a big ol' man goes up for sale
He becomes his own invention
Oh, the days go slow into the changing season
Oh, bought and sold, for all the wrong reasons
Oh, down they go for all the wrong reasons
i think it has to do with the stress involved with being successful. That's why Tom Petty took a break in the 80's, because he had so much stress from becoming successful.
Just a thought, but this song could be about selling out. In the first verse, some rich guy loses all his money and has to sell his house. Then a girl (his daughter, maybe) vows to get rich again, even though that's not her style (hence, treason). Then the man sells out in the last verse just so he can get his fortune back.
I think it's a bit more general than that. Simply about misplaced intentions and self-delusion.