You Wreck Me Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Nick the Bastard 

Cover art for You Wreck Me lyrics by Tom Petty

The first several times I heard this song I thought the line was "Well if I don't win, how am I gonna break even?" So he would have had to win just to come out alright, as opposed to being alright even if everything gets messed up.

That's exactly what the line is. These lyrics are wrong.