I don't know if there really is a meaning to this song. It seems like just a lot of miscellaneous things tossed together. For some reason I really like the line "My middle name is Earl." It doesn't seem to fit very well with the rest of the lyrics around it, and it always surprises me a little bit when I hear it (even though I know it's coming).
Oh yeah, and the story behind the title is that Tom Petty heard somebody say, "My heart has a mind of its own," and then got to thinking about that being the other way around.
I don't know if there really is a meaning to this song. It seems like just a lot of miscellaneous things tossed together. For some reason I really like the line "My middle name is Earl." It doesn't seem to fit very well with the rest of the lyrics around it, and it always surprises me a little bit when I hear it (even though I know it's coming).
Oh yeah, and the story behind the title is that Tom Petty heard somebody say, "My heart has a mind of its own," and then got to thinking about that being the other way around.