Discover the story of the song > Thirteen Days – Tom Petty

The protagonist is in a band called Migrant Worker and is playing a 13-day concert in the southern United States. They have drugs, two girls who dance to draw a crowd and a soundman to help them sound good. They play in Birmingham, Mobile and Baton Rouge while smoking cigarettes, pot, drinking coffee and alcohol. Sometimes they make money, sometimes they don't, but there are still five days until the end of the gig. The protagonist mentions that he met a waitress, but does not say if anything happened. The band has been to New Orleans and New York and invites people to come and see them if they come to their city. Sometimes they make money, sometimes they don't, but there are still five days of shows left.