Richard Thompson

I ain't going to drag my feet no more

Richard Thompson


I've been gone so long, now ain't it a pity 
Bending my back in this hell-hole city 
Turning my ear from my friends and betters 
Up to my neck in unread letters 
And unwritten laws 

Where I come from feeling is a crime 
I thought I could take you in my own good time 
Like a jumped-up fool, now down I climb 
And I ain't going to drag my feet no more 
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door 
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more 

Well I can't live without you but I've been trying 
I've got a short-set fuse and two fists of iron 
I did everything a man might do 
To stop myself from pining after you 
But it don't seem to matter no more 

Penny's in my hand, now I'm going to spin it 
Heads you win, don't you think for one minute 
That I care for this bed with nobody in it 
And I ain't going to drag my feet no more 
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door 
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more 

Biding my time is driving me senseless 
You worked yourself right under my defenses 
You got me in a grip that I can't shake 
All my feelings are about to break 
And love never rains, it pours 

I worked my hands 'till they couldn't spell your name 
I rolled and I roared 'till I couldn't see your face 
I leaned on the jukebox 'till I couldn't hear your voice 
Put my head in the sand, but that won't do it 
I swore I was above you, but that won't do it 
And I tried and I tried, but that won't do it 
And I ain't going to drag my feet no more 
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door 
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more 

I ain't going to drag my feet no more 
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door 
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more