[Verse 1]
I've been gone so long, now ain't it a pity
(I ain't gonna drag my feet no more)
Bending my back in this hellhole city
(I ain't gonna drag my feet no more)
Turning my ear from my friends and betters
Up to my neck in unread letters
And unwritten laws

[Pre-Chorus]
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

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

[Verse 2]
Well, I can't live without you but I've been trying
(I ain't gonna drag my feet no more)
I've got a short-set fuse and two fists of iron
(I ain't gonna drag my feet no more)
I did everything that a man might do
To stop myself from pining after you
But it don't seem to matter no more
[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
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 gonna drag my feet no more, no more

[Verse 3]
Biding my time is driving me senseless
(I ain't gonna drag my feet no more)
You worked yourself right under my defenses
(I ain't gonna drag my feet no more)
You got me in a grip that I can't shake
All my feelings are about to break
And love never rains, it pours

[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
And I ain't gonna drag my feet no more
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
I ain't gonna drag my feet no more, no more
Oh, I ain't gonna drag my feet no more
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
I ain't gonna drag my feet no more, no more (Ooh)