Richard Thompson I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More lyrics

I've been gone so long, now ain't it a pity?
I ain't going to drag my feet no more
Bending my back in this hell hole city
I ain't going to drag my feet no more

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 ain't going to drag my feet no more
I've got a short set fuse and two fists of iron
I ain't going to drag my feet no more

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
I ain't going to drag my feet no more
You worked yourself right under my defenses
I ain't going to 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

I worked my hands 'til they couldn't spell your name
I rolled and I roared 'til I couldn't see your face
I leaned on the jukebox 'til 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