Drop Everything & Run Lyrics - Dr. Feelgood

(wingfield/vernon/foster) 

Jimmy was a winner back in his home town 

People came to see him play from miles around 

Then one morning he woke up and looked himself in the face 

Said I'm going round in circles I ain't gettin' no place 

All this working for peanuts is getting way out of hand 

I've had about as much of it as I can stand 

Gonna' drop, drop everything and run 

Drop, drop everything and run 

I want fame, fortune, my name up in lights 

Goodbye small time from tonight 

Gonna' drop, drop everything and run 

Jimmy gave his notice headed down to the smoke 

Well it wasn't too much later he was hungry and broke 

He'd been paying out good money for a hole in the wall 

Gigging every night and earning nothing at all 

Said the work that I've been dreaming of is way out of reach 

I've got to be a bigger pebble on a smaller beach 

Gonna' drop, drop everything and run 

Drop, drop everything and run 

I want fame, fortune, my name up in lights 

Now it's 'hello home town, bye tonight' 

Gonna' drop, drop everything and run 

Oooh aaahhh that crazy jimmy 

Oooh aaahhh 

Back amongst his friends he had to swallow his pride 

'cause he thought the grass was greener on the other side 

Gonna' drop, drop everything and run 

Drop, drop everything and run 

I want fame, fortune, my name up in lights 

Now it's 'hello home town, bye tonight' 

Gonna' drop, drop everything 

Drop, drop everything 

Drop, drop everything and run