(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