Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Stop! drop everything and run Oh baby, stop, drop everything and run Jimmy was a winner back in his hometown People came to see him play for miles around now Then one morning he woke up and looked himself in the face Said I'm going 'round in circles ain't going no place This working for peanuts is getting way out of hand I've had about as much as anybody can stand Stop! drop everything and run Oh baby, stop, drop everything and run I want fame, fortune my name up in lights Good-bye small town of the night C'mon stop! drop everything and run Jimmy gave his notice laid it down on the smoke When it wasn't too much later he was hungry and broke now He been paying out good money for a hole in the wall Gigging every night and earning nothing at all Said this world I'm been dreaming doesn't pay out in the least I guess I'll be a beggar or a side of beef Said stop! drop everything and run Stop! drop everything and run I want fame, fortune my name up in lights Have my old town back tonight C'mon stop! drop everything and run Crazy Jimmy, yeah In front of all his friends he had tp wallow his pride "Cause he thinks the grass is greener on the other side Now stop! drop everything and run Oh baby, stop, drop everything and run I want fame, fortune my name up in lights Have my old town back tonight C'mon stop, drop everything stop, drop everything Stop! stop! stop! stop! Drop everything Stop!