"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

...never could look me in the eye...

“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”

Did you ever know

what you really wanted?

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I thought you wanted

to be your own girl,

to see the sky

from your point of view.

Baby, that was fine by me

cause I loved what you could see.

But now you want me to go,

to tell me goodbye.

~~~~

You never could 

just look me in the eye,

see

reflected there

my love for you.

~~~~

Now you’re out there

running loose in the world

with nothing better to do

than “draggin’ my heart around”.

Yet you still keep knocking on my front door,

don’t know what it is you’re looking for

but all you do is run around town

tearing me down.

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Baby don’t you know

I was always willing to

look you in the eye;

so baby,

“stop draggin’ my heart around”

Aztec Warrior/redzone 5.3.16

Note: quoted lines are from the Stevie Nix/Tom Petty

song, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”

Author's Note

thanks for reading...

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I love this song & that's why I clicked on this story in particular. Your message pretty much describes my own thought processes as I was going from my long sensual story about Donnie (My Favorite Ride) and my next morose poem (Redemption) . . . this is exactly how I treated Donnie, back when I had every tiger by the tail, but couldn't resist knocking on his door on my way home from whatever partying I might've been doing in my frenetic youth. Thanks for showing me how it musta felt from the other side of the story (((HUGS)))

[redzone]

thanks for stopping by Ms.B, I always like your visits... yes, we have to be gentle with the hearts that are given us to hold, but sometimes too we are not ready for or even wanting more than that... you gave Donnie as much of your heart as you were able too... I think the song and definitely the poem is more on openness and honesty ("could never look me in the eye")... anyway, thank you for your comments

[barleygirl]

Well, yeah . . . I was always brutally honest . . . reminding my admirers that being born on Independence Day (July 4th) wasn't just a fluke in my case *smile*

[redzone]

isn't this the way we should always be.. yepper, indeed we should... probably another reason Donnie loved you... (at least in my opinion)

[Matching Socks]

Really enjoyed this one and I thought of this song as soon as I read the title.

[Lydia Shutter]

Tom Petty....my all time favorite musical artist! Hey, when your heart gets out and about more than you do, it's time to say "buhbye" to the person draggin' it around. It stinks that some people lead you on and when you give them everything, they slap you in the face as a reward. I liked this one a lot....it has a good rhythm and could be new song lyrics for this melody! Very "nice" Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

Great song and a wonderful write. This also reminds me of Offspring -- low self esteem. It happens, that some people come into our lives and hurt us, and we have a hard time not sticking around waiting for more. But that isn't love, it's something else, because it's lopsided.