Stevie Nicks Ft. Tom Petty - Stop Draggin My Heart Around

Stop Draggin My Heart Around is a song recorded by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and released as the first single from Nicks' debut solo album Bella Donna (1981). The track is the album's only song that was neither written nor co-written by Nicks. Written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell as a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song, Jimmy Iovine, who was also working for Stevie Nicks at the time, arranged for her to sing on it. Petty sings with Nicks in the chorus and bridge, while his entire band provides instrumentation with the exception of Ron Blair, who was replaced by bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn for the recording.

Lyrics:
[Verse 1: Stevie Nicks]
Baby, you come knockin' on my front door
Same old line you used to use before
I said yeah, well, what am I supposed to do?
I didn't know what I was gettin' into

[Chorus: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty]
So you've had a little trouble in town
Now you're keepin' some demons down
Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around

[Verse 2: Stevie Nicks]
It's hard to think about what you've wanted
It's hard to think about what you've lost
This doesn't have to be the big get-even
This doesn't have to be anything at all

[Pre-Chorus: Tom Petty]
I know you really wanna tell me goodbye
I know you really wanna be your own girl

[Chorus: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty]
Baby, you could never look me in the eye
Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the word
Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 3: Stevie Nicks]
People runnin' 'round loose in the world
Ain't got nothin' better to do
Make a meal of some bright-eyed kid
You need someone lookin' after you

[Pre-Chorus: Tom Petty]
I know you really wanna tell me goodbye
I know you really wanna be your own girl

[Chorus: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty]
Baby, you could never look me in the eye
Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the word
Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around

[Outro: Stevie Nicks]
Stop draggin' my heart around
Stop draggin' my heart around
Stop draggin' my heart around
Stop draggin' my heart around