I was born in the desert, May 17 in '73 When the needle hit the groove I commenced to moving I was chasing what's calling me Oh, feet don't fail me now One foot in the gutter One in the clouds Feet don't fail me now Well, I just gotta move on (Move on) ♪ Life is hard, that's why no one survives I'm much older than I thought I'd be Feel like a fool, yeah, like a dancing fool, yeah Footloose and fancy free Oh-oh-oh, feet don't fail me now Stand in the gutter with my head in the clouds Feet don't fail me now Well, I just gotta move on, hey ♪ Push myself, the breaking point It's all I know to do except for why? ♪ I chase brake lights and dust ad nauseam Driven by feelings I cannot hide To be so civilized, one must tell civil lies On and on and on and on and on On and on and on and on and on, yeah ♪ Me and my gang come to bust you loose We move with an urgency Between pleasure and agony on a runaway line That's the sound that's calling me It's calling me It's calling me It's calling me It's calling me It's calling me It's calling me It's calling me It's calling me It's Time to go, regret it later We're gon' take it as it comes Future tense meets middle finger We take the long way home Oh-oh-oh, feet don't fail me now Do whatcha gotta do Oh, do it now Feet don't fail me now I just gotta move on