Pick Me Up on Your Way Down

(Harlan Howard)



You were mine for just a while

Now you're puttin' on the style.

And you never once looked back

At your home across the tracks.



Your the gossip of the town

But my heart can still be found

Where you tossed it on the ground.

Pick me up on your way down.



Hey, pick me up on your way down

When you're blue and all alone.

When their glamour starts to bore you

Come on back where you belong.



You may be their pride and joy

But they'll find another toy

And they'll take away your crown

Pick me up on your way down.



They have changed your attitude,

Made you haughty and so rude.

Your new friends can take the blame

But underneath you're still the same.



When you learn these things are true

I'll be waiting here for you

As you tumble to the ground,

Pick me up on your way down.



Hey, pick me up on your way down

When you're blue and all alone.

When their glamour starts to bore you

Come on back where you belong.



You may be their pride and joy

But they'll find another toy.

Then they'll take away your crown,

Pick me up on your way down...