You were mine for just a while Now your putting on the style And you never once looked back To your home across the track You're 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
Pick me up on your way down When your blue and all alone When their glamour starts to bore you Come 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
They have changed your attitude Made you sad and so crude Your new friends can take the blame 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
Pick me up on your way down When your blue and all alone When their glamour starts to bore you Come 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
Cover version performed and recorded by Rob Redhead in 2025 Backing track BR80 & Vocals recorded on the BR800
The writer of the country song "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" is Harlan Howard. The song has been covered by many artists over the years, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Price (1977), Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (2007), Martina McBride, Patsy Cline, David Ball (2005), and Mary Duff. "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" was penned by prolific Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard in the late 1950s while he was living in a modest frame house in Gardena, California. He demoed the tune for fellow songwriter Lance Guynes, who eagerly sent it to contacts in Nashville, where it quickly generated buzz and a lighthearted bidding war among top artists like Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, and Charlie Walker. Ultimately, it was given to Walker—"because he needed a hit"—and released as a single on Columbia Records in July 1958, backed by "Two Empty Arms." Backed by a shuffling honky-tonk rhythm, the track became Walker's signature song, climbing to No. 2 on the Billboard country chart (spending 22 weeks there) and ranking No. 44 for the year. Its timeless theme of a jilted lover's wry plea for reconciliation turned it into a enduring country standard, inspiring dozens of covers across genres from rockabilly to bluegrass.
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