he'll pick you up Letra

They've sped up to the point where they provoke

The punchline before they have told the joke

Plenty of desperation to be seen

Staring at the television screenThey've sped up to the point where they provoke you

You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke

Sorry, sunshine, it doesn't exist

It wasn't in the top one-hundred listAnd it's the thousanth time that it's even bolder

Don't be surprised when you get bent over

They told ya, but you were dying for it(Saw it and she grabbed it and it wasn't what it seemed

The kids all dream of making it

Whatever that means)

Another variation on a theme

A tangle on the television and the magazine

D'you reckon that they do it for a joke?

D'you reckon that they make 'em take an oath?

That says that we are defenders

Of any poser or professional pretender aroundWhen did your list

Replace the twist and turn like a fist

Replaced the kiss?

Don't concern us with your bollocks

I don't want your prayer

Save it for the morning afterAnd it's the thousanth time that it's even bolder

Don't be surprised when you get bent over

They told ya, but you were gagging for itLet's have a game on the teddy picker

Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?

Already thick, and you're getting thicker

Let's have a game on the teddy picker

Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?

Already thick, and you're getting thickerAssuming that all things are equal

Who'd want to be men of the people

When there's people like you?

Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton

Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day

Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton

Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a dayOh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton

Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day

Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton

Oh Lordy, pick a bale a dayI said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton

Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day

I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton

Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a dayOh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton

Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day

Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton

Oh Lordy, pick a bale a dayOn top of old Smokey all covered with snow

I lost my true lover by courting so slow

For courtin's a pleasure and parting is brief

And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief

On top of old Smokey all covered with snow

I lost my true lover by courting so slowWell, you wake up in the mornin'

Hear the ding-dong ring

You go marchin' to the table

See the same old thing

See the fork on the table

Nothing in your pan

If you say a thing about it

You're in trouble with the manLet the midnight special

Shine a light on me

Let the midnight special

Shine its everlovin' light on meIf you ever go to Houston

Well you'd better act right

And you'd better not gamble

And you'd better not fight

For the sheriff will arrest you

And he'll take you down

And before you understand it

You are prison boundLet the midnight special

Shine a light on me

Let the midnight special

Shine its everlovin' light on me

One, two, three

Counting out the signs we see

The tall buildings

Fading in the distance

Only dots on a map

Four, five, six

The two of us a perfect fit

You're all mine, all mineAnd all I can say

Is you blow me awayLike an apple on a tree

Hiding out behind the leaves

I was difficult to reach

But you picked me

Like a shell upon a beach

Just another pretty piece

I was difficult to see

But you picked me

Yeah you picked meSo softly

Rain against the windows

And the strong coffee

Warming up my fingers

In this fisherman's house

You got me

Searched the sand

And climbed the tree

And brought me back downAnd all I can say

Is you blow me awayLike an apple on a tree

Hiding out behind the leaves

I was difficult to reach

But you picked me

Like a shell upon a beach

Just another pretty piece

I was difficult to see

But you picked me

Yeah you picked me

I am running with a heavy heart

It's like an anchor making sure I never get too far

I am wounded and nearly torn apart

It feels like it's all too muchWhat do you do when you can't get up?

(You take it back and start again.)

There's a new day coming

There's a new day coming in

What do you do when you can't go home?

(You take it back and start again)Pick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

Taken more than any one should ever takeI've been buried, yeah, I've been left for dead

Don't think I'm ever gonna see the light of day again

Scratch the surface for the air above

I try but it's not enoughWhat do you do when you can't get up?

You just take comfort knowing

you can't get much lower than you arePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

Taken more than any one should ever takePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up againAnd I swear, I'll never sin again

And I swear, I'll never sin againThings are never gonna be the same

And all I have to say is

You're the only one to blame

With the bad mistakes that you know I made

I don't think that I am ever gonna make a changeWhat do you do when you can't get up?

You just take comfort knowing

you can't get much lower than you arePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

Taken more than any one should ever takePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

I feel an urge to melt

To vanish like the day

To fly above the trees

To try another way

My nerves are blowing...

I take my pick... [2x]

My fists are burning...

I need that kick... [2x]

I neet to leave behind

The chains that keep me bound

To spread my winds and fly

So high above the ground

My nerves...

I'll try another way

Jumpin' out the window

Movin' on, groovin' on

Which way will the wind blow?

We can't be wrong, so say 'solong'

I'mma pick you up, I'mma pick you up

What're you tryin' to say to me?

Catch the train out to what you're tryin' to do

Are you gonna play with me?All my life, I've been waiting

Pass my time, procrastinating now

It's a trip on a flip

And flash right through the scene

Can't you see what I mean?Breaking through the boundaries

Rollin' on, strollin' on

They won't ever find me

And fter all, we'll have a ball

I'mma pick you up, I'mma pick u up

We're gonna see where we can go

This is how I live, this is what I give

And you're the one I want to knowAll my life, I've been waiting

Pass my time, procrastinating now

It's a trip on a flip

And flash right through the scene

Can't you see what I mean?Tiny minded two-tone suckers

Same old faces make me shudder

Countless times I've screamed 'oh brother!'

Where are you? I need someone to be my loverAll my life, I've been waiting

Pass my time, procrastinating now

It's a trip on a flip

And flash right through the scene

Can't you see what I mean?It's a trip on a flip

And flash right through the scene

Can't you see what I mean?

Take me somewhere safe

Somewhere far away

To regain the strenght to trust a single fucking thing I say

I'm picking myself up again

I'm picking myeself up

This precious life is the last chance we have

We must try to make the best of it

I quit as my patience wears thin

I'm lost but I'll never give in.

They've sped up to the point where they provoke

The punchline before they have told the joke

Plenty of desperation to be seen

Staring at the television screenThey've sped up to the point where they provoke

You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke

Sorry, sunshine, it doesn't exist

It wasn't in the top 100 listAnd it's the thousandth time that it's even bolder

Don't be surprised when you get bent over

They told ya, but you were dying for itShe saw it and she grabbed it and it wasn't what it seemed

The kids all dream of making it, whatever that meansAnother variation on a theme

A tangle on the television and the magazine

D'you reckon that they do it for a joke?

D'you reckon that they make 'em take an oath that says:"We are defenders

Of any poseur

Or professional

Pretender around"When did your list replace the twist and turn?

Like a fist replaced the kiss

Don't concern us with your bollocks

I don't want your prayers

Save it for the morning afterAnd it's the thousandth time that it's even bolder

Don't be surprised when you get bent over

They told ya, but you were gagging for itLet's have a game on the teddy picker

Not quick enough can I have it quicker?

Already thick and you're getting thickerLet's have a game on the teddy picker

"Not quick enough can I have it quicker?"

Already thick and you're getting thickerAssuming that all things are equal

Who'd want to be men of the people

When there's people like you?

When I was

Adrift on an ocean all alone

You came and rescued me

When I was far from homeA rush of love around my heart

Just as I fell apartNobody ever cared as much for me

Nobody's touched my heart and healed my pain

You've picked up the pieces

And put me back together againCareful, we're fragile

And easily we break

In your arms I'm certain

Is all the love we'll makeA rush of love around my heart

Just as you take my handNobody ever cared as much for me

Nobody's touched my heart and healed my pain

You've picked up the pieces

And put me back togetherI'll write your name in stars across the sky

We'll drift away into each other's eyes

YeahNobody ever cared as much for me

Nobody's touched my heart and healed my pain

You've picked up the pieces

And put me back togetherNobody ever cared as much for me

Nobody's touched my heart and healed my pain

You've picked up the pieces

And put me back together againNoboy ever cared as much for me

Nobody's touched my heart and healed my pain

You've picked up the pieces

And put me back together again

Collecting pieces of my family

In an old pillow case

This one has a skull

But it don't have a faceThese look like the arms of father so strong

And the ring on this finger

Means my Grandmother's gone

Here's some legs in a pile

Where my sister once playedHere's some mud made of blood

And these teeth are decayed

The ear of my brother

The hand of a friend

And I just can't

Put them back together againPick up the bones

And set them on fire

Follow the smoke going higher and higher

Pick up the bones

And wish them goodnight

Pray them a prayer and turn out the lightThere are stains on the floor

Where the kitchen once stood

There are ribs in the fireplace

Mixed with the woodThere are forces in the air

Ghosts in the wind

Some bullets in the back

And some scars on the skinThere were demons with guns

Who marched through this place

Killing everything that breathed

They're an inhuman raceThere are holes in the walls

Bloody hair on the bricks

And the smell of this hell

Is making me sickPick up the bones

And set them on fire

Follow the smoke going higher and higher

Pick up the bones

And wish them goodnight

Pray them a prayer and turn out the lightPick up the bones

And set them on fire

Follow the smoke going higher and higher

Pick up the bones

And wish them goodnight

Pray them a prayer and turn out the lightNow maybe someday

The suns gonna shine

Flowers will bloom

And all will be fineBut nothing will grow

On this burnt cursed ground

Cuz the breath of the death

Is the only sound

Mary picked the roses

Early in the morn

Mary picked the roses

As the day was being born

Mary picked the roses

To smell their sweet perfume

Mary picked the roses

But Jesus made them bloom Joseph carved a table

From a piece of wood

Joseph carved a table

It was his livelihood

Joseph carved a table

Where kings could sit to eat

Joseph carved a table

But Jesus made the tree And I write songs

These songs I sing

(Hey, la la la)

I'd have none if not for him

And I know whence came the tunes

(Hey, la la la)

Because Jesus made the roses

Jesus made the roses bloom I will soon be leaving

I will soon be gone

I will soon be leaving

But I leave for you my songs

Though this life is fleeting

And time is no one's friend

I will soon be leaving

But Jesus never ends So I'll write songs

These songs I sing

(Hey, la la la)

I'd have none if not for him

And I know whence came the tunes

(Hey, la la la)

Because Jesus made the roses

Jesus made the roses bloom

He made the roses bloom

Yo, even if it means carrying an anvil up a steep hill

During an avalanche, I wanna walk inside His will

These habitats and conditions is giving me the chills

This is not a thrill, and it doesn't feel like a walk in the park

It kinda seems like I'm walking in the dark, lantern in my heart

These thorns and these thistles, are picking me apart

And cameras keep flashing, they depicting it as art

Fool, I'm on my knees right, stains on my jeans

Filthy from head to toe, I finally get to see light (C-Lite)

Still in the batter's box after three strikes

Walking like Rev Run, steppin' in my three stripes

Walking this way and that way, I found a narrow path

It's like a tightrope He's gonna catch me, if I fall

Guess we all need a challenge,

To battle through this race in the Cross that we balanceIn that execution, jury on your chest

Pick it up, and if you would look to it

Your soul will find some rest, pick it up

Ooh Pick It Up, Pick it upQuestion, how would your face look if Jesus were to

scroll through a page of your Facebook

Better one, would He be a bit confused

If He seen His name written in your religious views

Feeling conviction, they tick like

"Didn't you know He's love?"

Yeah you right but when He come back here to judge

Lamb to the Lion, He's ruling the nations

Packing a rod of iron, making a fool of Satan

Tattoo on His thigh, King of kings, Lord of lords

That's the name that's inscribed

White horses he'll ride, got flames in His eyes I'm not playin'

His fury is crushing enemies like grapes into wine

Ain't nobody know the day or the time

So I pray that you make up your mind, deny yourself and take up the pine

Live the Cross, it ain't a chain or design, 'cause Sin Is Wack

Don't wear one on your chest if you don't bear one on your back, fam.In that execution, jury on your chest

Pick it up, and if you would look to it

Your soul will find some rest, pick it up

Ooh Pick It Up, Pick it upHe want us sold out, searching our hearts

Even believers got sin that they keep in the dark

You know that one thing, God ain't pleased with

He told you give it up, you wanna keep it

You got a million excuses, a billion reasons

But at the end of the day you still ain't at peace yet

Well let me let you in on a secret

We can't go deeper in our relationship till we leave it

Decease it, put it to sleep like a Posturepedic

'Cause sin is a fatal disease and only Jesus can treat it

And light of the fact that He freed us,

By His blood, cleaned us, washed and redeemed us

Uh, that's reason to make us rotate from our old ways

Desire to please and obey, tell the Lord okay

When the road may seem kinda lonely, my life Your way

Yeah

Happened much too slow

For me to even know

That everyday without you

Goes too much to showI could show the moment that day

When you put it all down

When you crash through the moment

Without making a sound, and youPick up the pieces

Pick up the pieces of me

Pick up the pieces of me

Pick up the pieces of me

Pick up the pieces

I won’t let it happen againI won’t let it happen again

I'm overIt’s hard to think about what you wanted

It’s hard to think about what you lost

Doesn’t have to be to get even

Doesn’t have to be the last‘Cause I’m not giving in

And I won’t let it happen again

Not giving in

And I won’t let it happen again, justPick up the pieces

Pick up the pieces of me

Pick up the pieces

I won’t let it happen again

I won’t let it happen again

how come i can pick my ears

but not my nose

who made up that rule anyway

how can you say that's the way it is

that's just the way it goes

why don't you decide for yourself

what you can do

and what you can sayhow come i can pick my friends

but not my enemies

what is it about me that offends

what is it about me

'cause you know i'm only five foot two

and i'm giggly wiggly

tell me again, what did i do

why are you scared of me

i fight with love

and i laugh with rage

you've gotta live light enough

to see the humor

and long enough to see some changei think shy is boring

i think depressed is too

i think pretty is nice

but i'd rather see something new

all these plastic people

got their plastic surgery

but we got a big big beautiful

we got it for free

who you gonna be

if you can't be yourself

you can't get it from t.v.

you can't force it on

anybody elseyou know they come to clear cut

they come to strip mine

they come for some of my big butt

my big brain

or just a little time

they wanna take me out to dinner

think i'm a bitch if i don't go

seems like the people who actually like me

won't allow me to say no

your idea of a conversation

is the third degree

but i don't really know you

and i don't really want to talk about me'cause i'm not going to pretend

that i don't pick my nose

that's just the way it is, my friends

that's just the way it goes

this is who i am

what i do

and what i say

if you like it, let it be

if you don't, please do the same

i fight with love

i laugh with rage

you gotta live light enough to see the humor

and long enough to see some change

Picking up pieces, talking loudly...

Picking up pieces, talking loudly... Pick it all up now,

Put it back in your mouth.

Pick it all up now. Pick it all up now,

Put it back in your mouth.

Pick it all up now. And swallow...Picking up pieces, talking loudly...

Picking up pieces, talking loudly... You took away my red lips,

And then cut them up in pieces.So now I can't kiss the moon,

So now I can't kiss the moon goodnight.

No longer fly,

Through the clouds.

No longer touch the stars…Picking up pieces, talking loudly...

Picking up pieces, talking loudly...I'm lying still,

Waiting.Completely dried out,

Longing.

Longing,

For the rain

To whip the roofAnd make me,

Defenceless…You took my lips away,

You took my red lips.

You took my lips away,

You took my soft, red lips…Picking up pieces, talking loudly...

Picking up pieces, talking loudly...Pick it all up now,

Put it back in your mouth.

Pick it all up now. Pick it all up now,

Put it back in your mouth.

Pick it all up now. And swallow...

Walk through rain with me,

Soak the sun with me,

Lose control,

Let go,

Catch the snow with me,

Feel the cold underneath your feet,

'Cos I know,

You'll hold me,

Next time you pass me by.Write a song with me,

Play guitar for me,

Help me sing the right notes,

Paint a sky for me,

Draw the line with me.

When I go,

You'll try to stop me,

Next time you pass me by.Trying too hard to find a quick fix solution,

I close my eyes and tell you tonight.

Fly with me,

Lift me up to my feet,

Set me free from this skin I've been too long in.

Will you fly with me,

Drive me somewhere,

Where we can be something,

Have something more than a dream,

I thought up in my sleep

Next time you pass me by.Picking oranges,

In New Zealand,

Grow pear trees on our front lawn,

Making clay pots,

Just like that film we watched,

Is it real?

I don't know,

Don't believe I can't see everday waste away,

In front of me,

Hoping for more.Fly with me,

Lift me up to my feet,

Set me free from this skin I've been too long in.

Will you fly with me,

Drive me somewhere,

Where we can be something,

Have something more than a dream,

I thought up in my sleep

Next time you pass me by.Myself I could do anything,

I'd rather share it with you,

I won't hide,

I'll swallow my pride tonight,

I'll decide to tell you to;

Fly with me,

Lift me up to my feet,

Set me free from this skin I've been too long in.

Will you fly with me,

Drive me somewhere,

Where we can be something,

Have something more than a dream,

Will you fly with me,

Lift me up to my feet,

Set me free from this skin I've been too long in.

Will you fly with me,

Drive me somewhere,

Where we can be something,

Have something more than a dream,

I thought up in my sleep

Next time you pass me by.

"Pick Pocket"in the humble stence of nativity

hummed the smell of television snow

a faint S.O.S. flickering

riding on the coattails of their ground zero

neighborhood footprints ingrown

the daylight savings time will never know

of this alabaster coldyour lovers quarrel ended up in crawspace

dental identities will tell us apart

teeth marked and bounded with sighs

step into my parlor

said the spider to the fly

stable hooved footprints ingrowncloak and dagger muzak blared in ohms

in this alabaster cold

ingrownmore calibur per capita

breakfast table search team implodes

the milk cartons that pour will never know

of this alabaster cold

I am running with a heavy heart

It's like an anchor making sure I never get too far

I am wounded and nearly torn apart

It feels like it's all too muchWhat do you do when you can't get up?

(You take it back and start again.)

There's a new day coming

There's a new day coming in

What do you do when you can't go home?

(You take it back and start again)Pick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

Taken more than any one should ever takeI've been buried, yeah, I've been left for dead

Don't think I'm ever gonna see the light of day again

Scratch the surface for the air above

I try but it's not enoughWhat do you do when you can't get up?

You just take comfort knowing

you can't get much lower than you arePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

Taken more than any one should ever takePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up againAnd I swear, I'll never sin again

And I swear, I'll never sin againThings are never gonna be the same

And all I have to say is

You're the only one to blame

With the bad mistakes that you know I made

I don't think that I am ever gonna make a changeWhat do you do when you can't get up?

You just take comfort knowing

you can't get much lower than you arePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

Taken more than any one should ever takePick up the pieces and put me together

Tell me everything is gonna be okay

Give me a reason to get up again

(Kissing noises)

(Come here, come here, come here, right now, come here)[Verse 1]

Come here little rabbit, I'm going to give you a treat, take a seat

I'd like to tell you a little story, about a boy; he couldn't make ends meet

Not only that but he couldn't make sense out of the daily walk

Or the way we talk

Or how much though can be put into the price of advertising

I was watching him when he stepped forward to speak

Under the impression that he was just another local freak

Never would have guessed that he was capable of taking out a cluster of droids!

Just to make noise

What some will do for attention

Sometimes it's too honorable to mention

And what we're dealing with here is a systems malfunction

Catching visions after the treasure was sunken

Not to be mistaken for a role-model husband

Because I'm only interested in fucking![Verse 2]

Just my luck I'm a narcoleptic nympho

Petal to the metal with my dick hanging out the window

Anyway the wind blow

It come ten fold

Must be the season of the info![Verse 3]

And sometimes I talk to the trees (what)

I'm a dope fucking rapper, and I'm not trying to be abstract!

I'm saying that

Hip-Hop is larger than the politics, the karma

and accessories you carry in your back pack

Oh, and by the way, big thanks for all of the support

I'm amazed you all want to hear what comes out of my mouth

And I still keep my finger nails short

So I don't tear your girlfriends from the insides out[Verse 4]

Now do you get it yet?

Well you will

Just hold still

And god bless the road kill

With an empty can of oatmeal

In case you're unaware, it's been a long time coming

A lot of mind numbing

Trying to climb something[Verse 5]

I used to walk into this room unnoticed (yup)

And as buzzed as I was, you all was lost in my focus

And if I could keep from my knee to hurl

I would leap into your world!

And feed my seed to your girl!

Just to prove you've no clue as to what your boo likes

But you got a good start, if you spell my fucking name right!

So show the tag on your shit that says bitch made (come on)

While I push the mental switch blade

Deep into your rip cage[Verse 6]

Kill the stage

Sweat death

Have a drink

And piss ink

Fill the page and spit life, just to make these kids think

See I came tonight to play the role of Pipe Piper

But first I want to know who stole my lighter?!

And while were at it, someone asked, "Who stole the soul?"

I can smell food, but who's holding the bowl?

Let's take a little stroll through your tape collection

And check the UPCs to see who raped the essence[Verse 7]

Yes it hurts

Because it's a business first

And it gets worst

When you jerks

Let it get into your verse

And I still can't seem to adapt

But I'm a dope fucking rapper[Chorus]

And I'm not even trying to be abstract

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

And take you into the sky, and she you Slug!

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

And take you into the air, and she you Slug!

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

And take you into the sky, and she you Slug!

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

And take you into the air, and she you Slug!

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

(And never seen)

And take you into the sky, and she you Slug!

(Never, ever)

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

(Never seen)

And take you into the air, and she you Slug!

(Never, ever)

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

(Never seen)

And take you into the sky, and she you Slug!

(Never, ever)

And If I could fly, I'd lift you up!

(Never seen)

And take you into the air, and she you Slug!

(Never, ever)

Like you've never seen... never ever... never... never

(Pick it up, pit up)[Outro]

Yo! I want to say peace to Christina Ricci!

Sorry MURS I'm going to get that first!

The Angels - Back Street Pick Up

Welcome back, good to see you again

heart attack, honey where you beenYou went away, y' never told me where

baby what can I say, never thought I'd careQueen of the night you got a heart of stone

now that you're back I can't leave you aloneBack street pick up

Back street pick up

honey where have you been

good to see you againSaw your face, in a magazine

silk and lace, honey you're obsceneQueen of the night you got a heart of stone

now that you're back I can't leave you aloneBack street pick up

Back street pick up

honey where have you been

good to see you againYou hooked me in, then you raised the price

some call it sin, I call it paradise