Come by and Pick me Up Lord

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    Hard to find a country singer who hasn't been steeped in the religious influence that is the Bible Belt of America. Each country star has a mother or grandma somewhere prayin for him or her. Ask Dolly Pardon. This is a country song delivered from the perspective of a good lookin country singer who faces the difficulties of being faithful to his God and at the same time receiving the never ending praise from the hearts of men ... (and women)

    Come by and Pick me Up Lord

    COME BY AND PICK ME UP LORD

     

    WON’T YOU COME BY AND PICK ME UP LORD

    IF I SEEM TOO TIRED TO WALK

    YOU’RE A FRIEND WHO WILL OBLIGUE ME

    AND YOU LISTEN WHEN I TALK

     

    THERE’S A ROAD I STILL MUST TRAVEL

    WHILE I’VE GOT THE LIGHT OF DAY

    AND THE KEY’S STILL IN MY POCKET  

    FOR THAT HOUSE ON PILGRIM’S WAY

     

    WON’T YOU COME BY AND PICK ME UP LORD

    IF I STAGGER IN THE AISLES

    AND BECOME INTOXI -CATED

    FROM THE COUNTRY WOMEN’S SMILES

     

    PLEASE COME BY AND PICK ME UP LORD

    IN THAT CHARIOT OF OLD

    AND TAKE ME THROUGH THE BI-WAYS

    ON THE STREETS THAT GLITTER GOLD

     

    I STILL LISTEN FOR THE THUNDER

    THAT’LL SHAKE ME TO THE CORE

    SURE I’VE HAD A TINY PREVIEW

    BUT I’M HANKERIN FOR MORE

     

    SO PLEASE COME BY AND PICK ME UP LORD

    CAUSE MY BOOTSTRAPS ARE TOO LONG

    I WANT TO SING YOUR GLORY FROM

    THE PAGE OF EVERY SONG

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    jeanpnkldyg commented on Come by and Pick me Up Lord

    02-21-2011

    Perfect! There is nothing like the reverberations of the twangs in a country song!
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    NevillePark

    02/24/2011

    Funny thing jean how a man's taste in music can do a paradine shift (to rhyme with Caradine?) (or is it paradyme?) Anywayz- I used to look down my motown nose at country. Then I lived in Arizona for a while. I love what comes out of the south these days. My main man is actually a country rocker name of Delbert Mc Clinton but straight country works for me too.

    HarverTomsson commented on Come by and Pick me Up Lord

    01-13-2011

    Just add chords . . . .!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harv
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    NevillePark

    01/14/2011

    Well, ya know I haven't actually done that yet - there are other songs I'm still nit-pickin on at the moment but I'm sure I'll get around to it. Thanx Harver for dropping by.

    WordSlinger commented on Come by and Pick me Up Lord

    01-13-2011

    Nev, this is great, I love it, you did great here.. My Grandpa, back in 93 said, see that man there, Alan- he will be famous, that song right there tells me he's good, , this is when he came out with Dont Rock the Jukebox, he was right. Nev, thanks for everything, WS
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    WordSlinger

    01/13/2011

    1991, sorry

    NevillePark

    01/14/2011

    I remember back in 1955 as ten year old kid.I was interested in talking to an older kid who I'd seen around a few times. He was visiting his grandparents. I walked up to him and complemented him on his singing. That's what drew my attention to him in the first place.I told him he had a real good voice and could be a singer when he grows up. He said "Ya I know - One day I'm going to be famous." His name was David Thomsett but we know him today as David Clayton Thomas of"Spinning Wheel" fame and the big voice behind the group Blood Sweat and Tears. So there you go! Some folks just know things.

    Marsink commented on Come by and Pick me Up Lord

    01-07-2011

    This is perfect as a hit song! (i'm not even a Country fan, lol) The tale is told in olden ways by feeling real in metaphorical blaze! The nail was hit on the head, driving with force the splendid cadence and musicality of rhyme! Applause Crescendo!
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    NevillePark

    01/08/2011

    You've mailed your steed - You quoffed a few - you've quilled supine and mortared too. You've seen the breech and filled as such that others wish to too ... in fashion as to long days past and a tip of hat to you. Boo-Boo

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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