CAN I PICK YOU UP
(Jerry Foster / Bill Rice)


Jimmy Payne - 1977



Same old table every night
Watchin' you there in the candlelight
Turnin' down every come on line
Wonderin' how you'd handle mine

I've never been much of a talker
I never knew just what to say
You see I'm shakin' all over
But I'm gonna say it anyway

Can I pick you up, you look so low
I will understand if you say no
'Cause I don't mean to be a bother
But I feel that we need each other tonight
So, can I pick you up, you look so low
(Can I pick you up)

Did I catch you by surprise
Did I see you almost smile
Guess I did sound kind o' dumb
But you look so sad here all alone

I know somebody must have hurt you
And you're tryin' to hold it in
But that's somethin' I've been through, too
And it looks like you need a friend

Can I pick you up, you look so low
I will understand if you say no
'Cause I don't mean to be a bother
But I feel that we need each other tonight
So, can I pick you up, you look so low
(Look so low)

No, I don't mean to be a bother
But I feel that we need each other tonight
So, can I pick you up, you look so low
(Can I pick you up)

(Can I pick you up)
(Can I pick you up)
(Can I pick .......... FADE)



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2017)