Pick Up The Tempo Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

People are sayin' that times take care 

Of people like me 

And that I'm livin' too fast for I know, I can't last 

Much longer 

But little they know that their thoughts of me 

Is my savior 

And little they know that beat ought to go 

A little faster 

Pick up the tempo just a little bit 

And take it on home 

The singer ain't singin' 

And the drummer's been draggin' too long 

Time will take care of itself 

So just leave time alone 

And pick up the tempo just a little 

Then take it on home, oh take it on home 

I'm wild and I'm mean and I'm creatin' a scene 

I'm goin' crazy 

I'm good and I'm bad and I'm happy and sad 

And I'm lazy 

I'm quiet and loud and I'm gatherin' a crowd 

And I like rabies 

I'm 'bout half off the wall but I learned it all 

In the navy 

So pick up the tempo just a little bit 

And take it on home 

The singers ain't singin' 

And the drummer's been draggin' too long 

Time will take care of itself 

So just leave time alone 

And pick up the tempo just a little 

Then take it on home, oh take it on home 

Pick up the tempo just a little bit 

And take it on home 

The singer ain't singin' 

And the drummer's been draggin' too long 

Time will take care of itself 

So just leave time alone 

And pick up the tempo just a little 

Then take it on home, oh take it on home 

Oh take it on home 

Oh yeah take it home 

Oh yeah 

Oh yeah take it on home