I'm Picking Up (What You're Putting Down) Lyrics

Her eyes burn hotter than the sun

When she laughed I heard Jesus cum

I asked her what she thought about a two-state solution

She said you'll find out later maybe a violent revolution

And I see loneliness in all the prettiest faces

She said you might be broken in all the right places

I've come to understand that I'll never understand

I had to let go, tired of being dragged around, man

And she said I'm picking up what you put down

You wanna see my blue jeans hanging around

Is it something new that we found

I'm picking up what you're putting down

I'll teach you all I know and what I have forgot

It ain't much, baby, but it's all that I got

Standing on the corner of faith and doubt

I'm hoping that together we might figure it out

And we spoke of God and where we came from, man

She said I'll keep my boots on no matter where I land

Her engine turned over, it was loud in the manifold

Left me there breathing in all I thought I knowed

And she said I'm picking up what you're putting down

I could see me and you laying around

I might let you pull my blue jeans down

I'm picking up what you're putting down

Dancing on barbed wire, singing to the choir

I gave everything I had away, I couldn't find a buyer

Let's spend each other's time, let's spend each other's money

Maybe together we can make it milk and honey

And I'll pick up what you put down

I'll take you dancing all around this town

I'll kick my blue jeans off, throw them on the ground

I'm picking up what you're putting down