Rob Redhead - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down

Rob Redhead - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down

You were mine for just a while
Now your putting on the style
And you never once looked back
To your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town
But my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground
Pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down
When your blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you
Come back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
then they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down

They have changed your attitude
Made you sad and so crude
Your new friends can take the blame
Underneath you're still the same
When you learn these things are true
I'll be waiting here for you
as you tumble to the ground
Pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down
When your blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you
Come back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
then they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down

Cover version performed and recorded by Rob Redhead in 2025
Backing track BR80 & Vocals recorded on the BR800

The writer of the country song "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" is Harlan Howard.
The song has been covered by many artists over the years, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Price (1977), Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (2007), Martina McBride, Patsy Cline, David Ball (2005), and Mary Duff.
"Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" was penned by prolific Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard in the late 1950s while he was living in a modest frame house in Gardena, California. He demoed the tune for fellow songwriter Lance Guynes, who eagerly sent it to contacts in Nashville, where it quickly generated buzz and a lighthearted bidding war among top artists like Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, and Charlie Walker. Ultimately, it was given to Walker—"because he needed a hit"—and released as a single on Columbia Records in July 1958, backed by "Two Empty Arms." Backed by a shuffling honky-tonk rhythm, the track became Walker's signature song, climbing to No. 2 on the Billboard country chart (spending 22 weeks there) and ranking No. 44 for the year. Its timeless theme of a jilted lover's wry plea for reconciliation turned it into a enduring country standard, inspiring dozens of covers across genres from rockabilly to bluegrass.