Pick me up, put me down, it's okay
Lift me up, spin me round, walk away
Cause I'm old enough to notice the score
And I know you want to see me no more
Pick me up, put me down, it's okay

Take me up, take me down, it's okay
Build me up, bring me down, drift away
Cause I'm old enough to know what's in store
But I'm slow enough to hope for some more
Pick me up, put me down, it's okay

What kind of guy cries 'hurry back'
To a girl who is on her way
Or stands there waving from the track
To a girl when the world is calling her
To a better life in a better place he can't be

To the open sky above her, the mountains and the plains
To the small towns on the seaside, the deserts and the rains
Falling softly on a rooftop of a little house he'll never see

Pick me up and put me down
Pick me up and put me down
Pick me up and put me down, it's okay

Pick me up and put me down
Pick me up and put me down
Pick me up and put me down, it's okay