Pick It Up (And Put It In Your Pocket)-Stan Ridgway

[ti:Pick It Up (And Put It In Your Pocket)] [ar:Stan Ridgway] [al:The Big Heat] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pick It Up (And Put It In Your Pocket) - Stan Ridgway [00:23.11]A signal swings and the lights turn off [00:26.25]And a missing man begins to cough [00:29.30]And no one knows the lost ones from the found [00:32.38] [00:34.19]And lady luck well [00:35.46]She can't explain [00:36.81]To a hardened coin or a bill the game [00:39.57]It seems everything changes hands when it hits the ground [00:42.91] [00:52.39]Lonley this they said it's dog eat dog [00:55.28]Cat eat mouse [00:56.67]And mouse eat cheese and the cheese just smells [00:59.13] [01:00.27]The warning systems ring but help won't come [01:03.23] [01:05.15]And all the calling cards and the walking sticks [01:08.31]And the hidden punches and the coward's kicks [01:11.04]Say we got a big mouthful now [01:13.74]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [01:15.35] [01:16.15]Or somebody else will [01:19.29]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [01:20.95] [01:21.77]Or somebody else just will [01:25.07]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [01:26.52] [01:27.36]Or somebody else will [01:30.59]Now the world's a road and for miles around [01:33.69] [01:36.13]On every inch of unclaimed ground hide rewards for some but all the rest [01:41.14]Spin a creepy wheel or they trip the stair [01:44.27]While the new school boys just can't play fair [01:47.08]In a place that leaves it's money in it's mess [01:50.32]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [01:51.96] [01:52.68]Or somebody else will [01:55.89]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [01:57.67] [01:58.19]Or somebody else just will [02:01.53]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [02:03.24] [02:03.81]Or somebody else just will [02:07.10]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [02:08.67] [02:09.22]Or somebody else just will [02:13.06] [02:18.01]Now an old man with a paper bag [02:20.76]And a list so long on a dirty rag [02:23.34] [02:24.27]Checks each item that he will throw or keep [02:26.92] [02:29.28]But he'll never thank the coin that's bent [02:31.07] [02:32.03]Or a greenback bill that a stranger sent [02:34.68]But he'll pick 'em just the same [02:36.93]And then he'll thank the street [02:38.14] [02:45.10]He turns and says it's dog eat dog [02:47.41] [02:49.10]And cat eat mouse [02:50.13] [02:51.91]And mouse eat cheese [02:53.10] [02:54.57]And the cheese just smells [02:56.81] [03:08.88]Now I don't wanna seem to say [03:11.44]That the time ahead won't be okay [03:13.95] [03:14.97]But the scale is loaded down [03:16.95]With the weight of sixteen tons [03:19.09] [03:19.83]And the ones that have [03:21.02]Tell the ones that don't [03:22.46]To tell the ones that can't [03:23.80]About the ones who won't [03:25.32]And there's no place left here [03:27.11]'Round to run [03:28.09] [03:28.71]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [03:30.32] [03:30.96]Or somebody else will [03:34.16]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [03:35.87] [03:36.54]Or somebody else just will [03:39.72]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [03:41.54] [03:42.20]Or somebody else will [03:45.34]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [03:47.16] [03:47.76]Or somebody else just will [03:50.87]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [03:52.69] [03:53.41]Or somebody else will [03:56.54]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [03:58.28] [03:59.02]Or somebody else just will [04:02.13]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [04:03.93] [04:04.66]Or somebody else will [04:07.81]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [04:09.50] [04:10.31]Or somebody else just will [04:13.60]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [04:15.20] [04:15.88]Or somebody else will [04:19.07]Pick it up and put it in your pocket [04:20.89] [04:21.57]Or somebody else just will