Pick Up the Tempo

(Willie Nelson)

Some people are saying that time

Will take care of people like me

That I'm living too fast

And they say I can't last much longer.

But little they see

That their thoughts of me is my saviour

And little they know

I might live forever.

So pick up the tempo just a little

And take it on home

The singer ain't singin'

And the drummer's been draggin' too long.

Time'll take care of itself

So just leave time alone

And pick up the tempo just a little

And take it on home.

I'm wild and I'm mean

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 I'm loud

And I'm gatherin' a crowd and I like gravy

About half off the wall

But I learned it all in the Navy.

So pick up the tempo just a little

And take it on home

The singer ain't singin'

And the drummer's been draggin' too long.

Time'll take care of itself

So just leave time alone

And pick up the tempo just a little

And take it on home.

Yeah, pick up the tempo just a little

And take it on home...