Songwriter: Peter Himmelman
I want to raise her up from the dust
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
Her eyes are sweet and dark as coal
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
Beneath the damage and the dust
To think that she was once some mother's baby
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
I got to pick her up
I got to pick her up
I got to lift her up
They say, she's never known a single hour of stillness
I got to raise her up from the dust
(C'mon here, child)
And they say, she's as dangerous as a child that can inspire lust
I got to pick her up
Well they say that loneliness can drive you crazy
Well she's walking downtown on a foggy summer evening
I want so bad to stop her grieving
I want to raise her up from the dust
But they've long since given up on finding someone to trust
I want to lift her up
(Oh, pick it up)
I got to pick her up
(Damage and the dust)
And you've got to help me
And bury you beneath the damage and the dust
(Damage and the dust)
She has a silver plated soul
I got to lift her up
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
And you know that people's minds are so full of illness
I got to pick her up
(Well I)
I got to pick her up
Publisher: HIMMASONGS
I want to raise her up from the dust
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
I want to pick her up
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
Everybody watches with a blend of wonder and disgust
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
To raise her from beneath the damage and the dust
They never look beneath the damage and the dust
(Oh yeah, pick it up)
(And she got)
(Damage and the dust)
I want to lift her up
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
Left out in the rain like some dream that's gone to rust
I want to lift her up