I don't wanna be nobody's fool  And I don't wanna take no one to school  I just wanna pick somebody up  I don't wanna tell you how I live  I just wanna give what I have to give  Maybe it'll pick somebody up    Smiling faces, warm embraces  Love is walking hand in hand  Revolution is no solution  To the tragedy of men, here's my plan  Hope I can: pick somebody up  Pick somebody up    Honey when you give your love to me  Together we can make some history  Maybe it'll pick somebody up  Go along and get along and sell my soul  That'a ain't a way this pappa rolls  When a little ? picks somebody up    Take a stranger, out of danger  Help someone to understand  That revolution is no solution  To the tragedy of men, here's my plan  Hope I can: pick somebody up  Pick somebody up    Why do you do it, why do you do it  Why do you do it, why do you do it    Some people ask me: why are you're doing this thing  How come you're playing music for people  Getting up early in the morning just to catch a plane, a bus or a train  Going insane, fanning a flame, so then why-  Is it for love? Is it for self-expression?  Is it to combat depression? Is it to make people happy?  I mean, I love it  I can hear it  I listen when somebody smiles at me    When I'm happy, when I'm sad  When I'm surly, and when I'm glad  When that sunshine turns to rain  And I just can't stand the pain  And I feel I'm going insane  Till I get back home again    When I think I can't compete  And I just can't find the beat  When I'm old, when I'm young  When my final saw this song  I shall hope we have some fun  Spreading love to everyone  So before I tip my cup  I just wanna pick somebody up  Pick somebody up  Pick somebody up  Pick somebody up  Pick somebody up  Pick somebody up