Name: Pick One Up
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: This song was inspired following my attendance at a Robb Nash Project concert. He wrote a note to one of my students: "Keep walking...someone needs your story." I wrote the rest of the song from those profound few words.

Pick One Up

from Lighthouse by Kevin Bader

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This song was inspired following my attendance at a Robb Nash Project concert. He wrote a note to one of my students: "Keep walking...someone needs your story." I wrote the rest of the song from those profound few words.

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I was running way too fast down this road called life
And I stumbled one day
Ya I stumbled and I tumbled, I really fumbledit up
What a messy mess I made
Well I beat myself up and I pushed it all down
For awhile
And the day eventually came when I could not
Or I would not even smile

Til my buddy said, Hey buddy, what’s your deal?
You just haven’t been yourself, you haven’t been keepin’ it real
And I let it all out, did some cryin’, did some shoutin’
And I laid the broken pieces on the ground
Then I picked one up
I picked one up

I saw you running way too fast down the road called life
And I saw you stumble the other day
You’ve been stumblin’ and tumbling. You really fumbled it up
A messy mess you’ve made
You’ve been beating yourself up and pushing good things down
For way too long
Now you’re lower than low. The pain and sadness are growin’
far beyond…what anyone could take

And as your buddy, a real buddy, What’s your deal?
You haven’t been yourself; you haven’t been keepin’ it real
Let it all out. Give me crying, give me shouting
Just let the pieces fall down to the ground

Keep walking; someone needs your story
Choose to get yourself up in the morning
Keep listening. Buddy, hear this message, hear this warning
Cuz someone needs your story

And as your buddy, a real buddy, What’s your deal?
You haven’t been yourself; you haven’t been keepin’ it real
Let it all out. Give me crying, give me shouting
Let the pieces fall down to the ground
All those broken-up, lifeless, soundless pieces laying there on the ground
Now pick one up
Pick one up
Pick one up

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from Lighthouse, released December 7, 2020
Kevin Michael Bader

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Kevin Bader Vernon, British Columbia

Hello and thanks for stopping by. Music is my passion. I've been playing guitar for over 40 years and in that time I have collaborated on several different projects, with multiple individuals and organizations on stage and in studio.

Please browse the site, listen to my songs, drop me an email, or download a song or two! -Kevin ... more

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