I put a fishing rod by your bed

Right next to a bible

I leaned a guitar in the corner of your room

With some milsap on vinyl

I figured the best thing I could do was put a thing or two

And that it wouldn't hurt to have in your way, on your path.

Hoping you might pick it up one day

And you might learn a couple pretty cool things

That I love to do

Then you can take it and spin it, and fit it

I don't know what you gonna be

But I hope you smile when you think of me

Cause I helped make you

But I didn't never try to make you pick it up

You just pick it up, pick it up.

Early to rise, headin' to work

Open a door for a stranger

Yes sir, yes mama, red dirt on my hands

Showing you the best way I can.

So you might pick it up one day

And you might learn a couple pretty cool things

That I love to do

Then you can take it and spin it, and fit it

I don't know what you gonna be

But I hope you smile when you think of me

Cause I helped make you

But I didn't never try to make you pick it up

Yeah, you just pick it up.

Dancing and kissing your mama in the kitchen

Treatin' her like a princess, hoping you might pick it up one day

Hoping you might learn a couple pretty cool things

That I love to do

Then you can take it and spin it, and fit it

I don't know what you gonna be

But I hope you smile when you think of me

Cause I helped make you

But I didn't never try to make you pick it up

Yeah, you just pick it up, pick it up

You just pick it up, pick it up, yeah...

I hope you pick it up

You just pick it up.