Johnny Lee - Pickin' Up Strangers (Lyrics) [HD]

Johnny Lee sings 'Pickin' Up Strangers' from the 1980 Full Moon album 'Coast to Coast (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)'. The hit Country single of the song was released in 1981. The lyrics are in the video and below with comments about the song and Johnny Lee.

Note: The line drawings in the video are all by Bianca Van Dijk on Pixabay. They were selected, cropped and ordered to best fit the lyrics of the song.

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Pickin' Up Strangers (Singer: Johnny Lee)

Pickin' up strangers, let me tell you about the dangers
You never know what they're out to get from you
You never know what they're gonna try to do

Pickin' up strangers, let me tell you about the dangers
Some are just common thieves they say
The next thing you know one'll steal your heart away

Sometimes this old life, it seems like a highway
And it keeps rolling on and on
And on that highway you meet a lot of strangers
You pass a lot of dangers on your way home

Pickin' up strangers, let me tell you about the dangers
If you don't like taking chances then
You better keep moving on my friend

Pickin' up strangers, let me tell you about the dangers
Some are just common thieves they say
Next thing you know one will steal your heart away

(Pickin' up strangers)

Let me tell you about the dangers
You never know what they're out to get from you
You never know what they're gonna try to do

Pickin' up strangers, let me tell you about the dangers
Some are just common thieves they say
Next thing you know one will steal your heart away

(Pickin' up strangers)

Let me tell you about the dangers
You never know what they're out to get from you
You never know what they're gonna try to do

Songwriter: Byron Hill
[Lyrics from LyricFind]

Personnel: Lead Vocals – Johnny Lee, Backing Vocals - Denny Brooks, Herb Pedersen, Linda Dillard, Bass – Bryan Garofalo, Drums – Michael Botts, Guitar – Fred Tackett, James Burton, John Hug, Keyboards – John Hobbs, Producer – Jim Ed Norman, Recorded By, Mixed By – Eric Prestidge, Steel Guitar – Sonny Garrish, Strings [Arranged By], Conductor – Bergen White.

Wikipedia states:

"Pickin' Up Strangers" is a song written by Byron Hill, and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee. It was released in January 1981 and recorded for the soundtrack of the feature film Coast to Coast, and was also the third single from Lee's album Lookin' for Love. The song won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1981.

Johnny Lee (born John Lee Ham; July 3, 1946) is an American country music singer. His 1980 single "Lookin' for Love" became a crossover hit, spending three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart while also appearing in the Top 5 on the Billboard Pop chart and Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. He racked up a total of 17 top 40 country hits in the early and mid-1980s.

Lee was born in Texas City, Texas, and grew up on a dairy farm in nearby Alta Loma (now part of Santa Fe, Texas). In high school he formed a rock n' roll band, "Johnny Lee and the Roadrunners". After graduation Lee enlisted in the United States Navy and served a tour of duty on the USS Chicago, a guided missile cruiser. After his discharge, he had his name legally changed from John Lee Ham to Johnny Lee. He played cover tunes in Texas nightclubs and bars throughout the 1960s.

Lee worked 10 years with Mickey Gilley, both on tour and at Gilley’s Club in Pasadena, Texas. The soundtrack from the 1980 hit movie Urban Cowboy, which was largely shot at Gilley's, catapulted Lee to fame. The record spawned several hit singles, including Lee's "Lookin' for Love."

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Just the kind of a song that you might just possibly find on the jukebox at Sugarfoot’s Barbecue in the small Texas town of Arlen where propane salesman Hank Hill lives!