| Everything went from bad to worse | |
| Money never changed a thing | |
| Death kept followin, trackin' us down | |
| At least I heard your bluebird sing | |
| Now somebody's got to show their hand | |
| Time is an enemy | |
| I know you're long gone | |
| I guess it must be up to me | |
| If I'd thought about it, | |
| I never would've done it | |
| I guess I would've let it slide | |
| If I'd paid attention to what others were thinkin' | |
| The heart inside me would've died | |
| But I was just too stubborn | |
| To ever be governed by enforced insanity | |
| Someone had to reach for the risin' star | |
| I guess it was up to me | |
| Now, the Union | |
| Central is pullin' out | |
| The orchids are in bloom | |
| I've only got me one good shirt left | |
| And it smells of stale perfume | |
| In fourteen months | |
| I've only smiled once | |
| And I didn't do it consciously | |
| Somebody's got to find your trail | |
| I guess it's gonna be up to me | |
| It was like a revelation | |
| When you betrayed me with your touch | |
| I'd just about convinced myself | |
| Nothin' had changed that much | |
| The old rounder in the iron mask | |
| He slipped me the master key | |
| Somebody had to unlock your heart | |
| He said it was up to me | |
| Now, I watched you slowly disappear | |
| Down into the officers club | |
| I would've followed you in the door | |
| But I didn't have a ticket stub | |
| So I waited all night till the break of day | |
| Hopin' one of us could get free | |
| Oh, when the dawn came over the river bridge | |
| I knew it was up to me | |
| The only decent thing | |
| I didWhen | |
| I worked as a postal clerk | |
| Was to haul your picture down off the wall | |
| Near the cage where | |
| I used to work | |
| Was I a fool or not | |
| To protect your real identity? | |
| You looked a little burned out, my friend | |
| I thought it might be up to me | |
| I met somebody face to face | |
| I had to remove my hat | |
| She's everything | |
| I need and love | |
| But I can't be swayed by that | |
| It frightens me, the awful truth | |
| Of how sweet life can be | |
| But she ain't gonna make a move | |
| I guess it must be up to me | |
| Now we heard the sermon on the mount | |
| And I knew it was too complex | |
| It didn't amount to anything more than | |
| What the broken glass reflects | |
| When you bite off more than you can chew | |
| You gotta pay the penalty | |
| Somebody's got to tell the tale | |
| I guess it must be up to me | |
| Dupree came in pimpin' tonight | |
| To 'The Thunderbird | |
| Cafe'Crystal wanted to talk to him | |
| I had to look the other way | |
| Now, I just can't rest without your love | |
| I need your company | |
| You ain't gonna cross the line | |
| I guess it must be up to me | |
| There's a note left in the bottle | |
| You can give it to | |
| EstelleShe's the one you been wonderin' about | |
| But there's really nothin' much to tell | |
| We both heard voices for a while | |
| Now the rest is history | |
| Somebody's got to cry some tears | |
| I guess it must be up to me | |
| So go on, boys, play your hands | |
| Life is a pantomime | |
| The ringleaders from the county seat | |
| Say,"You don't have all that much time" | |
| And the girl with me behind the shades | |
| She ain't my property | |
| One of us has gotta hit the road | |
| I guess it must be up to me | |
| If we never meet again | |
| Baby, remember me | |
| How my lone guitar played sweet for you | |
| That old time melody | |
| And the harmonica around my neck | |
| I blew it for you, free | |
| No one else could play that tune | |
| Ya know it was up to me |
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