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Livin’ It Up On Top
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Hadestown Original Broadway Cast
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And on the road to hell, there was a lot of waiting Mmm... Waiting Everybody waiting on a train Mmm... Waiting on a lady with a Waiting on a train to bring that lady Mmm... Lady With the suitcase back again She's never early, always late Waiting These days she never stays for long But good things come to those who wait Here she comes! Well it's like he said, I'm an outdoor girl And you're late again Married to the king of the underworld She forgot a little thing called spring Are you wondering where I've been? Where you been? I'm wondering Been to hell, and back again But like my mama always said: Brother when you're down, you're down When you're up, you're up If you ain't six feet underground, you're living it up on top Let's not talk about hard times Pour the wine, it's summertime! 'Cause right now we're livin' it How are we livin' it? Livin' it, livin' it up Oh brother, right here we're livin' it Where are we livin' it? Livin' it up on top Who makes the summer sun shine bright? That's right, Persephone! Who makes the fruit of the vine get ripe Persephone! That's me Who makes the flowers bloom again, in spite of a man? You do! Who's doing the best she can? Persephone, that's who Now some might say, the weather ain't the way it used to be But let me tell you something that my mama said to me You take what you can get, and you make the most of it So right now we're livin' it How are we livin' it? Livin' it, livin' it up Oh brother, right here we're livin' it Where are we livin' it? Livin' it up on top It was summertime on the road to hell Mmm... There was a girl who had always run away Mmm... You might say it was in spite of herself Mmm, Mmm, Mmm... That this young girl decided to stay There was a poor boy with a lyre Who says times are hard? The flowers bloomed and the fruit got ripe And brother for a moment there Anybody want a drink? The world came back to life! Ohhhh..... Up on top, we ain't got much But we're Livin' it up Just enough to fill our cups Livin' it up on top Brother pa** that bottle around 'Cause we're Livin' it, livin' it up Let the poet bless this round To the patroness of all of this, Persephone Who has finally returned to us with wine enough to share Asking nothing in return except that we should live And learn to live as brothers in this life And to trust she will provide And if no one takes too much, there will always be enough She will always fill our cups I will And we will always raise them up To the world we dream about, and the one we live in now 'Cause right now we're livin' it How are we livin' it? Livin' it up Oh brother, right here we're livin' it Where are we livin' it? Listen here, I'll tell you where We're livin' it up on top Up on top! Livin' it up and we ain't gonna stop Livin' it, livin' it Livin' it, livin' it How are we livin' it? Where are we livin' it? Livin' it, livin' it Livin' it, livin' it Livin' it up on top!
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