Everythin' went from bad to worse
Money never changed a thing
d**h 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 lived my life
By what others were thinkin'
The heart inside me would've died
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
Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out
And 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 must be up to me
It was like a revelation
When you betrayed me with your touch
I'd just about convinced myself
That nothin' had changed that much
The old Rounder in the iron mask
Slipped me the master key
Somebody had to unlock your heart
He said it was up to me
Well, 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
'Til the break of day
Hopin' one of us could get free
When the dawn came over the river bridge
I knew it was up to me
Oh, the only decent thing I did
When 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 try to protect your identity?
You looked a little
Burned out, my friend
I thought it might be up to me
Well, I met somebody face to face
And I had to remove my hat
She's everything I need