Karaoké Livin' It Up on Top Hadestown (musical)

And on the road to hell there was a lot of waiting

Everybody waiting on a train

Waiting on a train to bring that lady

With her suitcase packed again

She's never early, always late

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

I'm wondering

Been to hell, and back again

But like my mama always said

A'ight

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

'Cos right now we're livin' it

Livin' it, livin' it up

Oh brother, right here we're 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

That's me

Who makes the flowers bloom again, in spite of a man

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

Livin' it, livin' it up

Oh brother, right here we're livin' it

Livin' it up on top

It was summertime on the road to hell

There was a girl who had always run away

You might say that it was in spite of herself

That this young girl decided to stay

There was a poor boy with a lyre

The flowers bloomed

Who says times are hard and the fruit got ripe and the brother for a moment there

Anybody want a drink

The world came back to life

Up on top, we ain't got much

But we're livin' it, livin' it up

Just enough to fill our cups

Livin' it up on top

Brother pass that bottle around 'cos we're livin' it, livin' it up

Let the poet bless this round

To the patroness of all of this

Persephone

Here, here

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

There we go

And to trust she will provide

And if no one takes too much there will always be enough

She will always fill our cups

And we will always raise them up

I will

To the world we dream about and the one we live in now

'Cos right now we're livin' it

Livin' it, livin' it up

Brother, right here we're livin' it

Listen here, I'll tell you where we're livin' it up on top

Livin' it up and we ain't gonna stop

Livin' it, livin' it

How are we livin' it

Livin' it, livin' it livin' it, livin' it livin' it up on top