Up to Me (Take 3, Remake 2) - Bob Dylan
Lyrics by：Bob Dylan
Composed by：Bob Dylan
Everything went from bad to worse
Money never changed a thing
Death kept following tracking 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 thinking
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 rising star
I guess it was up to me
The union central is pulling 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 nothing 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
Hoping one of us could get free
When the dawn came over the river bridge
I knew it was up to me
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 finally met someone face to face and
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 a going to make me move
I guess it must be up to me
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 pay the penalty
Somebody's got to tell the tale
I guess it must be up to me
Well dupree came in pimpin' tonight
To the thunderbird cafe
Crystal wanted to talk to him
I had to look the other way
Well I just can't rest without you love
I need your company
But you ain't a going to 'cross the line
I guess it must be up to me
There's a note left in the bottle
You can give it to estelle
She's the one you been wondering about
But there's really nothing 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 and 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 got to hit the road
I guess it must be up to me
And 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
You know it was up to me
