Up to Me (Take 2, Remake) - 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 a live 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
Well the union central is pulling out
And the orchids are in bloom
I've only got one good shirt left
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
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 met somebody 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
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
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
Dupree came in pimpin'
Tonight to the thunderbird café
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 I see 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
