Everything went from bad to worse   Money never changed a thing   Death 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 paid attention to what others were thinkin'   The heart inside me would've died      But 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      Now, the Union Central is pullin' out   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's gonna be up to me      It was like a revelation   When you betrayed me with your touch   I'd just about convinced myself   Nothin' had changed that much      The old rounder in the iron mask   He slipped me the master key   Somebody had to unlock your heart   He said it was up to me      Now, 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 till the break of day   Hopin' one of us could get free   Oh, 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 protect your real identity?   You looked a little burned out, my friend   I thought it might be up to me      I met somebody face to face   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 gonna make a move   I guess it must be up to me      Now 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 gotta 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 Cafe'   Crystal wanted to talk to him   I had to look the other way      Now, I just can't rest without your love   I need your company   You ain't gonna 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 wonderin' about   But there's really nothin' 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, 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 gotta hit the road   I guess it must be up to me      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   Ya know it was up to me