Livin’ It Up On Top lyrics

[HERMES]

And on the road to hell

There was a lot of waiting

[COMPANY]

Mmm...

Waiting

[HERMES]

Everybody waiting on a train

[COMPANY]

Mmm...

Waiting on a lady with a

[HERMES]

Waiting on a train to bring that lady

[COMPANY]

Mmm...

Lady

[HERMES]

With the suitcase back again

She's never early

Always late

[COMPANY]

Waiting

[HERMES]

These days she never stays for long

But good things come to those who wait

Here she comes!

[PERSEPHONE]

Well it's like he said

I'm an outdoor girl

[HERMES]

And you're late again

[PERSEPHONE]

Married to the king of the underworld

[HERMES]

She forgot a little thing called spring

[PERSEPHONE]

Are you wondering where I've been?

[WORKER]

Where you been?

[WORKER]

I'm wondering

[PERSEPHONE]

Been to hell

And back again

But like my mama always said:

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!

'Cause right now we're livin' it

[COMPANY]

How are we livin' it?

[PERSEPHONE]

Livin' it, livin' it up

Oh brother, right here we're livin' it

[COMPANY]

Where are we livin' it?

[PERSEPHONE]

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

[COMPANY]

Persephone!

[PERSEPHONE]

That's me

Who makes the flowers bloom again

In spite of a man?

[COMPANY]

You do!

[PERSEPHONE]

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

[COMPANY]

How are we livin' it?

[PERSEPHONE]

Livin' it, livin' it up

Oh brother, right here we're livin' it

[COMPANY]

Where are we livin' it?

[PERSEPHONE]

Livin' it up on top

[HERMES, spoken]

It was summertime on the road to hell

[COMPANY]

Mmm...

[HERMES, spoken]

There was a girl who had always run away

[COMPANY]

Mmm...

[HERMES]

You might say it was in spite of herself

[COMPANY]

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm...

[HERMES]

That this young girl decided to stay

There was a poor boy with a lyre

[PERSEPHONE]

Who says times are hard?

[HERMES]

The flowers bloomed and the fruit got ripe

And brother for a moment there

[PERSEPHONE]

Anybody want a drink?

[HERMES]

The world came back to life!

[COMPANY]

Ohhhh.....

[dance break]

[PERSEPHONE]

Up on top, we ain't got much

But we're

[COMPANY]

Livin' it up

[PERSEPHONE]

Just enough to fill our cups

[COMPANY]

Livin' it up on top

[PERSEPHONE]

Brother pass that bottle around

'Cause we're

[COMPANY]

Livin' it, livin' it up

[HERMES]

Let the poet bless this round

[ORPHEUS]

To the patroness of all of this

Persephone

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

And to trust she will provide

And if no one takes too much

There will always be enough

She will always fill our cups

[PERSEPHONE]

I will

[ORPHEUS]

And we will always raise them up

To the world we dream about

And the one we live in now

'Cause right now we're livin' it

[COMPANY]

How are we livin' it?

[ORPHEUS]

Livin' it up

Oh brother, right here we're livin' it

[COMPANY]

Where are we livin' it?

[ORPHEUS]

Listen here, I'll tell you where

We're livin' it up on top

[COMPANY]

Up on top!

[ORPHEUS]

Livin' it up and we ain't gonna stop

Livin' it, livin' it

[COMPANY]

Livin' it, livin' it

[ORPHEUS]

How are we livin' it?

[COMPANY]

Where are we livin' it?

[ORPHEUS]

Livin' it, livin' it

[COMPANY]

Livin' it, livin' it

Livin' it up on top!