Livin' it Up on Top

"Livin' it Up on Top" is the sixth song in the musical "Hadestown".

Lyrics
PERSEPHONE Well it’s like he said, I’m an outdoor girl

COMPANY Livin' it, livin' it up

PERSEPHONE Married to the king of the Underworld

COMPANY Livin' it up on top

PERSEPHONE Trying to enjoy myself

COMPANY Livin' it, livin' it up

PERSEPHONE Six months out of every twelve

COMPANY Livin' it up on top

PERSEPHONE When the sun is high, brother, so am I Drinking dandelion wine Brother, I’m as free as a honeybee In a summertime frame of mind And when my man comes around, Oh, I know he’s gonna bring me down But for now I’m livin' it

COMPANY How are you livin' it?

PERSEPHONE Livin' it, livin' it up Brother, right here I’m livin' it

COMPANY Where are you livin' it?

PERSEPHONE Livin' it up on top!

ORPHEUS Now why would a man of his own free will--

HERMES (spoken) He’s talking about your man!

ORPHEUS -- go to work all day in the mine, in the mill?

PERSEPHONE (spoken) You think I give a damn?

ORPHEUS Why would he trade the sunshine--

PERSEPHONE (spoken) Tell him how it is, brother!

ORPHEUS -- for a couple of nickels and dimes? Oh, up on top a man can breathe when he’s-

COMPANY Livin' it, livin' it up

ORPHEUS Picking fruit in the orchard trees

COMPANY Livin' it up on top

ORPHEUS No one here’s a millionaire, but we’re-

COMPANY Livin' it, livin' it up

ORPHEUS What we have, we have to share!

COMPANY Livin' it up on top

ORPHEUS Come on! Say, brother, give me a lyre and a campfire And an open field at night Give me the sky that you can’t buy Or sell at any price And I’ll give you a song for free ‘Cause that’s how life oughta be! So that’s how I’m livin' it!

COMPANY How are you livin' it?

ORPHEUS Livin' it, livin' it up Oh, brother, right here we’re livin' it

COMPANY Where are you livin' it?

ORPHEUS Livin' it up on top

HERMES (spoken) And that is how the summer went

PERSEPHONE (spoken) Oh, I’m just getting started!

HERMES (spoken) Oh, the flowers bloomed and the fruit got ripe

PERSEPHONE (spoken) Who says times are hard?

HERMES (spoken) And the lovers took each other by the hand

PERSEPHONE (spoken) Anybody want a drink?

HERMES (spoken) And danced underneath the sky

PERSEPHONE Up on top we ain’t got much, But we’re-

COMPANY Livin' it, 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

PERSEPHONE Let the poet bless this round!

ORPHEUS (spoken) To the patroness of all of this: Persephone!

HERMES (spoken) Here, here!

ORPHEUS To the sunshine and the fruit of the vine She gives us every year Asking nothing in return, except that we should live And learn to live as brothers in this life And to trust she will provide If no one takes too much, there will always be enough She will always fill our cups And we will always raise them up! (raises his cup & spoken) Let the world we dream about be the one we live in now! (takes a drink) ‘Cause right now we’re livin' it-

COMPANY How are you livin' it?

ORPHEUS Livin' it, livin' it up Brother, right here we're livin’ it

COMPANY Where are you 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 Livin' it up on top!