Livin’ It Up On Top – Hadestown Cast (from “Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. (Original Cast Recording)” soundtrack)

[Hermes:]
And on the road to Hell there was a lot a’ waiting

[Company:]
Mmm, waiting

[Hermes:]
Everybody waiting on a train

[Company:]
Mmm, waiting on a lady with a…

[Hermes:]
Waiting on the train to bring that lady

[Company:]
Mmm, lady

[Hermes:]
With a suitcase packed again
She’s never early always

[Hermes & Company:]
Late

[Company:]
Waiting

[Hermes:]
These days she never stays for long
The good things come to those who wait

[Train whistle sounds]

[Hermes:]
Here she comes

[Persephone steps off of the train]

[Persephone:]
Well, it’s like he said, I’m an outdoor girl

[Company cheers & chatters in the background]

[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?

[Company:]
Yeah
Where’ve ya been?

[Hermes:]
I’m wondering

[Persephone:]
I’ve been to hell and back again
But like my mama always said

[Hermes:]
A’ight

[Persephone:]
Brother, when you’re down, you’re down
And when you’re up, you’re up
If you ain’t six feet underground
You’re livin’ it up on top
Let’s not talk about hard times
All the whining, so entitled

[Company cheers]

[Persephone:]
Right now we’re livin’ it

[Hermes & Company:]
How are we livin’ it?

[Persephone:]
Livin’ it, livin’ it up
Brother, right here we’re livin’ it

[Hermes & 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 food of the viking rise?

[Company:]
Persephone

[Persephone:]
That’s me
Who makes the flowers bloom again
In spite of her man

[Company:]
You do

[Persephone:]
Who is doing the best she can
Persephone, that’s who

Now some may say
The weather ain’t the way it used to be
But let me tell you something that my momma said to me

You take what you can get
And you make the most of it

So right now we’re livin’ it

[Hermes & Company:]
How are we livin’ it?

[Persephone:]
Livin’ it, livin’ it up
Brother, right here we’re livin’ it

[Hermes & Company:]
Where are we livin’ it?

[Persephone:]
Livin’ it up on top

[Hermes:]
It was summer time, on the road to Hell

[The Fates:]
Mmmmm

[Hermes:]
There was a girl, who had always run away

[The Fates:]
Mmmmm

[Hermes:]
You may say that it was in spite of herself

[The Fates:]
Mm, mm, mm

[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, the fruit got ripe
And the brother for a moment there

[Persephone:]
Anybody want a drink?

[Hermes:]
And the world came back to life

[Company:]
Woaaaaaah… Yah!

[Company and Hermes cheer and dance]

[Persephone:]
Up on top, we ain’t got much
But we’re

[Persephone & Company:]
Livin’ it, livin’ it up

[Persephone:]
Just enough to fill our cups

[Persephone & Company:]
Livin’ it up on top

[Persephone:]
Brother, pass that bottle around
‘Cause we’re

[Persephone & Company:]
Livin’ it, livin’ it up

[Hermes:]
Let the poet, bless this round

[Company cheers]

[Orpheus:]
To the patronist, of all of this
Persephone

[Hermes:]
Here, here

[Company:]
Here, here

[Orpheus:]
Who has finally returned to us
With wine enough to share

[Company:]
Uh huh

[Orpheus:]
Asking nothing in return
Except we should live
And learn to live
As brothers in this life

[Company:]
There we go

[Orpheus:]
And to trust she will provide

[Company:]
Alright

[Orpheus:]
And if no one takes too much
There will always be enough
And she will always fill our cups

[Persephone:]
I will

[Orpheus:]
And we will always
Raise ’em up

To the world we dream about
And
The one we live in now

[Three taps on the table]

[Orpheus:]
‘Cause right now we’re livin’ it

[Company:]
How are we livin’ it?

[Orpheus:]
Livin’ it, livin’ it up
Brother, right here we’re livin’ it

[Company:]
Hey, are we livin’ it?

[Orpheus:]
Listen here, I’ll tell you how 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

[All:]
Livin’ it, livin’ it
Livin’ it up on top!