IT'S UP TO YOU

Winter has come to this little town
Yellow school buses bring the kids around
I'm hiding out like some thief on the run
I'm hanging out in a local bar
It's a lot of fun
And I was not color blind
Though I saw red most of the time
I admit she was a friend of mine
Though I thought of you all of the time
It was wrong right down the line
She was the wrong astrological sing
She was a Pisces too, but its up to you

Hey mister can you spare a dime
I'm gonna call my accountant he's a good friend of mine
Money's tight and that makes good sense
My pockets are empty and that's no coincidence
You thought it was heaven sent
I thought you were kind of bent
Because I would rather live in a tent
And never make one red cent
When I started to pay the rent
It was putting my feet right in cement
You say - Now that's not true
But its up to you

And I wrote you at the time
I poured my heart into every line
I said baby I'm not your kind
It's for your sake too
Never thought you'd sue
But it's up to you

So if you see me on the streets at nigh
Let's say hello but let's keep it light
Don't mention the weather that's much too heavy for me
Whatever you do don't talk about your family
But its just a song I wrote
Haven't really lost my hope
You see I'm completely off the dope
Except for an occasional smoke
I stay home and I listen to folk
I sit in the bathtub and I soak
For kicks I call dial a joke
Im living on potato chips and coke
I write myself lots of nasty notes
I watch moves about sinking boats
And there's a moral here too
But its up to you

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