NOW IT’S UP TO YOU

By Lou Porzilli & Stan White

Ó 1999

 

Billy:

            Now it’s up to you.

            You gotta do what you gotta do

            You’ve been blinded for so long

Now it’s time for you to sing your own song.

 

Now it’s up to you.

You gotta do what you want to do

The answer’s plain to see.

My work here’s done, so please, let me be.

 

Billy: 

What do you want to be?

Future Girl Rat:

How do we learn to begin to be free?

Future Rat:

Will our leaders hear what we say?

Future Girl Rat:

And if they do, will they carry me away?

Billy:

            Now it’s up to you.

Now it’s up to you.

Beware of what you hear and what you watch.

Of who you idolize and who you trust.

Accountability is plain to see.

Life is for livin’ in peace and harmony.

Future Rat:

Your legend’s told far and wide.

Future Girl Rat:

            We can form a legion to protect our mind.

Billy:

            Self-preservation is a basic drive

Future Girl Rat:

            It’s not too much to want to stay alive

Billy:

            Now it’s up to you.

            You gotta do what you want to do

Future Rat:

            We’ll build a world wide organization

Crowd:

            What will it be?

Billy:

            Not divided into little nations.

Crowd:

            Will we be free?

Future Girl Rat:

            If you care about your fellow man

            Sisters and brothers take them by the hand.

Billy:

Now it’s up to you.

Now it’s up to you.

Future Girl Rat:

Beware of what you feel and what you want

Of who you idolize and who you trust.

Future Girl Rat:

Accountability is plain to see.

Billy:

Life is for livin’ in peace and harmony.