My grandpa died from asbestos.
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My daddy's name was Estes.
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And I don't know if that messed us up,
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or what it did.
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My brother was-a workin' as an boiler.
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He was glad he wasn't workin' as an oiler.
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One day my sister went and lit up a match
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and up is where they went.
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They went up! up! up!
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like a guy on a rocket.
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Up! up! up!
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Keep your luck, don't hock it.
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Up! up! up!
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Put your finger in a socket.
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Don't you know that's up, Jack?
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Aaah, now that leaves me with my cousins.
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You know I got 'em by the dozens.
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Well, they brought home a bomb and they didn't act calm,
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'cause up is where they went.
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Ah, but now everything is satisfactory.
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I'm on the swing shift at the big factory.
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Oooh, I keep cuttin', I just keep struttin'
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'cause up is where I'm goin'.
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I'm goin' up! up! up!
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Push the elevator button.
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Up! up! up!
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Like superman's cousin.
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Up! up! up!
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Ooh, fella, now I'm buzzin'.
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Don't you know that's up, Chuck?
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All right, Chuck.
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While gossiping over the back fence,
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my aunt was talking in her accents.
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The fickle finger of fate paced a well placed goose,
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and up is where she went.
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While visiting a funeral parlor,
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Uncle Louie, he let out a holler.
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A stiff went and winked at him
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and guess where he went?
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He went up! up!
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Make the north pole my landin'.
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Up! up!
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Talk frivolous abandon.
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Up! up!
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Boom! From sitting to standing.
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Don't you know that's up?
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Goin' up and up and up
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and up and up and up and up!
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Doodlie-do-da do!
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Up! Up! Up!
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| Bette Midler |
