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[instruments warming up]

-[Woman 1] Hello.
-Hello.

Are you lot getting ready?

-Yeah.
-Right.

-[Man] There she is.
-[Woman 2] There she is, honey.

[André De Shields]
Slow and steady. Calm and ready.

[chuckles]

[Woman 1]
Slow and steady. Calm and ready.

[background chatter]

[cheering]

[Woman over PA] Company, this is
your act one, beginners call.

Beginners to the stage, please.

[Man] First breath
is for community.

-Okay.
-Last looks.

-Lead the way, baby.
-Let's go.

[Man] Second breath is for being
in the moment.

[audience cheering]

[Man]
And the final breath is love.

-[heartbeat]
-[inhale]

-[exhale]
-[heartbeat continues]

-[inhale]
-[exhale]

[whooshing]

-[click]
-[silence]

[audience cheering]

[audience cheering continues]

[audience cheering]

[audience quiets]

[audience member shouts]

[audience giggles]

[audience cheering]

Alright?

Alright.

Alright?

Alright.

Alright!

Mmmm

Mmmm

-Ah-haaaa
-Mmmm

Chucka, chucka
Chucka, chucka

Chucka, chucka
Chucka, chucka

Chucka, chucka
Chucka, chucka

Once upon a time there
Was a railroad line

Mmmm

Don't ask where, brother
Don't ask when

Mmmm

There was a road to hell

It was hard times

It was the world of Gods

And men!

[audience cheering]

-It's an old song
-It's an old song

It's an old tale
From way back when

-It's an old song
-It's an old song

And we're going
To sing it again

Gods and men, alright?

We've got some gods
in the house tonight.

See on the road to hell
There was a railroad line

And there were three old women
All dressed the same

And they was always singing
In the back of your mind

Everybody meet the Fates!

[audience cheering]

And on the road to hell
There was a railroad line

And a lady stepping
Off a train

With a suitcase
full of summertime.

Persephone by name.

[audience cheering]

-And if you ride that rain
-Ride that train

-If you ride that train
-Ride that train

If you ride that train
To the end of the line

Where the sun don't shine
And it's always shady

It's there you'll find
The King of the mine

Almighty, Mister Hades!

[audience cheering]

We got any other gods?

Oh, yeah, almost forgot.

On the road to hell
There was a railroad station

And a man
With feathers on his feet

Who could help you
To your final destination

Mister Hermes,

That's me.

[audience cheering]

See, someone's got
To tell the tale

Whether or not
It turns out well

Maybe it will
Turn out this time

On the road to hell
On the railroad line

-It's a sad song
-It's a sad song

It's sad tale, it's a tragedy.

-It's a sad song
-It's a sad song

We're gonna sing it anyway

Hey, hey, hey.

Now, not everyone
gets to be a god.

And don't forget
that times are hard.

Hard times in the world of men.

Let me introduce you
to a few of them.

You can tip your hats
and your wallets.

Give 'em your pennies.
Give 'em your pearls.

They're the
hardest-working Chorus

in the God's almighty world!

[audience cheering]

And working just
as hard for you,

let's see what
this crew can do.

Alright.

Alright.

On the railroad line
On the road to hell

Mmmm

There was a poor boy
Working on a song

Laaa la la la la la

His mama was
A friend of mine

And this boy was
A muse's son

On the railroad line
On the road to hell

Mmmm

You might say
the boy was "touched."

Laaa la la la la laaa

'Cos he was touched
by the gods themselves.

Give it, give it, give it,
give it up for Orpheus.

[audience cheering]

Orpheus.

[audience cheering]

There was one more
soul on this road.

Girl, come on in
from the cold.

On the railroad line
On the road to hell

Mmmm

There was a young girl
Looking for something to eat

Mmmm

And brother
Thus begins the tale

Of Orpheus and Eurydice!

[audience cheering]

-It's a love song
-It's a love song

It's a tale of love
From long ago

-It's a sad song
-It's a sad song

But we gonna sing it even so

-It's the old song
-It's the old song

It's an old tale
From way back when

And we're gonna sing
We're gonna sing

We're gonna sing it again
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Again!

[audience cheering]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Eurydice was
a hungry young girl.

-A runaway.
-Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

From everywhere
She'd ever been

She was no stranger
to the world.

No stranger to the wind.

Weather ain't
the way it was before

Ain't no spring or fall
At all anymore

It's either blazing hot
Or freezing cold

Any way the wind blows

-And there ain't a thing
-That you can do.

-When the weather takes
-A turn on you

'Cept for hurry up
and hit the road

Any way the wind blows

Wind comes up
Ooh

Do you hear that sound?

-Wind comes up
-Move to another town

Ain't nobody gonna stick around

When the dark clouds roll

Any way the wind blows

You met the Fates.

-Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
-Remember them?

Anybody got a match?

Always singing
in the back of your mind.

Give me that.

Whatever it was
this young girl went,

The Fates were close behind.

People turn on you
Just like the wind

Everybody is
A fair weather friend

In the end
You're better off alone

Any way the wind blows

-When your body aches to
-Lay it down

When you're hungry and

There ain't enough
To go around

Ain't no length
To which a girl won't go

Any way the wind blows

Wind comes up
Ooh

And sometimes you think

Wind comes up

You would do anything

Just to fill your belly
Full of food

Find a bed
That you could fall into

Where the weather
Wouldn't follow you--

Wherever you go

Any way the wind blows

Now, Orpheus was
the son of a muse.

And you know
how those muses are.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Sometimes they abandon you

And this poor boy,

he wore his heart
out on his sleeve.

You might say he was
naive to the ways of the world.

But he had a way
With words

And the rhythm
And the rhyme

And he sang just like
A bird up on the line

And it ain't because I'm kind.

But his mama was
A friend of mine

And I like to hear him sing.

And his way
Of seeing things

So, I took him
underneath my wing.

And that is where he stayed.

Until one day.

You want to talk to her?

-Yes.
-Go on.

Orpheus.

Yes.

Don't come on too strong.

Come home with me

Who are you?

The man who's
Gonna marry you

I'm Orpheus

Is he always like this?

Yes.

I'm Eurydice.

Your name
Is like a melody

A singer,
is that what you are?

I also play the lyre.

Oh, a liar, and a player too.

I've met too many men like you.

Oh, no, I'm not like that.

He's not like any
man you've met.

Tell her what you're working on.

I'm working on a song

It isn't finished yet

But when it's done
And when I sing it

Spring will come again

-Come again?
-Spring will come.

When? I haven't seen
a spring or fall since

I can't recall.

That's what I'm working on.

A song to fix
What's wrong

Take what's broken
Make it whole

A song so beautiful

It brings the world
Back into tune

Back into time

And all the flowers will bloom

-When you become my wife.
-Oh, he's crazy.

Why would I become his wife?

Maybe because he'll
make you feel alive.

Alive...

That's worth a lot.

What else you got?

Lover, tell me
If you can

Who's gonna buy
the wedding bands?

Times being what they are

Hot and getting hotter
All the time

Lover, when I
Sing my song

All the rivers will sing along

And they're gonna break
Their banks for us

And with their gold
Be generous

All a-flashing in the pan

All to fashion for your hand

The river's gonna give us
The wedding bands

Lover, tell me
If you're able

Who's gonna lay
The wedding table?

Times being what they are

Dark and getting
Darker all the time

Lover, when I sing my song

All the trees
Gonna sing along

And they're gonna bend
Their branches down

To lay their fruit
Upon the ground

The almond and the apple

And the sugar from the maple

The trees gonna lay
The wedding table

So when you sing your song.

The one you're working on.

Spring will come again.

-Yes.
-Why don't you sing it, then?

It isn't finished.

Sing it!

You want to take me home?

-Yes.
-Sing the song.

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Laaa la la la la la laaa

-Laaa la la la la laaa
-Laaa la la la la laaa

Laaa la la la la la laaa

La la la laaa laaa laaa

Laaa la la la la laaa

-How'd you do that?
-I don't know.

The song's not finished, though.

Even so, it can do this.

I know.

You have to finish it.

Lover, tell me
When we're wed

Who's gonna make
The wedding bed?

Times being what they are

Hot and getting hotter
All the time

Lover, when I
Sing my song

All the birds
Gonna sing along

And they'll come flying
From all around

To lay their feathers
On the ground

And we'll lie down
In eiderdown

A pillow 'neath our heads

The birds gonna make
The wedding bed

And the trees gonna lay
The wedding table

And the river's gonna give
Us the wedding bands

-Mmmm
-Mmmm

[audience cheering]

Where'd you get that melody?

I don't know
It came to me

As if I'd known it all along

You have.

It's an old song

A song of love
From long ago

Long time since
I heard it, though

You've heard that melody before?

-Sure.
-Tell me more.

Remember the tale I told you
once about the gods?

-Which ones?
-Hades and Persephone.

Remember how it used to be.

Their love that made
the world go round.

Yeah, I remember now.
But that was long ago.

Tell it again, though.

[audience giggles]

King of shadows

King of shades

Hades was King
Of the Underworld

But he fell in love
With a beautiful lady

Who walked up above
In her mother's green field

He fell in love
With Persephone

Who was gathering flowers
In the light of the sun

And he took her home
To become his queen

Where the sun never shone

On anyone

Go on.

The lady loved him
And the kingdom they shared

But without her above
Not one flower would grow

So King Hades agreed
That for half of each year

She would stay
With him there

In his world down below

But the other half
She could walk in the sun

And the sun in turn
Burned twice as bright

Which is where
The seasons come from

And with them the cycle
Of the seed and the sickle

And the lives of the people

And the birds in their flight

Singing...

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Down below and up above.

Laaa la la la la la laaa

In harmony and rhythm.

-Laaa la la la la la laaa
-The gods sang a song of love

Laaa la la la la la

and the world sang it with them.

But that was long ago

Before we were on this road

And on the road to hell
There was a lot of waiting

Mmmm, waiting

Everybody waiting on a train

Mmmm, waiting on the lady
With the--

Waiting on the train
To bring that lady

Mmmm, lady!

With the suitcase back again

She's never early always late

Waiting, waiting

These days she never
Stays for long

But good things come
To those who wait

Mmmm

[train whistle toots]

Here she comes!

Well, it's like he said
I'm an outdoor girl

And you're late again.

Married to the King
Of the Underworld

She forgot a little thing
called "spring."

Are you wondering
Where I've been?

-Yeah!
-Where you been?

I'm wondering.

Been to hell
And back again

But like my mama
Always said

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 living it up on top

Let's not talk
About hard times

Pour the wine
It's summertime

'Cos right now
We're living it

-How are we livin' it?
-Livin' it, livin' it up

Oh, brother, right here
We're livin' it

-Where are we livin' it?
-Livin' it up on top

Who makes the summer sun
shine bright?

That's right, Persephone!

Who makes the fruit
Of the vine get ripe?

-Persephone!
-That's me!

Who makes the flowers bloom
Again in spite of her man

You do!

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 mama said to me

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

-So right now we're livin' in
-How are we livin' it?

Livin' it, livin' it up
Oh, brother, right here

-we're livin' it
-Where are we livin' it?

Livin' it up on top

It was summertime
on the road to hell.

Mmmm

There was a girl
who had always run away.

Mmmm

You might say that it was
in spite of herself.

Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm

That this young girl
decided to stay.

There was a poor boy
With a lyre

Who says times are hard?

Flowers bloom,
the fruit got ripe.

And brother, for a moment there.

Anybody want a drink?

the world came back to life.

Ooh!

Hey.

[Chorus cheering]

-Hey!
-Hey!

-Hey!
-Ho!

-Hey!
-Ho!

Come on, now!

Whoo!

Hey, hey. Hey!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

[audience cheering]

[audience clapping to the beat]

Up on top
We ain't got much

But we're livin' it
Livin' it up

Just enough to fill our cups

Livin it up on top

Brother,
Pass that bottle around

'Cos we're livin' it
Livin' it up

Let the poet bless this round.

Yeah!

-Orpheus!
-Orpheus.

To the patroness
Of all of this

Persephone!

-Hear, hear!
-Hear, hear!

Who's finally returned to us
With wine enough to share

Uh-huh!

Asking nothing in return

'Cept that we should live

And learn to live as
Brothers in this life

And to trust
She will provide

Alright.

And if no one
takes too much.

There will always be enough.

-She will always fill our cups.
-I will!

And we will always

raise 'em up.

To the world we dream about...

and...

the one we live in now.

'Cos right now
We're livin' it

How are we livin' it?

Livin' it, livin' it up

Brother, right here
We're livin' it

-Where are we livin' it?
-Listen here, I'll tell you

Where we're livin' it
Up on top

Up on top!

Livin' it up
And we ain't gonna stop

-Livin' it, livin' it
-Livin' it, livin' it

-How are we livin' it?
-Where are we livin' it?

Livin' it, livin' it

Livin' it, livin' it
Livin' it up on top

[audience cheering]

Orpheus was a poor boy.

But he had a gift to give.

He could make you see
how the world could be.

In spite of the way
That it is

And Eurydice was a young girl.

But she'd seen
how the world was.

When she fell, she fell
in spite of herself

in love with Orpheus.

I was alone so long

I didn't even know
That I was lonely

Out in the cold so long

I didn't even know
That I was cold

Turn my collar to the wind

This is how it's always been

All I've ever known is
How to hold my own

All I've ever known is
How to hold my own

But now I wanna
Hold you too

You take me in your arms

And suddenly there's
Sunlight all around me

Everything bright and warm

And shining like it
Never did before

And for a moment I forget

Just how dark and cold it gets

All I've ever known is
How to hold my own

All I've ever known is
How to hold my own

But now I want to hold you

Now I want to hold you
Hold you close

I don't wanna ever have
To let you go

Now, I wanna hold you
Hold you tight

I don't want to go back
To the lonely life

I don't know how or why

Or who am I that I should
Get to hold you

But when I saw you all alone
Against the sky

It's like I'd known you
All along

I knew you before we met

And I don't even know you yet

All I know's you're someone
I have always known

All I know's you're someone
I have always known

And I don't even know you
Now I want to hold you

Hold you close

I don't wanna ever
Have to let you go

Suddenly there's sunlight
Bright and warm

Suddenly I'm holding
The world in my arms

Say that you hold me forever

Say that the wind
Won't change on us

Say that we'll stay
With each other

And it will always
Be like this

I'm gonna hold you forever

The wind will never
Change on us

As long as we stay
With each other

Then it will always

Be like this

[audience cheering]

[train whistle toots]

On the road to hell
There was a railroad track

Mmmm

Oh, come on!

There was a train coming up
From way down below

-Mmmm
-That was not six months.

Better go get
Your suitcase packed

Guess it's time to go

-She gonna ride that train
-Ride that train

-She gonna ride that train
-Ride that train

She's gonna ride that train
To the end of the line

Mmmm

'Cos the King of the mine
Is a-coming to call

Mmmm

Did you ever wonder what it's
Like on the underside?

Way down under

-On the yonder side
-Way down yonder!

On the other side of his wall?

Follow that dollar
For a long way down

Far away from
The poorhouse door

You either get to hell
Or to Hadestown

Ain't no difference anymore

Way down, Hadestown

Way down under the ground

Hound dog howls
And the whistle blows

Train come a-rollin'
Clickety-clack

Everybody tryna
Get a ticket to go

But those who go
They don't come back

Going way down, Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Boo!

Winter's nigh
And summer's o'er

Hear that high
And lonesome sound

Of my husband coming for
To bring me home to Hadestown

Way down, Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Down there
It's a bunch of stiffs

Brother, I'll be bored to death

Gonna have to import
Some stuff

Just to entertain myself

Give me morphine in a tin

Give me a crate
Of the fruit of the vine

Takes a lot of medicine

To make it through
The winter time

Way down, Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Every little penny
In the wishing well

Every little nickel
On the drum

All them shiny
Little heads and tails

Where do you think
they come from?

-They come from
-Way down, Hadestown

Way down under the ground

Everybody hungry
Everybody tired

Everybody slaves
By the sweat of the brow

The wage is nothing
And the work is hard

It's a graveyard in Hadestown

Way down, Hadestown
Way down under the ground

[audience cheering]

Mister Hades
Is a mean old boss

With a silver whistle
And a golden scale

An eye for an eye

-And he weights the cost
-A lie for a lie

-And your soul for sale
-Sold!

To the King
On the chromium throne

-Thrown!
-To the bottom

Of a Sing-Sing cell

Where the little wheels squeal
And the big wheel groans

And you better forget
About your wishing well

Way down, Hadestown
Way down under the ground

[train whistle toots]

On the road to hell
There was a railroad car

Mmmm

And the car door opened
And a man stepped out

Mmmm

Everybody looked
and everybody saw

it was the same man
they'd been singin' about.

You're early.

I missed you.

[audience cheering]

Mister Hades
Is a mighty King

Must have been making
Some mighty big deals

Seems like he owns
Everything

Kind of makes you wonder
How it feels

[audience laughing]

All aboard!

Ah, one, a two,
a one, two, three, four!

Way down, Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Way down, Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Way down under the ground

Way down under the

Ground!

[audience cheering]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

With Persephone gone,
the cold came on.

He came too soon

He came for her too soon

It's not supposed
to be like this.

Well, till someone brings
the world back into tune.

This is how it is.

Orpheus had a gift to give.

Hey, where are you going?

Touched by the gods
is what he was.

I have to finish the song.

Finish it quick!

The wind is changing.

There's a storm coming on.

Wind comes up
Ooh

We need food.

Wind comes up
Ooh

We need firewood.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Do you hear me, Orpheus?

Poor boy working on a song

Orpheus!

A young girl looking
For something to eat

Okay, finish it.

Under a gathering storm

King of silver

King of gold

And everything glittering
Under the ground

Hades is King
Of oil and coal

And the riches that flow
Where those rivers are found

But for half of the year
With Persephone gone

His loneliness moves in him
Crude and black

He thinks of his wife
In the arms of the sun

And jealousy fuels him
And feeds him

And fills him with doubt
That she'll ever come

Dread that she'll never come

Doubt that his lover

Will ever come back

King of mortar
King of bricks

The river Styx
Is a river of stones

And Hades lays them
High and thick

With a million hands
That are not his own

With a million hands
He builds a wall

Around all the riches
He digs from the earth

The pickax flashes
The hammer falls

And crashing and pounding
His rivers surround him

And drown out the sound
of the song he once heard

-Laaa la la la la la laaa
-Huh, kkh

-Laaa la la la la la laaa
-Huh, kkh, huh, kkh

-Laaa la la la la la laaa
-Huh, kkh, huh, kkh

-Laaa la la la la la
-Huh, kkh, huh, kkh

Huh, kkh, huh, kkh

Huh, kkh, huh, kkh
Huh, kkh, huh, kkh

Huh, kkh, huh, kkh

Oh, keep your head
Keep your head low, kkh

Oh, you gotta keep
Your head low, kkh!

If you wanna keep your head

Huh, kkh!

Oh, you gotta keep
Your head low

Keep your head
Keep your head low, kkh!

Oh, you gotta
Keep your head low, kkh!

If you wanna keep your head
Huh, kkh!

Oh, you gotta keep your head

In the coldest time of year

Why is it so hot down here?

Hotter than a crucible

It ain't right
And it ain't natural

-Lover, you were gone so long
-Kkh!

Lover, I was lonesome

So I built a foundry

In the ground
Beneath your feet

Here I fashioned
Things of steel

Oil drums and automobiles

Then I kept that furnace fed

With the fossils of the dead

Lover, when you feel that fire

Think of it as my desire

Think of it as my desire
For you

La la la la
La la la la la

La la la la
La la la la la laaa

La la la la la laaa

La la la la la laaa la

La la la la la la laaa

La la la la la la la la

-Laaa la la la la la la la
-Oh, keep your head

-Keep your head low
-Kkh!

-Is it finished?
-You gotta keep your head low

-La la la la
-If you wanna keep your head

Huh, kkh!

Not yet.

You gotta keep your head low

-La la la la la laaa
-Keep your head, keep your head

Is he always like this?

-You gotta keep your head low
-Laaa la la la

Looking high
And looking low

For the food and firewood
I know we need to find

And I am
Keeping one eye on the sky

-And try to trust
-Ooh, ooh, ooh

That the song
He's working on

Is gonna shelter us

From the wind, the wind

-A-ooh!
-The wind

[Fates laughing]

-A-ooh!
-Huh!

Kkh!

In the darkest time of year

Why is it so bright down here?

Brighter than a carnival

It ain't right
And it ain't natural

Lover, you were gone so long

Lover, I was lonesome

So I laid a power grid

In the ground
On which you stood

And wasn't it electrifyin'
When I made the neon shine

Silver screen
Cathode ray

Brighter than the light of day

Lover, when you see that glare

Think of it as my despair

Think of it as my despair
For you

-They can't find the tune
-Orpheus.

-They can't feel the rhythm
-Orpheus!

King Hades is deafened
By a river of stone

Poor boy, working on a song.

And Lady Persephone's blinded
By a river of wine

Living in an oblivion

He did not see
the storm coming on.

His black gold flows
In the world down below

And her dark clouds roll
In the one up above

-Look up.
-Keep your head low

And that is the reason
We're on this road

And the seasons are wrong

And the wind is so strong

That's why times are so hard
It's because of the gods

The gods have forgotten
The song of their love

-Singing, laaa la la la
-Oh, keep your head

-La la la laaa
-Keep your head low, kkh!

Oh, you gotta keep
Your head low, kkh!

If you wanna
Keep your head, huh, kkh!

Oh, you gotta keep
Your head low

Keep your head
Keep your head low, kkh!

Oh, you gotta keep
Your head low

Laaa la la la la!

Looking low
And looking high

There is no food left to find

It's hard enough
To feed yourself

Let alone somebody else

I'm trying to believe

That the song
He's working on

Is gonna harbor me

-From the wind
-The wind

Eurydice was
a hungry young girl.

Give that back.

She was no stranger to the wind.

It's everything we have.

But she had not seen nothing.

-Orpheus
-Ooh, ooh, ooh

Like the mighty storm
she got caught in.

Orpheus!

-Shelter us
-Ooh, ooh, ooh

Only took a minute.

Harbor me

But the wrath
of the gods was in it.

Every year it's getting worse
Hadestown, hell on earth!

Did you think
I'd be impressed

With this neon necropolis?

Lover, what have you become?

Coal cars and oil drums

Warehouse walls
And factory floors

I don't know you anymore

And in the meantime
Up above

The harvest dies
And people starve

Oceans rise and overflow

It ain't right
And it ain't natural

-A-ooh!
-Lover, everything I do

-Kkh!
-I do it for the love of you

If you don't even want my love

I'll give it to
Someone who does

Someone grateful for her fate

Someone who appreciates

The comforts of a gilded cage

And doesn't try to fly away

The moment Mother Nature calls

Someone who would
Love these walls

That hold her close
And keep her safe

And think of them as my embrace

-Singing, la la la la la la la
-Keep your head

-Keep your head
-Shelter us

Think of them as my embrace

-Laaa la la la la
-Keep your head

-Keep your head
-Harbor me!

Think of them as my embrace

Of you

[audience cheering]

Hey, little songbird
Give me a song

I'm a busy man
And I can't stay long

I got clients to call

I've got orders to fill

I've got walls to build
I got riots to quell

And they're giving me hell
Back in Hades

Hey, little songbird
Cat got your tongue

Always a pity for one
So pretty and young

When poverty comes

To clip your wings

And knock the wind
Right out of your lungs

Hey, nobody sings
On empty

Strange is the call
Of this strange man

I wanna fly down
And feed at his hand

I want a nice
Soft place to land

I want to lie down forever

Hey, little songbird
You got something fine

You'd shine like a diamond
Down in the mine

And the choice is yours
If you're willing to choose

Seeing as you've got
Nothing to lose

And I could use a canary

Suddenly nothing is as it was

Where are you now
Orpheus?

Wasn't it gonna be
The two of us?

Weren't we birds
Of a feather?

Hey, little songbird
Let me guess

He's some kind of poet
And he's penniless

Give him your hand

He'll give you his
Hand-to-mouth

He'll write you a poem
When the power is out

Hey, why not fly south
For the winter?

Hey, little songbird
Look all around you

See how the vipers
And vultures surround you

And they'll take you down
They'll pick you clean

If you stick around
Such a desperate scene

See, people get mean
When the chips are down

[rattlesnake rattle]

Songbird versus rattlesnake.

Mmmm

What is it?

Eurydice was
a hungry young girl.

-Mmmm
-Your ticket.

And Hades gave her
a choice to make.

Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm

A ticket to the Underworld.

-Life ain't easy
-Life ain't fair

A girl's gotta fight
For her rightful share

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

-Help yourself
-To hell with the rest

Even the one
Who loves you best

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

What you gonna do
when the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

Oh, my aching heart

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

[laughing]

Come here.

No.

[laughing]

-Take if you can
-Give if you must

Ain't nobody
But yourself to trust

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

-Aim for the heart
-Shoot to kill

If you don't do it
Then the other one will

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

And the first shall be first
And the last shall be last

Cast your eyes to heaven

You get a knife in the back

Nobody's righteous

Nobody's proud
Nobody's innocent

Now that the chips are down

Now that the, now that the
Now that the, now that the

Now that the chips
Are down

[audience cheering]

Orpheus
My heart is yours

Always was and will be

It's my gut I can't ignore

Orpheus

I'm hungry

Oh my heart
It aches to stay

But the flesh
Will have its way

Oh, the way
Is dark and long

I'm already

Gone

[rattling]

I'm gone.

[whistle blows]

[sighs]

Go ahead and lay the blame

Talk of virtue

Talk of sin

Wouldn't you
Have done the same?

In her shoes

In her skin

You can have
Your principles

When you've got a belly full

But hunger has a way with you

There's no telling

What you're gonna do

When the chips
Are down

Now that the chips
Are down

What you gonna do
When the chips are down?

Now that the chips
Are down

[audience cheering]

-Mister Hermes.
-Hey, the big artiste.

Ain't you working
on your masterpiece?

-Where's Eurydice?
-Brother, what do you care?

You'll find another
muse somewhere.

-Where is she?
-Why you wanna know?

Wherever she is,
is where I'll go.

And what if I said
she's down below?

-Down below?
-Down below.

Six feet under the ground below.

She called your name
before she went.

But I guess you
weren't listening.

No!

So, just how far

would you go for her?

To the end of time

To the end of the earth

You got a ticket?

-No.
-Yeah,

I didn't think so.

Of course, there is
another way, but--

Nah, I ain't supposed to say.

-Another way?
-Around the back.

But that ain't easy walking,
Jack.

It ain't for
the sensitive of soul.

So do you really want to go?

-With all my heart.
-[gasps]

With all your heart.

Well...

that's a start.

How to get to Hadestown

You have to take
The long way down

Through the underground
Under cover of night

Laying low
Staying out of sight

Ain't no compass, brother
Ain't no map

Just a telephone wire
And a railroad track

Keep on walking
And don't look back

Till you get
to the bottom land

Wait for me

I'm coming

Wait

I'm coming with you

Wait for me!

I'm coming too
I'm coming too

River Styx is high and wide

Cinder bricks and razor wire

Walls of iron and concrete

Hound dogs howling
Round the gate

Those dogs'll lay down
And play dead

If you got the bones
If you got the bread

But if all you got
Is your own two legs

Just be glad you got 'em

Wait for me

I'm coming

Wait, I'm coming with you

Wait for me

I'm coming too
I'm coming too

Who are you?

Where do you think
You're going?

Who are you?

Why are you all alone?

-Who do you
-Think you are?

-Who are you
-To think that you

Can walk a road that no one
Ever walked before?

Laaa la la la la la laaa

-Laaa la la la la la
-Laaa la la la la

Laaa la la la la la

-Laaa la la la la la
-La la la la la la

La la la la la la la--

You're on the lam
You're on the run

Don't give your name
You don't have one

And don't look
No one in the eye

That town'll try
To suck you dry

They'll suck your brain
They'll suck your breath

They'll pluck the heart
Right out your chest

They'll truss you up
In your Sunday best

And stuff your mouth
With cotton

Wait for me, I'm coming

Wait, I'm coming with you

Wait for me

I'm coming too
I'm coming

-I'm coming, wait for me
-Wait!

I hear the walls are repeating

-Wait!
-The falling of my feet and

It sounds like drumming

-Wait!
-And I am not alone

-Wait!
-I hear the rocks and stones

-Wait!
-Echoing my song

-I'm coming
-Coming

Coming

[audience cheering]

Why do we build the wall?

My children, my children

Why do we build the wall?

Why do we build the wall?

We build the wall
To keep us free

That's why
We build the wall

We build the wall
To keep us free

How does the wall
Keep us free?

My children, my children

How does the wall
Keep us free?

How does the wall
Keep us free?

The wall keeps out
The enemy

And we build a wall
To keep us free

That's why
We build the wall

We build the wall
To keep us free

Who do we call the enemy?

My children, my children

Who do we call the enemy?

Who do we call the enemy?

The enemy is poverty

And the wall keeps out
The enemy

And we build the wall
To keep us free

That's why
We build the wall

We build the wall
To keep us free

Because we have
And they have not

My children, my children

Because they want
What we have got

Because we have
And they have not

Because they want
What we have got

The enemy is poverty

And the wall keeps out
The enemy

And we build the wall
To keep us free

That's we build the wall

We build the wall
To keep us free

What do we have
That they should want?

My children, my children

What do we have
That they should want?

What do we have
That they should want?

We have a wall to work upon

We have work
And they have none

And our work is never done
My children, my children

And the war is never won

The enemy is poverty

And the wall keeps out
The enemy

And we build the wall
To keep us free

That's why we build the wall

We build the wall
To keep us free

We build the wall

To keep us

Free

Then Hades told Eurydice...

There are papers to be signed.

Step into my office.

And he closed the door behind.

Now a lot can happen
behind closed doors.

That's for sure, brother.
That's a fact.

But a lot can happen
on the factory floor

when the foreman turns his back.

Anybody want a drink?

[audience cheering]

[audience cheering]

[audience cheering]

Step into my office.

I don't know about you boys...

But if you're like me
Been hanging around

This old manhole
Is bringing you down

Six feet under
Getting under your skin

Cabin fever is a-setting in

You're stir crazy
Stuck in a rut

You could use
A little pick-me-up

I can give you
What it is you crave

A little something
From the good old days

I got the wind
Right here in a jar

I got the rain on tap
At the bar

I got sunshine
Up on a shelf

Allow me
To introduce myself

Brother, what's my name?

My name is

Our Lady of the Underground

Whoo!
Brother, what's my name?

Our lady of ways

Our lady of means

Brother, what's my name?

My name is

Our Lady of the Upside Down

Wanna know my name?
I'll tell you my name

Persephone!

[audience cheering]

Come here, brother
Let me guess

It's the little things you miss

Spring flowers

Autumn leaves

Ask me, brother
And you shall receive

Or maybe these
Just ain't enough

Maybe you're looking
For some stronger stuff

I got a sight
For the sorest eye

When was the last time
You saw the sky?

Wipe away your tears, brother

Brother, I know how you feel

I can see you're blinded

By the sadness of it all

But look a little closer

And everything will be revealed

Look a little closer and

There's a crack in the wall

Whoo!

Whoo!

[trombone solo]

Ladies and gentlemen,
Daniel Higham, on the trombone!

[audience cheering]

David Kadumukasa on the cello!

[audience cheering]

Ros Stepen on the violin!

[audience cheering]

Brad Webb on drums!

[audience cheering]

Beth Symmons on the bass!

[audience cheering]

On the guitar, David Delarre!

[audience cheering]

And Tarek Merchant on the keys!

[audience cheering]

Whoo!

You want stars?

I got a skyful

Put a quarter in the slot
You'll get an eyeful

You want the moon?
I got her, too

She's right here waiting
In my pay-per-view

How long's it been?

A little moonshine
Ain't no sin

Tell my husband
To take his time

What the boss don't know
The boss won't mind

Ha!

[audience cheering]

[whistle]

-The deal is signed.
-Yes.

-About time.
-Get on the line.

I did what I had to do.

That's what they did too.

Now, in Hadestown
There were a lot of souls

Oh, keep your head
Keep your head

Working on the wall
With all their might

Huh, kkh!
Oh, you gotta keep your head

Ya see, they kept
Their heads down low

Huh, kkh!
If you wanna keep your head

You couldn't quite
See their faces, right

But you can hear
Them singing

Oh, keep your head
Keep your head

Swinging their hammers
In the cold hard ground

You can hear the sound
Of the pickax ringing

Huh, kkh!
If you want to keep your head

And they called it "freedom"

I'm Eurydice.

Doesn't anybody hear me?

-They can hear.
-But they don't care.

No one has
a name down here.

Mister Hades set you free

To work yourself
Into the ground

Free to spend eternity

-In the factory
-And the warehouse

Where the whistles scream

And the foremen shout

-And you're punching in
-And punching in

And punching in

And you can't punch out

And you're way down Hadestown

Way down, Hadestown

Way down, Hadestown

Way down under the ground

Why won't anybody
look at me?

-They can look.
-But they don't see.

-You see?
-It's easier that way.

Your eyes will look
like that someday.

Down in the river of oblivion

You kiss your life goodbye

And Hades laid
His hands on you

And gave you everlasting life

And everlasting overtime

-In the mine
-In the mill

In the machinery

Your place
On the assembly line

Replaces all your memories

Way down, Hadestown

Way down, Hadestown

Way down, Hadestown

Way down under the ground

What do you mean
I'll look like that?

That's what it
looks like to forget.

-Forget what?
-Who you are.

And everything that came before.

-I have to go!
-Go, where?

-Go back.
-Oh, and where is that?

So, what was
your name again?

You've already forgotten.

You see,
it's like I said before,

a lot can happen
behind closed doors.

Eurydice was
a hungry young girl.

But she wasn't hungry anymore.

What she was instead was dead.

Dead to the world anyway.

You see, she went behind those
doors and signed her life away.

A-ooh!

Saw that wheel up in the sky

-Huh!
-Heard the big bell tolling

A-ooh!

A lot of souls have got to die

To keep the rust belt rolling

A-ooh!
A lot of spirits gotta break

To make the Underworld
Go round

Way down, Hadestown

Huh!

Way down under the

Ground

What I wanted was
To fall asleep

Close my eyes and disappear

Like a petal on a stream

A feather on the air

Lily white

And poppy red

I trembled
When he laid me out

"You won't feel a thing"
He said

"When you go down"

Nothing gonna wake you now

Now

Dreams are sweet

Until they're not

Men are kind

Until they aren't

Flowers bloom

Until they rot and fall apart

Is anybody listening?

I open my mouth
And nothing comes out

Nothing

Nothing gonna wake me

Now

[sobbing]

Flowers

I remember fields of flowers

Soft beneath my heels

Walking in the sun

I remember someone
Someone by my side

Turned his face to mine

And then I turned away

Into the shade

[crying softly]

You

The one I left behind

If you ever walk this way

Come and find me

Lying in the bed

I made

[audience cheering]

Come home with me

-It's you.
-It's me.

Orpheus

Eurydice

I called your name before--

-I know.
You heard?

No.

Mister Hermes told me so.

Whatever happened
I'm to blame

No, no.

You called my name

You came

But how'd you get here?

On the train?

No, I walked a long way

How'd you get beyond the wall?

I sang a song so beautiful

The stones wept
And they let me in

And I can sing us
Home again

No, you can't.

Yes, I can.

No, you don't understand.

Young man!

I don't think we've met before.

You're not from
around here, son.

I don't know
who the hell you are

but I can tell you don't belong.

These are working people, son.

Law-abiding citizens.

Go back to where you came from.

You're on the wrong side
of the fence.

Hades, I know this boy.

One of the unemployed.

-His name is Orpheus.
-You stay out of this.

Orpheus was a poor boy.

Do you hear me, son?

You might say he was naive.

You better run!

This poor boy
raised up his voice

with his heart
out on his sleeve.

No, Orpheus, you should go.

I'm not going back alone.

I came to take her home.

[laughs]

Who the hell
do you think you are?

Who the hell do you think
you're talking to?

She couldn't go anywhere
even if she wanted to.

You are not
from around here, son.

If you were,
then you would know

that everything and everyone
in Hadestown, I own!

But I only buy

what others choose to sell.

Oh, you didn't know?

She signed the deal herself.

-And now she
-It isn't true.

-belongs to me.
-It isn't true!

What he said--

-Eurydice!
-I did!

I do.

As for you...

Everybody gather round!

Everybody look and see!

What becomes of trespassers
with no respect for property.

Why the struggle?
Why the strain?

Why make trouble?
Why make scenes?

Why go against the grain?

Why swim upstream?

It ain't, it ain't
It ain't no use

You're bound, you're bound
You're bound to lose

What's done, what's done
What's done is done

That's the way the river runs

So why get wet?
Why break a sweat?

Why waste your precious breath?

Why beat your handsome brow?

Nothing changes

Nothing changes

Nothing changes

Anyhow

[audience cheering]

If it's true what they say

If there's nothing to be done

If it's true that it's too late

And the girl I love is gone

If it's true what they say

Is this how the world is?

To be beaten and betrayed

And then be told
That nothing changes

It'll always be like this

If it's true what they say

I'll be on my way

Huh!

And the boy turned to go.

Huh!

'Cos he thought
no one could hear.

Huh!

But everybody knows

that walls have ears.

-And the workers heard him
-Kkh!

-If it's true what they say
-Huh!

-With their hammer swinging
-Kkh!

-What's the purpose of a man?
-Huh!

-And they quit their working
-Kkh!

Just to turn his eyes away

-When they heard him singing
-Kkh

Just to throw up
Both his hands

No hammer swinging

What's the use
Of his backbone?

No pickax ring

If he never stands upright

And they stood and listened

If he turns his back
On everyone

To the poor boy sing

That he could have
Stood beside

If it's true what they say

I'll be on my way

But who are they to say

What the truth is anyway?

Ask the ones
Who tell the lies

Ahh

Are the solemnest to swear

And the ones
Who load the dice

Hmm

Always say the toss is fair

And the ones
Who deal the cards

Deal the cards

Are the ones
Who take the tricks

Ahh

With their hands
Over their hearts

Mmmm

While we play the game they fix

And the ones
Who speak the word

Speak the word

Always say it is the last

Mmmm

And no answer
Will be heard

To the question no one asks

So I'm asking if it's true!

I'm asking me and you

And you
And you

I believe our answer matters

More than anything they say

We stand and listen

We stand

I believe if there is
Still a will

Then there is still a way

We're standing with him

I believe there is a way

I believe in us together
More than anyone alone

We're standing near him

Near him

I believe that with each other

We are stronger than we know

We hear him

I believe we're stronger
Than they know

I believe that we are many

I believe that they are few

-We're standin'
-We're standin'

And it isn't for the few

To tell the many what is true

We understand him

So I ask you

If it's true what they say

Standin'

I'll be on my way

Standin'

Tell me what to do?

Standin'

Is it true?

Is it true what they say?

[audience cheering]

What are you afraid of?

What?

He's just a boy in love.

Have a drink, why don't you?

No, I've had enough.

He loves that girl, Hades.

Well, that's too bad.

He has the kind of love for her
that you and I once had.

The girl means nothing to me.

I know, but she means
everything to him.

So?

Let her go.

Hades, my husband

Hades, my light

Hades, my darkness

If you had heard
How he sang tonight

You'd pity poor Orpheus

All of his sorrow
Won't fit in his chest

It just burns like a fire
In the pit of his chest

And his heart is a bird
On a spit in his chest

How long
How long, how long

How long?

Just as long
As Hades is King

Nothing comes
Of wishing on stars

And nothing comes
Of the songs people sing

However sorry they are

Give them a piece
And they'll take it all

Show them a crack
They'll tear down the wall

Lend them an ear
And the kingdom will fall

The kingdom will fall
For a song

What does he care
For the logic of kings?

The laws of your Underworld

It is only for love
That he sings

He sings
For the love of a girl

You and your pity
Don't fit in my bed

You just burn like a fire
In the pit of my bed

And I turn like a bird
On a spit in my bed

How long
How long, how long?

How long?

Just as long
As I am your wife

It's true
The earth must die

But then the earth
Comes back to life

And the sun
Must go on rising

And how does the sun
Even fit in the sky?

It just burns like a fire
In the pit of the sky

And the earth is a bird
On a spit in the sky

How long, how long

How long?

[audience cheering]

Now everybody knows
that walls have ears.

-Is it true?
-Is it true?

What's that noise?

And the walls had heard
what the boy was sayin'.

-Is it true?
-Is it true?

It's the boy.

A million tons
Of stone and steel

-Is it true?
-Is it true?

Echoed his refrain

[steam whistle blows]

Oh, keep your head
Keep your head low, kkh!

Oh, you gotta keep
Your head low, kkh!

If you wanna keep your head
Huh, kkh!

Oh, you gotta keep
Your head low

Keep your head
Keep your head low

Oh, you gotta
Keep your head low, kkh!

If you wanna keep your head
Huh, kkh! Oh, you gotta--

Why do we turn away
When our brother is bleeding?

Oh, keep your head

Why do we build a wall
And then call it freedom?

Oh, keep your head

If we're free

Tell me why

I can't look
In my brother's eye

-Keep your head--
-Young man!

Got to hand it to ya

Guess you don't scare easy
Do ya?

Are you brave or stupid, son?

Doesn't matter which one

'Cos it seems your song made

Quite a strong impression
On my wife

But it takes more
Than singing songs

To keep a woman in your arms

Take it from a man
No longer young

If you want
To hold a woman, son

Hang a chain
Around her throat

Made of many karat gold

Shackle her
From wrist to wrist

With sterling silver bracelets

Fill her pockets full of stones

Precious ones, diamonds

Bind her with a golden band

-Take it from an old man
-Ooh

If I raised my voice

-If I raised my voice
-If I raised my--

Keep your head low

-If I raised my head
-If I raised my head

-If I raised my head
-Keep your head low

Could I change my fate?

-Could I change
-Could I change my fate?

Keep your head low

If I raised my voice?
Could I

Could I change
The way it is?

Why do we turn away 'stead
Of standin' with him?

Oh, keep your head

Why are we digging
Our own graves for a livin'?

Oh, keep your head

If we're free, tell me why

We can't even stand upright

If we're free, tell me when

We can stand
With our fellow man

-Keep your head--
-Young man!

I was young once too

Sang a song of love like you

Son, I too was left behind

Turned on one
Too many times

-A-ooh!
-Now I sing a different song

-Kkh!
One I can depend upon

-A-ooh!
-A simple tune

-Huh!
-A steady beat

-Kkh!
-The music of machinery

-A-ooh!
-You hear that

Heavy metal sound?

-Kkh!
-The symphony of Hadestown

-A-ooh!
-And in this symphony of mine

Are power chords
And power lines

-A-ooh!
-Young man!

-You can strum your lyre
-Kkh!

I have strung
The world in wire

-A-ooh!
-Young man!

-Huh!
-You can sing your ditty

I conduct the Electric City!

[audience cheering]

I tell you what, young man

Since my wife is such a fan

And since I'm gonna
Count to three

And put you out
Of your misery

One!

Give me one more song

One more song
Before I send you

Two!

To the great beyond

Where nobody
Can hear you singing

Three!

Sing a song for me

Make me laugh
Make me weep

Make the King
Feel young again

Sing!

For an old man

[audience cheering]

King of shadows

King of shades

Hades was King
Of the Underworld

Oh, it's about me, huh?

Go on.

But he fell in love

With a beautiful lady

Who walked up above

In her mother's green field

He fell in love
With Persephone

Who was gathering flowers
In the light of the sun

And I know how it was because

He was like me

A man

In love with a woman.

Singing laaa

La la laaa la la laaa

Laaa la laaa la la la laaa

Where'd you get that melody?

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Let him finish, Hades.

Laaa la la la la la

You didn't know how

And you didn't know why

But you knew that you wanted
To take her home

You saw her alone there
Against the sky

It was like she was someone
You'd always known

Ooh

It was like you were
Holding the world

When you held her

Ooh

Like yours were the arms

That the whole world was in

And there were no words
For the way that you felt

So you opened your mouth
And you started to sing

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Laaa la la la la la laaa

No!

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Laaa la la la la la

-Laaa la la la la la la
-La la la la

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Laaa la la la la la laaa

-Laaa la la la la la
-La la la la la la

[Orpheus] La la la la
La la la la la

-La la la la la la la
-[Orpheus] La la la la

[Orpheus] La la la la la laaa

[Company]
Laaa la la la la la laaa

[Orpheus] La la la la la laaa

[Company] La la la la la la

-[Orpheus] La la la la la la
-[Company] La la la la la la

[Company] Laaa la la la la la

Laaa la la la la la

Laaa la la la la la la

And what has become

Of the heart of that man?

La

Now that the man is king

What has become
Of the heart of that man?

Now that he has

Everything

The more he has

The more he holds

The greater the weight
Of the world on his shoulders

See how he labors
Beneath that load

Afraid to look up
And afraid to let go

So he keeps his head low

He keeps his back bending

He's grown so afraid
That he'll lose what he owns

But what he doesn't know
Is that what he's defending

Is already gone

Where is the treasure
Inside of your chest?

Where is your pleasure?

Where is your youth?

Where is the man

With his arms outstretched

To the woman he loves

With nothing to lose?

Singing laaa la la la

La la laaa

Laaa la la la la la la--

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Laaa la la laaa la la

[crying softly]

Orpheus was a poor boy,

but he had a gift to give.

This poor boy brought the world
back into tune, is what he did.

And Hades and Persephone,

they took each other's hands.

And, brother,
you know what they did?

They danced.

La la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la

La la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la

Laaa

La la la la la la laaa

La la la la la

Orpheus?

Yes?

You finished it.

Yes.

Now what do I do?

[audience laughing]

You take me home with you.

Let's go.

Let's go right now.

-Okay, let's go.
-Yeah.

How?

We'll walk.

You know the way.

We'll just go back
The way you came

It's a long road
It's a long walk

Back into the cold and dark

Are you sure you want to go?

Take me home.

I have no ring for your finger

I have no
Banquet table to lay

I have no bed of feathers

Whatever promises I made

I can't promise you
Fair sky above

Can't promise you
Kind road below

But I'll walk
Beside you, love

Any way the wind blows

I don't need gold
Don't need silver

Just bread when I'm hungry
Fire when I'm cold

Don't need a ring
For my finger

Just need
A steady hand to hold

Don't promise me
Fair sky above

Don't promise me
Kind road below

Just walk beside me, love

Any way the wind blows

What about him?

He'll let us go.

Look at him.

He can't say no.

What about them?

We'll show the way.

If we can do it, so can they.

I don't know
Where this road will end

But I'll walk it with you
Hand in hand

I can't promise you
Fair sky above

Can't promise you
Kind road below

But I'll walk
Beside you, love

Any way the wind blows

And do you let me
walk with you?

-I do.
-I do.

I do.

And keep on walking
Come what will?

-I will
-I will

We will

And so the poor boy
asked the King.

Can we go?

And this is how he answered him.

I don't know.

-Gotta think quick
-Gotta save face

Caught 'tween a rock
And a hard place

What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?

What you gonna do?
What you gonna do now?

-If you tell 'em no
-Oh

You're a heartless man

And you're gonna have
A martyr on your hands

-If you let him go
-Oh

You're a spineless King

And you're never gonna
Get 'em in line again

Damned if you don't
Damned if you do

Whole damn-nation's
Watching you

What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?

What you gonna do?
What you gonna do now?

Here's a little tip

Word to the wise

Hmm, here's a little
Snippet of advice

Men are fools

Oh, men are frail

Give them the rope

And they'll hang themselves

The devil take this Orpheus.

And his belladonna kiss.

Beautiful.

Poisonous.

Lovely.

Deadly.

Dangerous this Jack of Hearts

With his kiss

The riot starts

All my children
Came here poor

Clamoring for bed and board

Now what do they clamor for?

Freedom

Freedom

Have I made myself their lord

Just to fall upon the sword

Of some pauper's minor chord

Who will lead them?

Who lays all
The best-laid plans?

Who makes work
For idle hands?

Only one thing to be done

Let them go

But let there be some term

To be agreed upon

Some condition

Orpheus, the undersigned

Shall not turn to look behind

She's out of sight
And he is out of his mind

Every coward seems courageous

In the safety of a crowd

Bravery can be contagious

When the band is playing loud

Nothing makes a man so bold

As a woman's smile
And a hand to hold

But all alone
His blood runs thin

And doubt comes

Doubt comes in

What is it?

Well, the good news is,

he said that you can go.

-He did?
-He did?

[Chorus] He did?

He did...

There's bad news, though.

What is it?

You can walk,

but it won't be
like you planned.

-What do you mean?
-Why not?

Well, you won't be hand in hand.

You won't be arm in arm,
side by side, and all of that.

He said that you
have to walk in front

and she has to walk in back.

Why?

And if you turn around

to make sure she's coming too,

then she goes back to Hadestown
and ain't nothing you can do.

But why?

Why build walls?

Make folks walk single file?

Divide and conquer's
what it's called.

-It's a trap?
-It's a trial.

Do you trust each other?

-Do you trust yourselves?
-We do.

Well, listen, brother,
if you want to walk out of hell,

you're gonna have to prove it
before gods and men.

Can you do that?

We can.

Alright, time to go.

Mister Hermes.

Yes.

It's not a trick?

No!

It's a test.

The meanest dog
You'll ever meet

He ain't the hound dog
In the street

He bares some teeth
And tears some skin

But, brother
That's the worst of him

Now the dog
You really gotta dread

Is the one that howls
Inside your head

It's him whose howling
Drives men mad

And a mind to its undoing

Wait for me

I'm coming

Wait, I'm coming with you

Wait for me

I'm coming too
I'm coming too

Show me the way
So we can see

Show the way
The world could be

If you can do it, so can she

If she can do it, so can we

Show the way

Show the way
The world could be

Show the way so we believe

We will follow
Where you lead

We will follow if you
Show the way

-You think they'll make it?
-I don't know.

Show the way

Hades, you let them go.

Show the way

I let them try.

-And how about you and I?
-Show the way

-Are we gonna try again?
-Show the way

It's time for spring.

We'll try again next fall.

-Wait for me.
-I will.

Wait for me

I'm coming

Wait, I'm coming with you

Wait for me

I'm coming too
I'm coming too

Who are you?

Who do you think you are?

Who are you?

Who are you telling her?

Who are you to lead them?

-Who are you
-To think that you can

Hold your head up higher
Than your fellow man?

You got
A lonesome road to walk

And it ain't along
The railroad track

And it ain't along
The blacktop tar

You've walked
A hundred times before

I'll tell you
Where the real road lies

Between your ears
Behind your eyes

That is the path
To Paradise

Likewise the road to ruin

-Wait for me, I'm coming
-I'm coming

Wait, I'm coming with you

-Wait for me, I'm coming too
-I'm coming

Wait for me

-I'm coming
-I'm coming

- I'm coming
-Wait, I'm coming with you

-I'm coming
-Wait, I'm coming

Show the way

-I'm coming, wait from me
-Show the way

-I hear the wall repeating
-Show the way

The falling of our feet and

-It sounds like drumming
-Show the way

-And we are not alone
-Show the way

-I hear the rocks and stones
-Show the way

Echoing our song

-I'm coming
-Coming, coming

[audience cheering]

Laaa la la la la laaa

Laaa la la la la laaa

Doubt comes in

The wind is changing

Doubt comes in

How cold it's blowing

Doubt comes in

And meets a stranger

Walking on a road alone

Where is she?

Where is she now?

Doubt comes in

Who am I?

-Where do I think I'm going?
-Doubt comes in

Who am I?

-Why am I alone?
-Doubt comes in

Who do I think I am?

Who am I to think
That she would follow me

Into the cold
And dark again?

Where is she?

Where is she now?

Orpheus

-Are you listening?
-Are you listening?

-I'm right here
-We are all right here

-And I will be till the end
-Will be till the end

-And the coldest night
-Coldest night

-Of the coldest year
-Coldest year

Comes right before the spring

Laaa la la la la la laaa

Laaa la la la la laaa

Who am I?

Who am I against him?

Who am I?

Why would he let me win?

Why would he let her go?

Who am I to think
That he wouldn't deceive me

Just to make me leave alone

-Doubt comes in
-Is this a trap

-The wind is changing
-that's being laid for me?

Doubt comes in

Is this a trick...

-How dark it's growing
-...that's being played on me?

Doubt comes in

I used to see...

-And meets a stranger
-...the way the world could be

-Walking on the road alone
-But now the way it is

Is all I see and--

Where is she?

Where is she now?

Orpheus

You are not alone

I am right behind you

And I have been all along

And the darkest hour

Of the darkest night

Comes right before

It's you.

It's me.

Orpheus

Eurydice

[gasps]

Alright.

It's an old song

It's an old tale

From way back

When

It's an old song

And that is how it ends.

That's how it goes

Don't ask why, brother
Don't ask how

He could have come so

Close

The song was written long ago

And that is how it goes.

It's a sad song

It's a sad tale

It's a tragedy.

It's a sad song

But we sing it anyway.

'Cos here's the thing.

To know how it ends

and still begin
to sing it again

as if it might
turn out this time.

I learned that
from a friend of mine.

Mmmm

See, Orpheus was a poor boy.

Anybody got a match?

-But he had a gift to give.
-Give me that.

He can make you see
how the world could be

In spite of the way
That it is

Can you see it?

Mmmm

Can you hear it?

Mmmm

Can you feel it, like a train?

Is it coming?

Is it coming this way?

On a sunny day
There was a railroad car

And a lady
Stepping off a train

Everybody looked
And everybody saw

That spring had come again

-With a love song
-With a love song

With a love song

With a tale of love

From long ago

-It's a sad song
-Sad song

It's a sad song

But we keep singing
Even so

It's an old song

-Old song
-Old song

It's an old tale
From way back when

And we're going to sing it

Again and again

We're gonna sing
We're gonna sing

-It's a love song
-It's a love song

It's a love song

It's a tale of love
From long ago

It's a sad song

-It's a sad song
-It's a sad song

But we keep singing
Even so

-It's an old song
-It's an old song

It's an old, old, old song

From way back when

And we're going to sing it

Again and again

We're going to sing it again

[audience cheering]

Pour the wine
And raise a cup

Drink up, brothers
You know how

And spill a drop for Orpheus

Wherever he is now

Some birds sing
When the sun shines bright

Our praise is not for them

But the ones who sing

In the dead of night

We raise our cups to them

Wherever he is wandering

Alone upon the earth

Let all our singing follow him

And bring him comfort

Some flowers bloom
Where the green grass grows

Our praise is not for them

But the ones who bloom

In the bitter snow

We raise our cups to them

We raise our cups

And drink them up

We raise them high

And drink them dry

To Orpheus

And all of us

Good night, brothers

Good night

[audience cheering]

[lively music playing]

[audience cheering]

[audience cheering fades]

["Wedding Song,"
instrumental version playing]

[music fades]

Swing it back and--

[Woman]
Wait for me, I'm coming

Wait, I'm coming with you

Wait for me

I'm coming too

I'm coming
Wait!

Wait

[Man] Maybe not quite as big?

Wait

Wait

-[Man] On the fourth one,
-[Woman] Uh-huh.

[Man] we stop it.