βΒ Β lyric startersΒ Β :Β Β hadestownΒ Β ,Β Β partial broadway cast recording.
on the road to hell, there was a lot of waiting.
sheβs never early, always late.
these days she never stays too long.
are you wondering where iβve been?
when youβre down, youβre down. when youβre up, youβre up. if you ainβt six feet underground, youβre living it up on top.
whoβs doing the best she can? [name], thatβs who.
you take what you can get, and you make the most of it.
if no one takes too much, there will always be enough.
to the world we dream about & the one we live in now.
better go and get your suitcase packed, guess itβs time to go.
did you ever wonder what itβs like on the underside?
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 wintertime.
an eye for an eye, and he weighs the cost. a lie for a lie, and your soul for sale.
you better forget about your wishing well.
kind of makes you wonder how it feels.
hey little songbird, give me a song.
i want a nice, soft place to land. i wanna lie down forever.
the choice is yours if youβre willing to choose, seeing as youβve got nothing to lose, and i could use a canary.
suddenly, nothing is as it was.
wasnβt it gonna be the two of us? werenβt we birds of a feather?
look all around you. see how the vipers and vultures surround you.
life ainβt easy. life ainβt fair. a girlβs gotta fight for her rightful share.
aim for the heart. shoot to kill. if you donβt do it then the other one will.
the first shall be first and the last shall be last.
cast your eyes to heaven, you get a knife in the back.
nobodyβs righteous, nobodyβs proud, nobodyβs innocent.
my heart is yours. always was and will be.
wouldnβt you have done the same? in her shoes, in her skin?
you can have your principles when youβve got a belly full.
there ainβt no compass, brother, ainβt no map.
keep on walking and you donβt look back.
wait for me, iβm coming. wait, iβm coming with you.
who are you? where do you think youβre going?
who are you to think that you can walk a road that no one ever walked before?
donβt give your name, you donβt have one.
i am not alone. i hear the rocks and stone echoing my song.
i donβt know about you, boys, but if youβre like me, then hanging around this old manhole is bringing you down.
youβre stir crazy! stuck in a rut!
i got the rain on tap at the bar. i got sunshine up on a shelf.
come here, brother, let me guess: itβs the little things you miss.
when was the last time you saw the sky?
you want stars? iβve got a skyful.
tell my husband to take his time.
what i wanted was to fall asleep. close my eyes and disappear, like a petal on a stream, a feather on the air.
dreams are sweet until theyβre not.
flowers bloom until they rot and fall apart.
is anybody listening? i open my mouth and nothing comes out.
you, the one i left behind, if you ever walk this way: come and find me lying in the bed i made.
how about you and i? are we gonna try again?
who are you to lead them?
you got a lonesome road to walk.
between your ears, behind your eyes: that is the path to paradise, and likewise, the road to ruin.
iβm coming, wait for me.
itβs an old song. itβs an old tale from way back when.
that is how it ends. thatβs how it goes.
itβs a sad tale, itβs a tragedy.
hereβs the thing: to know how it ends, and still begin to sing it again as if it might turn out this time.
can you feel it like a train? is it coming? is it coming this way?