Story of My Life

[Guard, spoken]
Alright, when I call your name, step forward…
Pinocchio, the puppet?

[Pinocchio, spoken]
I'm not a puppet.
I'm a real boy...
…
Hahaha...

[Guard, spoken]
That's your patch of mud down there.

[Pinocchio, spoken]
Oh, dumped on a swamp..
Man, I tell you sometimes being a fairytale creature sucks pine sap!

(sung)
Life, is disappointing.
Woe is what I know…
Outed by my nose…
That's just how it goes...
…For poor Pinocchio!
Story of my life...
Always doomed to fail.
Cheated by a fox,
Swallowed by a whale…
That's the story of my life, oh yeah!
That's the story of my life…

[Shoemaker's Elf]
…Strife is never-ending….

[Guard]
Peter Pan.

[Peter Pan]
Banished!
From the town..

[Guard]
Ugly Duckling.

[Ugly Duckling]
They dragged me from the pond…

[Fairy Godmother]
They broke my magic wand...
[Three Little Pigs]
They blew our condos down!

[Guard]
Wicked Witch!

[Wicked Witch]
Life… is but a witch hunt.

[Mama Bear]
Mama's in the mud.
Mama's in distress…

[Mad Hatter]
They ridiculed my hat!

[Three Little Pigs]

They said that we were fat.

[Big Bad Wolf]

They tore my cotton granny dress.
And called me a hot and tranny mess!

[Guard]
Sugar Plum Fairy.

[All]
Story of my life..
Booted from the ball..
Told to go away-

[Humpty Dumpty]
Tumbled off a wall..

[All]
But that's the story of my life!

[Guard]
You're late rabbit.

[White Rabbit]
That's the story of my life.

[Guard]
Have fun you guys.

[All]
That's the story of my life..

[Guard, spoken]
And remember,
If we find you back in the kingdom, you will be executed!
[All, sung]
I always dreamed I'd get a happy ending-

[Wicked Witch]
And this right here, not how it goes!

[All]
I always dreamed I'd get an ever after!
If this is it, it blows!
It blows!
It blows!
It blows!

[Pinocchio, spoken]
This is worse than the time I caught Dutch Elm's disease in Tijuana!

[All, sung]
Story of my life.
All the wasted prayers…
All the broken dreams-

[Three Bears]
All the broken chairs…

[All]
All the damage done.

[Three Bears]
All the busted beds…

[All]
All the shattered falls-

[Three Bears]
And the porridge on our heads..

[All]
That's the story of my life, yes sir.
That's the story of my life, oy vey...
That's the story of my.
Life…..

[Pinocchio]
Crap!
We Both Reached For The Gun
[BUTCH, spoken]
Mista Flynn, the reporters are here.

[BILLY, spoken]
Let em in, Butch.
Ok Roxxie, act like a dummy, sit on my lap, and I'll do all the talkin.

[MC, spoken]
Mr. Billy Flynn sings the press conference rag.
Notice how his mouth never moves.
Almost.

[BILLY & REPORTERS, spoken]

Where'd you come from?
Mississippi.

And your parents?

Very wealthy!

Where are they now?

Six feet under,

But she was granted one more start.

The Convent of The Sacred Heart!

When'd you get here?

1920!

How old were you?

Don't remember!

Then what happened?

I met Amos, and he stole my heart away!
Convinced me to elope one day!

[MARY SUNSHINE]
A convent girl,
A runaway marriage!
Oh it's too terrible, you poor poor dear!
[BILLY & REPORTERS, spoken]
Who’s Fred Casely?
My ex-boyfriend!

Why'd you shoot him?

I was leaving.

Was he angry?
Like a madman!
Still I said, "Fred, move along"
She knew that she was doing wrong!

Then describe it
He came toward me!

With the pistol?

From my bureau!

Did you fight him?

Like a tiger!-
he had strength and she had none!
And yet we both reached for the gun!

Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, we both,

Oh, yes, we both, oh, yes, we both reached for,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh, yes!
We both reached for the gun for the gun!
Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, they both,
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes, they both reached for,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh, yes!
They both reached for the gun for the gun!

Understandable, understandable…
Yes, it's perfectly understandable…
Comprehensible, comprehensible!
Not a bit reprehensible, it's so defensible…
[BILLY, REPORTERS, spoken, ROXIE, spoken]
How're you feeling?
Very frightened!

Are you sorry?

Are you kidding!?!

What's your statement?

All I'd say is,
Though my choo-choo jumped the track,
I'd give my life to bring him back!

And?
Stay away from-
What?
Jazz and liquor.
And?
And the men who-
What?
Play for fun!
And what?
That's the thought that-
Yeah
Came upon me...
When?
When we both reached for the gun!

[BILLY & MARY SUNSHINE, MARY SUNSHINE]

Understandable, understandable
Yes, it's perfectly understandable
Comprehensible, comprehensible!
Not a bit reprehensible, it's so defensible…

[REPORTERS & BILLY, spoken]

Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, they both,
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes, they both reached for-
Let me hear it…

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh, yes,
They both reached for the gun, for the gun!
A little louder…

Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, they both,

Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes, they both reached for,
Oh, yeah,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh, yes
They both reached for the gun, for the gun!
Now you got it!
[BILLY & REPORTERS]
Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, they both,
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes, they both reached for,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh, yes,
They both reached for the gun, for the gun!
Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, they both,
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes, they both reached for,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun!
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun!
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun!
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun!-

[BILLY & REPORTERS]

Both reached for the…………………………………………………. gun………………………….
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun..
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun…
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun..
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun..
Both reached for the gun!
Feast or Famine.
TOM:
It's mine, it's mine, it's certainly mine!
It belongs to my boy!

CORRUPT MAN:
It's mine, it's mine, it's certainly mine!
It's my little toy…

MAN IN A HURRY/SHERMAN:
It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, it's mine,
It's certainly mine, it's mine!
It's my little boyfriend….

TWINKIE KID/HOMELESS MAN:

It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, it's mine!
It's certainly mine-

ALL SHOPPERS:
‘It's my fucking money to spend!
You never should settle for the lifetime,
That is handed to you.
There's always a line to be cut!
And someone to barrel through!
And if you should find that you're-
About to get the short of the stick…
Take what you want, return what you get.

MAN IN A HURRY:
Chaos reigns!

LINDA/MILDLY PEEVED MEGA/HOMELESS MAN:

Let go, let go, let go, let go, just let go!
Do you have a death wish?!

MAN IN A HURRY/GARY:
Just die, you die, just die, you die, it's time to die!
You made my Christmas list!

SHERMAN:
I got it!

CORRUPT MAN:
I got it!

HOMELESS MAN:
you got it!

BECKY:
they got it!
SHERMAN:
What a relief..

MAN IN A HURRY:
it's mine!

LINDA/TOM:
My family will love me!

ALL SHOPPERS:
Now take it, slap it, love it, mine it!
Squee, squee!
Its belly's so squishy…
You never should settle for the lifetime,
That is handed to you!
There's always a line to be cut,
And someone to barrel through!
And if you should find that you're,
About to get the short of the stick…
Take what you want, return what you get!

CORRUPTED SHOPPERS:
…It's all I need and all I came for..
…It's something that I can't resist!

Frank - What is this?

CORRUPT SHOPPERS:
A principle I plan to die for….

Frank - What're you gonna do?

CORRUPT SHOPPERS:
That toy is the last thing on my Christmas list!

Frank - You're in my toy store.

CORRUPT SHOPPERS:
It puts the toy into the plastic.

Frank - Get out.

CORRUPT SHOPPERS:
It bags it up with gift receipt!
I’'ll never ever e'er return it….
But you bet the price I pay will be discreet.

SHERMAN:
You never should settle!

CORRUPT MAN:
Never should settle!
MILDLY PEEVED MEGA:
Never should settle!

MAN IN A HURRY:
For the lifetime!

HOMELESS MAN:
For the lifetime..

LINDA:
For the lifetime!

LINDA/BECKY:
That is handed to you…

MAN IN A HURRY:
Take what you want!

EVERYONE:
Feast or Famine
Do You Want To Play
Becky - Little girl, sweetheart, California.

BECKY:
Do you want to play with me…
Lovely girl, lovely girl…
Do you want some candy?
My lovely girl…
My lovely girl…
Let's play some games..
Let's play some games today!
Funny games…
Some funny games today…

Tom - Becky, look…over there…

BECKY: Do you want to play with me..

TOM: Come here, come here…

BECKY: Lovely girl, lovely girl…

TOM: Come here now..

BECKY: Do you want some candy?

TOM: Come here, my girl…

BECKY: My lovely girl, my lovely girl..

TOM: I want to come here so we can play!

BECKY/TOM:
Let's play some games
Let's play some games today
Funny games…
Some funny games today..
HAHAHA!
Made In America
UNCLE WILEY:
You thought that you could outsmart, the very thing that runs through blood of your kind?
Sick with greed and a lust.
For that, you will give up your will, and your pride.
You're looking to be saved.
No matter what you have raised.
Behold the depths of depravity 'n' decay!
It's happened on your watch…
Your time is running out.
Before the worlds collide!
You went and opened the box, and then He came in a slick little package and drove you insane.
Because your thirst for stuff is never slaked.
Now the end is nigh.
The apocalypse here in a package that's not what it appears.
You may ask why the doll?
Well, that's all it takes…
When you're made in America!

SNIGGLES: Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

UNCLE WILEY: In a valley of silicon…

SNIGGLES: Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

UNCLE WILEY:
Welcome to Wiggly's shop!
Your America Assembly line!
We got toys and trucks!
And big fat butts..
That'll help you pass the time!
Hey kids ya know that you grow up,
With all the crap you want?
Just sprinkle it with dust and a gob of fucking lust!
And you wave the world goodbye..

SNIGGLES/UNCLE WILEY:
Wiggly Wiggly Wiggle Wiggly
Wiggly Wiggly Wig
Wiggly Wiggly Wiggle Wiggly
Wiggly Wiggly Wig

Wiggly - Hello, Mr. Presi-wezz, welcome to Drowsy Town!

Howard - It's you!

Wiggly - Don't be frightened, you're my bestest buddy-wud!

Howard - No, no, I've come to tell you to leave us alone!

Wiggly - (laughs) Leave, just before Christmas? It's going to be my birthday, you know. I wouldn't want to miss out on
opening all my presents. I think I'll start with you. I'm going to cut open your belly-well, and deck the halls… with your
gutsy-wutsies…

McNamara - Enough!

Howard - John!

Wiggly - You.

McNamara - Your minions may do me no harm, Wiggly, for I cut through them with a blade of truth. Be gone.

Howard - I'm sorry, John, I fucked it up…

McNamara - Don't worry, Mr. President, come on, let's get you out of here.

Howard - It's too late, John! The Wiggly's prophet has been chosen, and as soon as she has a doll, she will bring
about his birth!

UNCLE WILEY/SNIGGLES: You opened the box, and a doll came out.

UNCLE WILEY: And he'll touchdown soon to erase any doubt.

UNCLE WILEY/SNIGGLES: That he's all you need to fill your heart..
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
Now the end is nigh..
The apocalypse here!

UNCLE WILEY: In a package that preys on the worst of your fears.

The gambit is done, a work of art!
That was Made in America….!

SNIGGLES: Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

UNCLE WILEY: In a valley of silicon..!

SNIGGLES: Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

UNCLE WILEY:We're all Made In America….

SNIGGLES: Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

UNCLE WILEY:In a valley of silicon…

UNCLE WILEY/SNIGGLES:Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
Wiggle.
LINDA: I hear his voice…
I feel his power…
I see his kingdom and his plans laid out for me!
Oh, he's mine, mine, mine to follow his orders…
Oh, it's my, my, my monument to build…
He will wiggle, wiggle,
Wiggly will wiggle tonight…
Oh…he will wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
Wiggle his way into life…
I will wiggle, wiggly, wiggle my way to his side…
and all will know when darkness comes…
Over Wiggly's kingdom…
That I'm the one who wronged what's right!
My god awaits…
His cyclopean gateway

WORSHIPPERS: He awaits!

LINDA: A portal that ushers in all sounds and sights unseen..

Oh, he's my, my god to love and to worship…
Oh, it's my, my job to prepare for his birth…

ALL: He will wiggle, wiggle ..

Wiggly will wiggle tonight…
Oh, he will wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle…
Wiggle his way into life…
I will wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my way to his side!

LINDA: Oh the plans he has for you and me,

Me more favorably…
The earth is lookin' good and ripe!

ALL:We will build a portal just for-

When Wiggly comes, when Wiggly comes, when Wiggly comes…

LINDA: He will rise up…

With joyful noise…
He'll turn dust to ash..
And dust to ash…
And dust to ash…
And dust-

WORSHIPPERS: He will build a portal just for-

When he comes, he'll come for us.
When he comes, he'll come immortal…
Through the portal!

LINDA: Ah
WORSHIPPERS: Ah, Jam
He will wiggle, wiggle…
Wiggly will wiggle tonight!
Oh, he will wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle..
Wiggle his way into life!
Oh!

LINDA: I will wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my way to his side!

All the wills that he will have to bend!
Oh, when he ascends!

WORSHIPPERS: The best of all fwendy-wends!

We will build a portal just for-
We will build a portal just for-
We will build a portal just for-
When he comes.

Chant (Reprise)
[HERMES, spoken]
Now everybody knows that walls have ears,

[ORPHEUS]
Is it true?

[COMPANY]
Is it true?

[HADES, spoken]
What's that noise?

[HERMES, spoken]
And the walls had heard what the boy was saying..

[ORPHEUS]
Is it true?

[COMPANY]
Is it true?

[HADES, spoken]
It's the boy!

[HERMES, sang]
A million tons of stone and steel…

[ORPHEUS]
Is it true?

[COMPANY]
Is it true?

[HERMES]
Echoed his refrain…

[COMPANY]
Low, keep your head, keep your head low..
Oh, you gotta keep your head low…
If you wanna keep your head-
Oh, you gotta keep your head low…
Keep your head, keep your head low.
Oh, you gotta keep your head low.
If you wanna keep your head.
Oh, you gotta-
Why do we turn away when our brother is bleeding?
Oh, keep your head-
Why do we build the 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-

[HADES]
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.
'Cause it seems your song made quite a strong impression on my wife…
But it takes more than singin' 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-carat 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.

[COMPANY]
Ooohhh

[ORPHEUS]
If I raise my voice-

[WORKERS, one-by-one]
If I raise my voice..
If I raise my voice.
If I raise my-

[THE FATES and COMPANY]

Keep your head low.

[EURYDICE]
If I raise my head-

[WORKERS]
If I raise my head..
If I raise my head…
If I raise my-

[THE FATES and COMPANY]

Keep your head low

[EURYDICE]
Could I change my fate?

[THE FATES and COMPANY]

Could I change-
Could I change-
Could I change my fate?
Oh, you gotta keep your head low..

[ORPHEUS]
If I raise my voice could I-

[COMPANY]
Keep your head low!

[ORPHEUS and EURYDICE]

Could I change the way it is?

[COMPANY]
Why do we turn away instead of standing with him?
Oh, keep your head-
Why are we digging our own graves for a living?
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-

[HADES]
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...
Now I sing a different song.
One I can depend upon...
A simple tune, a steady beat.
The music of machinery…
You hear that heavy metal sound?
The symphony of Hadestown.
And in this symphony of mine of power cords and power lines.
Young man, you can strum your lyre.
I have strung the world in wire…
Young man, you can sing your ditty-
I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY!
I'll tell you what, young man
Since my wife is such a fan…
And since I'm going to count to three…
And put you out of your misery.
One!--
give me one more song.
One more song before I send ya-
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!

Wait For Me, HadesTown

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Eurydice?
I don't like these games, you know I-
…Mr Hermes?-
Mr Hermes!

[HERMES, spoken]
Hey, the big artiste!
Ain't you working on your masterpiece..?

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Where is Eurdyice?

[HERMES, spoken]
Brother, what do you care?
You'll find another muse somewhere…

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Where is she?

[HERMES, spoken]
Why do you wanna know?

[ORPHEUS]
Wherever she is, is where I'll go.

[HERMES, spoken]
… And what if I said she's down below?

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Down below?

[HERMES, spoken]
Down below.
Six-feet-under-the-ground below.
She called your name before she went but,
I guess you weren't listening…

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
…No...

[HEREMES, spoken]
So...
Just how far would you go for her?

[ORPHEUS]
To the end of time…
To the end of the earth…

[HERMES, spoken]
You got a ticket?

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
No...?
[HERMES, spoken]
Yeah, I didn't think so.
'Course, there is another way, but...
Na.. I ain't supposed to say…

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
…Another way?

[HERMES, spoken]
Yeah, around the back.
But that ain't easy walkin', Jack.
It ain't for the sensitive of soul, so...
Do you really wanna go?

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
With all my heart…

[HERMES, spoken]
Huh, with all your heart…
...
Well… that's a start.

[HERMES, muffled]
How to get to Hadestown:
You’ll have to take the long way down.
Through the underground, under cover of night.
Laying low, staying out of sight.
There ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map.
Just a telephone wire and the railroad track!
You keep on walking and you don’t look back.
’Til you get to the bottomland.

[ORPHEUS]
Wait for me… I’m coming…
Wait, I’m coming with you…
Wait for me… I’m coming too…
I’m coming too!

[HERMES, muffled]
The 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?
Ha! Just be glad you got ’em!

[ORPHEUS and FATES]

Wait for me…I’m coming…
Wait, I’m coming with you…
Wait for me… I’m coming too…
I’m coming too!

[FATES]
Who are you?

[LACHESIS]
Where do you think you're going?

[FATES]
Who are you?

[CLOTHO]
Why are you all alone?

[FATES]
Who do you–

[LACHESIS]
–Think you are?

[FATES]
Who are you–

[ATROPOS]
–To think that you can walk a road that no one ever walked before?

[ORPHEUS]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la……
……La-la-la-la-la-la…

(The CHORUS begins to echo and do rounds)

[Chorus]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la…….
…….La-la-la-la-la-la…

[ORPHEUS]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la……
……La-la-la-la-la…

[HERMES]
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 will 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!

[ORPHEUS & CHORUS]

Wait for me …
Wait for me… (I'm comin'!)
I'm comin' I'm comin' (I'm comin'!)
Wait, I'm comin' with you…
Wait, I'm comin' with you
(I'm comin'!)
Wait for me, I'm comin' too Wait for me, I'm comin' too
(Wait I'm comin')
I'm comin'! I'm comin'!

[Chorus]
Wait!

[ORPHEUS]
I'm comin', wait for me!

[Chorus]
Wait!

[ORPHEUS & HERMES]

I hear the walls repeating…

[Chorus]
Wait!

[ORPHEUS, HERMES & Chorus]

The falling of my feet and-

[ORPHEUS & Chorus]

It sounds like drumming!

[Chorus]
Wait!

[ORPHEUS, HERMES & CHORUS]

And I am not alone!

[Chorus]
Wait!

[ORPHEUS, HERMES & Chorus]

I hear the rocks and stones!

[Chorus]
Wait!

[ORPHEUS, CHORUS]
Echoing my song!
I'm comin'! Comin', comin', comin'...

Epic III
[ORPHEUS]
King of shadows…
King of shades…
…Hades was king of the Underworld…

[HADES, spoken]
Oh, it's about me…

[HERMES, spoken]
Go on...

[ORPHEUS]
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, la la la la la la la….
La la la la la la la!

[HADES, spoken]
Where'd you get that melody…

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la….

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Let him finish, Hades…

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la….
And 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!
It was like you were holding the world when you held her!
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:
La la la la la la la….

[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]

La la la la la la la….

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la….

[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]

La la la la la la……
[ORPHEUS]
And what has become of the heart of that man…
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 la la la la la la la…

[HADES]
La la la la la la la…

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la….

[ORPHEUS, HADES AND PERSEPHONE]

La la la la la la…

[HERMES, spoken]
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…

[ORPHEUS]
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 la la la la

Wait For Me, (Reprise)

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
What is it?

[HERMES, spoken]
Well, the good news is, he said that you can go!

[ORPHEUS & EURYDICE, spoken]

He did?

[WORKERS, spoken]
He did?

[HERMES, spoken]
He did. There's bad news though…

[EURYDICE, spoken]
What is it?

[HERMES, spoken]
You can walk, but it won't be like you planned.

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
What do you mean?

[EURYDICE, spoken]
Why not?

[HERMES, spoken]
Well, you won't be hand in hand.
You won't be arm in arm, side by side, and all of that.
He said you have to walk in front, and she has to walk in back.

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Why?

[HERMES, spoken]
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.

[EURYDICE, spoken]
But why?

[HERMES, spoken]
Why build walls, make folks walk single file?
Divide and conquer's what it's called.

[ORPHEUS]
It's a trap-

[HERMES, spoken]
It's a trial.
Do you trust each other?
Do you trust yourselves?
[ORPHEUS & EURYDICE, spoken]
We do.

[HERMES, spoken]
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?

[ORPHEUS & EURYDICE, spoken]

We can…

[HERMES, spoken]
A'ight, time to go!

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Mr. Hermes?

[HERMES, spoken]
Yes?

[ORPHEUS]
It's not a trick?

[HERMES, spoken]
No, it's a test

[HERMES, spoken]
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!
The dog you really got to dread,
Is the one that howls inside your head.
It's him whose howling drives men mad.
And a mind to its undoing…

[ORPHEUS & EURYDICE]

Wait for me, I'm comin…
Wait, I'm comin' with you…
Wait for me, I'm comin' too…
I'm comin' too…

[COMPANY]
Show 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.

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Think they'll make it?

[HADES, spoken]
I don't know..

[COMPANY]
Show the way…

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Hades, you let them go..

[COMPANY]
Show the way.

[HADES, spoken]
I let them try.

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
And how 'bout you and I?

[COMPANY]
Show the way…

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Are we gonna try again?

[COMPANY]
Show the way

[HADES, spoken]
It's time for spring….
…We'll try again next fall.

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Wait for me?

[HADES, spoken]
I will.

[COMPANY]
Wait for me, I'm comin….
Wait, I'm comin' with you…
Wait for me, I'm comin' too!
I'm comin' too!

[FATES]
Who are you?
Who do you think you are?
Who are you?
Who are you to lead her?
Who are you to lead them?
Who are you to think that you can hold your head up higher than your fellow man?

[HERMES, spoken]
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!

[COMPANY]
Wait for me… (I'm comin'), I'm comin… (I'm comin')
Wait, I'm comin' with you! (I'm comin')
Wait for me… (Wait, I'm comin'), I'm comin' too… (Wait)
Wait for me… (I'm comin'), I'm comin.. (I'm comin')
Wait, I'm comin' with you… (I'm comin')
Wait, I'm comin…
Show the way!

[EURYDICE, COMPANY ]
I'm coming, wait for me!
(Show the way)
I hear the walls repeating!
(Show the way)
The falling of our feet and, it sounds like drumming! (Show the way)
And we are not alone! (Show, show the way)
I hear the rocks and stones! (Show, show the way)
Echoing our song! (Echoing our song)
I'm coming…! (Coming, coming)