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way down hadestown - hadestown original broadway cast lyrics

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[hermes]
oh the road to h-ll there was a railroad track

[persephone, spoken]
oh, come on!

[hermes]
there was a train comin’ up from way down below

[persephone, spoken]
that was not six months!

[fates]
better go and get your suitcase packed, guess it’s time to go

[hermes]
she’s gonna ride that train

[company]
ride that train…

[hermes]
she’s gonna ride that train

[company]
ride that train!

[hermes]
she’s gonna ride that train until the end of the line
because the king of the mine is coming to call
did you ever wonder what it’s like on the underside?

{company]
way down under

[hermes]
on the yonder side?

[company]
way down yonder

[hermes]
on the other side of his lawn?
follow that dollar for a long way down
far away from the poorhouse door
you either get to h-ll or to hadestown
ain’t no difference anymore!
way down hadestown
way down under the ground
hound dog howl and the whistle blow
train come a-rollin, clickety-clack
everybody tryin’ to get a ticket to go
those who go they don’t come back
they goin’

[hermes+ company]
way down hadestown
way down under the ground

[hermes, spoken]
ha!

[persephone]
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

[company]
way down hadestown
way down under the ground

[persephone]
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 the tin
give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
takes a lot of medicine
to make it through the wintertime

[company]
way down hadestown
way down under the ground

[fates]
every little penny in the wishing well
every little nickel on the drum

[company]
on the drum!

[fates]
all them shiny little heads and tails
where do you think they come from?
they come from

[company]
way down hadestown
way down under the ground

[hermes]
everybody hungry
everybody tired
everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
the wage is nothing and the work is hard
it’s a graveyard in hadestown

[company]
way down hadestown
way down under the ground

[as the band plays, you can hear hermes, persephone, the fates, and company exclaiming in the background. they seem to be having a party.]

[hermes]
mr. hades is a mean old boss

[persephone]
with a silver whistle and a golden scale

[ccompany]
an eye for an eye!

[hermes]
and he weighs the cost

[company]
a lie for a lie!

[hermes]
and your soul for sale

[company]
sold!

[persephone]
to the king on the chromium throne

[company]
thrown!

[persephone]
to the bottom of a sing sing cell

[hermes]
where the little wheel squeals and the big wheel groans

[persephone]
and you better forget about your wishing well

[company]
way down hadestown
way down under the ground

[hermes, spoken]
on the road to h-ll, there was a railroad car
and the car door opened and a man stepped out
everybody looked and everybody saw
it was the same man they’d been singing about

[persephone, spoken]
you’re early!

[hades, spoken]
i missed you

[fates]
mr. hades is a mighty king
must be making some mighty big deals
seems like he owns everything

[eurydice]
kind of makes you wonder how it feels

[hermes]
all aboard…
a-one, a-two
a-one, two, three, four

[company]
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

- hadestown original broadway cast lyrics

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