Wait for Me

Song Wait for Me
Artist André De Shields
Artist Reeve Carney
Artist Jewelle Blackman
Artist Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer
Artist Kay Trinidad
Artist Timothy Hughes
Artist Malcolm Armwood
Artist Jessie Shelton
Artist Kimberly Marable
Artist Khaila Wilcoxon
Artist Ahmad Simmons
Artist Afra Hines
Artist T. Oliver Reid
Artist John Krause
Album Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[00:00.023] [HERMES, spoken]
[00:00.063] How to get to Hadestown:
[00:02.307] You have to take the long way down
[00:05.055] Through the underground, under cover of night
[00:07.851] Layin' low, stayin' out of sight
[00:10.373] Ain't no compass, brother, ain't no map
[00:13.209] Just a telephone wire and a railroad track
[00:15.850] Keep on walkin' and don't look back
[00:18.684] 'Til you get to the bottomland
[00:20.162]
[00:20.328] [ORPHEUS]
[00:20.485] Wait for me, I'm comin'
[00:25.996] Wait, I'm comin' with you
[00:31.605] Wait for me, I'm comin' too
[00:36.602] I'm coming too
[00:38.159]
[00:38.353] [HERMES, spoken]
[00:38.577] The River Styx is high and wide
[00:40.638] Cinder bricks and razor wire
[00:43.061] Walls of iron and concrete
[00:45.825] Hound dogs howling 'round the gate
[00:48.209] Those dogs'll lay down and play dead
[00:50.876] If you got the bones, if you got the bread
[00:53.546] But if all you got is your own two legs
[00:56.479] Just be glad you got 'em
[00:58.544]
[00:58.702] [ORPHEUS and FATES]
[00:58.851] Wait for me, I'm comin'
[01:03.930] Wait, I'm comin' with you
[01:09.421] Wait for me, I'm comin' too
[01:14.616] I'm coming too
[01:15.774]
[01:15.941] [FATES]
[01:16.120] Who are you?
[01:18.596]
[01:18.768] [FATE]
[01:18.922] Where do you think you're going?
[01:22.610]
[01:22.760] [FATES]
[01:22.897] Who are you?
[01:24.045]
[01:24.221] [FATE]
[01:24.395] Why are you all alone?
[01:27.593]
[01:27.740] [FATES]
[01:27.898] Who do you-
[01:30.505]
[01:30.677] [FATE]
[01:30.840] -Think you are?
[01:31.480]
[01:31.651] [FATES]
[01:31.783] Who are you-
[01:32.335]
[01:32.508] [FATE]
[01:32.646] -To think that you can walk a road that no one ever walked before?
[01:37.059]
[01:37.213] [ORPHEUS]
[01:37.379] La la la la la la
[01:49.823] La la la la la la la
[01:53.450]
[01:53.637] (the COMPANY begins to echo and do rounds)
[01:59.235]
[01:59.379] [ORPHEUS]
[01:59.584] La la la la la la la
[02:04.263] La la la la la
[02:06.895]
[02:07.277] (HERMES cuts them off)
[02:07.484]
[02:07.846] [HERMES]
[02:08.193] You're on the lam, you’re on the run
[02:11.740] Don't give your name, you don't have one
[02:14.531] And don't look no one in the eye
[02:17.456] That town'll try to suck you dry
[02:19.784] They'll suck your brain, they'll suck your breath
[02:22.738] They'll pluck the heart right out your chest
[02:25.309] They'll truss you up in your Sunday best
[02:27.888] And stuff your mouth with cotton
[02:30.516]
[02:30.986] [ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
[02:31.168] Wait for me I'm coming! I'm coming I'm coming
[02:35.215] Wait, I'm coming with you I'm coming
[02:40.728] Wait Wait I'm coming for me, I'm coming too
[02:44.806] I'm coming!
[02:46.691]
[02:46.956] [COMPANY]
[02:47.129] Wait!
[02:47.722]
[02:47.864] [ORPHEUS]
[02:49.160] I'm coming wait for me
[02:49.301]
[02:49.452] [COMPANY]
[02:49.582] Wait!
[02:50.227]
[02:50.379] [ORPHEUS and HERMES]
[02:50.682] I hear the walls repeating
[02:52.294]
[02:52.431] [COMPANY]
[02:52.570] Wait!
[02:53.045]
[02:53.193] [ORPHEUS and HERMES]
[02:53.317] The falling of my feet and
[02:55.037]
[02:55.202] [ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
[02:55.362] It sounds like drumming
[02:57.390]
[02:57.581] [COMPANY]
[02:57.918] Wait!
[02:58.666]
[02:58.823] [ORPHEUS and HERMES and Unknown Voice]
[02:58.967] And I am not alone
[03:00.346]
[03:00.503] [COMPANY]
[03:01.729] Wait!
[03:01.881]
[03:02.023] [ORPHEUS and HERMES, and Unknown Voice]
[03:02.149] I hear the rocks and stones
[03:03.094]
[03:03.236] [COMPANY]
[03:03.368] Wait!
[03:03.987]
[03:04.133] [ORPHEUS]
[03:04.273] Echoing my song
[03:05.973] I'm coming!
[03:08.525]
[03:08.685] [HERMES]
[03:09.344] Coming...
[03:09.488]
[03:09.626] [COMPANY]
[03:09.972] Coming...

Pinyin

[00:00.023] [HERMES, spoken]
[00:00.063] How to get to Hadestown:
[00:02.307] You have to take the long way down
[00:05.055] Through the underground, under cover of night
[00:07.851] Layin' low, stayin' out of sight
[00:10.373] Ain' t no compass, brother, ain' t no map
[00:13.209] Just a telephone wire and a railroad track
[00:15.850] Keep on walkin' and don' t look back
[00:18.684] ' Til you get to the bottomland
[00:20.162]
[00:20.328] [ORPHEUS]
[00:20.485] Wait for me, I' m comin'
[00:25.996] Wait, I' m comin' with you
[00:31.605] Wait for me, I' m comin' too
[00:36.602] I' m coming too
[00:38.159]
[00:38.353] [HERMES, spoken]
[00:38.577] The River Styx is high and wide
[00:40.638] Cinder bricks and razor wire
[00:43.061] Walls of iron and concrete
[00:45.825] Hound dogs howling ' round the gate
[00:48.209] Those dogs' ll lay down and play dead
[00:50.876] If you got the bones, if you got the bread
[00:53.546] But if all you got is your own two legs
[00:56.479] Just be glad you got ' em
[00:58.544]
[00:58.702] [ORPHEUS and FATES]
[00:58.851] Wait for me, I' m comin'
[01:03.930] Wait, I' m comin' with you
[01:09.421] Wait for me, I' m comin' too
[01:14.616] I' m coming too
[01:15.774]
[01:15.941] [FATES]
[01:16.120] Who are you?
[01:18.596]
[01:18.768] [FATE]
[01:18.922] Where do you think you' re going?
[01:22.610]
[01:22.760] [FATES]
[01:22.897] Who are you?
[01:24.045]
[01:24.221] [FATE]
[01:24.395] Why are you all alone?
[01:27.593]
[01:27.740] [FATES]
[01:27.898] Who do you
[01:30.505]
[01:30.677] [FATE]
[01:30.840] Think you are?
[01:31.480]
[01:31.651] [FATES]
[01:31.783] Who are you
[01:32.335]
[01:32.508] [FATE]
[01:32.646] To think that you can walk a road that no one ever walked before?
[01:37.059]
[01:37.213] [ORPHEUS]
[01:37.379] La la la la la la
[01:49.823] La la la la la la la
[01:53.450]
[01:53.637] the COMPANY begins to echo and do rounds
[01:59.235]
[01:59.379] [ORPHEUS]
[01:59.584] La la la la la la la
[02:04.263] La la la la la
[02:06.895]
[02:07.277] HERMES cuts them off
[02:07.484]
[02:07.846] [HERMES]
[02:08.193] You' re on the lam, you' re on the run
[02:11.740] Don' t give your name, you don' t have one
[02:14.531] And don' t look no one in the eye
[02:17.456] That town' ll try to suck you dry
[02:19.784] They' ll suck your brain, they' ll suck your breath
[02:22.738] They' ll pluck the heart right out your chest
[02:25.309] They' ll truss you up in your Sunday best
[02:27.888] And stuff your mouth with cotton
[02:30.516]
[02:30.986] [ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
[02:31.168] Wait for me I' m coming! I' m coming I' m coming
[02:35.215] Wait, I' m coming with you I' m coming
[02:40.728] Wait Wait I' m coming for me, I' m coming too
[02:44.806] I' m coming!
[02:46.691]
[02:46.956] [COMPANY]
[02:47.129] Wait!
[02:47.722]
[02:47.864] [ORPHEUS]
[02:49.160] I' m coming wait for me
[02:49.301]
[02:49.452] [COMPANY]
[02:49.582] Wait!
[02:50.227]
[02:50.379] [ORPHEUS and HERMES]
[02:50.682] I hear the walls repeating
[02:52.294]
[02:52.431] [COMPANY]
[02:52.570] Wait!
[02:53.045]
[02:53.193] [ORPHEUS and HERMES]
[02:53.317] The falling of my feet and
[02:55.037]
[02:55.202] [ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
[02:55.362] It sounds like drumming
[02:57.390]
[02:57.581] [COMPANY]
[02:57.918] Wait!
[02:58.666]
[02:58.823] [ORPHEUS and HERMES and Unknown Voice]
[02:58.967] And I am not alone
[03:00.346]
[03:00.503] [COMPANY]
[03:01.729] Wait!
[03:01.881]
[03:02.023] [ORPHEUS and HERMES, and Unknown Voice]
[03:02.149] I hear the rocks and stones
[03:03.094]
[03:03.236] [COMPANY]
[03:03.368] Wait!
[03:03.987]
[03:04.133] [ORPHEUS]
[03:04.273] Echoing my song
[03:05.973] I' m coming!
[03:08.525]
[03:08.685] [HERMES]
[03:09.344] Coming...
[03:09.488]
[03:09.626] [COMPANY]
[03:09.972] Coming...