[00:00.586]HERMES:
[00:00.599]All on board
[00:07.902]Follow that dollar for a long way down
[00:10.487]Far away from the poorhouse door
[00:13.057]Either get to hell or to Hadestown
[00:15.561]Ain’t no difference anymore!
[00:18.117]Way down Hadestown
[00:20.756]Way down under the ground
[00:24.864]Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
[00:27.169]Train come a-rollin, clickety-clack
[00:29.824]Nobody knows where that old train goes
[00:32.410]Those who go they don’t come back
[00:34.463]COMPANY:
[00:34.988]Way down Hadestown
[00:37.450]Way down under the ground
[00:58.235]PERSEPHONE
[00:58.498]Winter’s night and summer’s o’er
[01:00.655]Hear that high and lonesome sound
[01:03.355]Of my husband coming for
[01:05.886]To bring me home to Hadestown
[01:08.242]COMPANY:
[01:08.456]Way down Hadestown
[01:11.168]Way down under the ground
[01:14.531]EURYDICE:
[01:15.135]Everybody dresses in clothes so fine
[01:17.718]Everybody's pockets are weighted down
[01:20.370]Everybody's sipping ambrosia wine
[01:22.873]In a goldmine in Hadestown
[01:25.259]COMPANY
[01:25.412]Way down Hadestown
[01:28.100]Way down under the ground
[01:32.168]ORPHEUS:
[01:32.637]Everybody hungry
[01:33.410]Everybody tired
[01:34.669]Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
[01:37.179]The wage is nothing and the work is hard
[01:39.680]It's a graveyard in Hadestown
[01:41.841]COMPANY:
[01:42.213]Way down Hadestown
[01:45.202]Way down under the ground
[02:06.288]FATES
[02:06.432]Every little penny in the wishing well
[02:08.537]Every little nickel on the drum
[02:11.212]All them shiny little heads and tails
[02:13.748]Where do you think they come from?
[02:15.893]They come from
[02:16.325]COMPANY:
[02:16.844]Way down Hadestown
[02:19.105]Way down under the ground
[02:22.898]HERMES & ORPHEUS:
[02:23.059]Mister Hades is a mean old boss
[02:25.358]With a silver whistle and a golden scale
[02:28.144]An eye for an eye!
[02:29.465]And he weighs the cost
[02:30.744]A lie for a lie!
[02:32.034]And your soul for sale
[02:33.352]Sold!
[02:33.783]To the king on the chromium throne
[02:35.995]Thrown!
[02:36.341]To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
[02:38.565]Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan
[02:41.107]And you better forget about your wishing well
[02:43.138]COMPANY:
[02:43.489]Way down Hadestown
[02:46.299]Way down under the ground
[02:49.936]EURYDICE:
[02:50.299]Mr. Hades is a mighty king
[02:52.797]Must be making some mighty big deals
[02:55.508]Seems like he owns everything
[02:58.055]Kind of makes you wonder how it feels
[03:05.799]COMPANY:
[03:06.078]Way down Hadestown
[03:08.557]Way down under the ground
[03:11.200]Way down Hadestown
[03:13.737]Way down under the ground
[03:16.374]Way down under the ground
[03:18.953]Way down under the ground