Original Cast of Hadestown

[PERSEPHONE, spoken] How long have we been married? [HADES, spoken] Since the world began. [PERSEPHONE, spoken] I don't mind if you look at other girls... now and then. [HADES, spoken] The girl means nothing to me. [PERSEPHONE, spoken] I know. But...

[EURYDICE] I was alone so long I didn’t even know that I was lonely Out in the cold so long I didn’t even know that I was cold Turned my collar to the wind This is how it’s always been All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own All I’ve ever known is h...

[FATES] In the fever of a world in flames In the season of the hurricanes Flood will get you if the fire don’t Any way the wind blows And there ain’t a thing that you can do When the weather takes a turn on you ‘Cept for hurry up and hit the road Any...

[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 gott...

[HERMES, spoken] Now everybody knows the walls have ears [ORPHEUS] Is it true? [COMPANY] Is it true? [HERMES, spoken] And the walls had heard what the boy was saying [ORPHEUS] Is it true? [COMPANY] Is it true? [HERMES] A million tons of ston...

[ORPHEUS, spoken] Come home with me! [EURYDICE, spoken] Who are you? [ORPHEUS, spoken] The man who’s gonna marry you. I’m Orpheus. Come home with me! [EURYDICE, spoken] Who am I? [ORPHEUS, spoken] Eurydice- (sung) - the girl who makes me wanna...

[ORPHEUS, spoken] Come home with me! [EURYDICE, spoken] It’s you! [ORPHEUS, spoken] It’s me. [EURYDICE, spoken] Orpheus! [ORPHEUS, spoken] Eurydice. Please, come home. I’m not going back alone. [EURYDICE, spoken] But how’d you get here? On the...

[FATES] Doubt comes in And strips the paint Doubt comes in And turns the wine Doubt comes in and leaves a trace Of vinegar and turpentine [FATES and ORPHEUS] Where are you? Where are you now? [FATES] Doubt comes in And kills the lights Doubt com...

[ORPHEUS] Gather 'round, you vagabonds Pickin' fruit and hoppin' freights Anyone who's wondering, Wondering why the winds have changed I'll sing a song of a love gone wrong Between a mighty king and queen Gather 'round and I'll sing a song Of Hades and...

[ORPHEUS] King of diamonds, king of spades Hades was king of a kingdom of dirt Miners of mines, diggers of graves They bowed down to Hades who gave them work And they bowed down to Hades who made them sweat Who paid them their wages and set them about...

[ORPHEUS] Heavy and hard is the heart of the king King of iron, king of steel The heart of the king loves everything Like the hammer loves the nail But the heart of a man is a simple one Small and soft, flesh and blood And all that it loves is a woman...

[EURYDICE] What I wanted was to fall asleep Close my eyes and disappear Like a petal on a stream, A feather on the air Lily white and poppy red I trembled when he laid me out "You won’t feel a thing," he said, "when you go down" Nothing gonna wake yo...

[EURYDICE] Orpheus, my heart is yours Always was and will be It’s my gut I can’t ignore Orpheus, I’m hungry Oh, my heart, it aches to stay But the flesh will have its way Oh, the way is dark and long But I’m already gone... (spoken) I’m gone. [FAT...

[HADES] Hey, little songbird, give me a song I’m a busy man and I can’t stay long I got clients to call, I got orders to fill I got walls to build, I got riots to quell And they’re giving me hell back in Hades Hey, little songbird, cat got your tongue?...

[HADES] The devil take this Orpheus And his belladonna kiss Beautiful and poisonous Lovely, deadly Now it thickens on my tongue Now it quickens in my lung Now I’m stricken, now I’m stung! It’s done already! Dangerous this jack of hearts With his kis...

[PERSEPHONE] Pour the wine and raise a cup Drink up, brothers, you know how And spill a drop for Orpheus Wherever he is now Some birds sing when the sun shines bright My praise is not for them But the one who sings in the dead of night I raise my cup...

[ORPHEUS] If it’s true what they say If my love is gone for good They can take this heart away They can take this flesh and blood Take my mouth that kissed her mouth Take my tongue that sung her praise Take my arms that used to reach out In the dark to...

[PERSEPHONE] Well it’s like he said, I’m an outdoor girl [COMPANY] Livin' it, livin' it up [PERSEPHONE] Married to the king of the Underworld [COMPANY] Livin' it up on top [PERSEPHONE] Trying to enjoy myself [COMPANY] Livin' it, livin' it up...

[FATES] Why the struggle, why the strain? Why make trouble? Why make scenes? Why go against the grain? Why swim upstream? It ain’t, it ain’t, it ain’t no use You’re bound, you’re bound, you’re bound to lose What’s done, what’s done, what’s done is done...

[PERSEPHONE] I don’t know about you, boys But if you’re like me Then hanging around this old manhole Is bringing you down Six-feet-under Getting under your skin Cabin fever is a-setting in You’re stir crazy! You’re stuck in a rut! Or you could use a...

[HADES, spoken] Young man! I don't think we've met before. You're not from around here, son. Don't know who the hell you are but I can tell you don't belong. These are working people, son! Law-abiding citizens. Go back to where you came from. You're on th...

[EURYDICE] Promises you made to me You said the rivers and the trees Would fill our pockets and our plates Promises you made You said the birds would blanket us You said the world was generous And wouldn’t turn its back on us The river froze, the tree...

[HERMES] Once upon a time there was a railroad line Don’t ask where, brother, don’t ask when It was a road to Hell!It was hard times It was a world of gods and men [HERMES and COMPANY] It’s an old song It’s an old tale from way back when It’s an old s...

[HERMES] [mumbles and sighs] It’s an old song It’s an old tale from way back when It’s an old song But we’re gonna sing it again and again We’re gonna sing it again There was a railroad line on a road to Hell There was a young man down on bended knee...

[ORPHEUS, spoken] Eurydice? [HERMES, spoken] Hey, the big artiste! Ain't you working on your masterpiece? [ORPHEUS, spoken] Where is she? [HERMES, spoken] Brother, what do you care? You'll find another muse somewhere [ORPHEUS, spoken] Where is s...

[HERMES, spoken] Meanest dog you’ll ever meet - It ain’t the hound dog in the street. He bares his teeth and tears your 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 how...

[HERMES] On the road to hell there was a railroad track [PERSEPHONE, spoken] Aw, come on! [HERMES] And a train coming up from way down below [PERSEPHONE, spoken] That was not six months! [HERMES] Better go and get your suitcase packed Guess it's...

[HERMES] Now in Hadestown there was a lot of souls [COMPANY] Low, keep your head, keep your head [HERMES] Working on the wall with all their might [COMPANY] Oh, you gotta keep your head [HERMES] You see, they kept their heads down low [COMPANY]...

[EURYDICE] Lover, tell me, if you can Who’s gonna buy the wedding bands? Times being what they are Hard, and getting harder all the time [ORPHEUS] Lover, when I sing my song All the rivers will sing along And they’re gonna break their banks for me La...

[HERMES] Songbird versus rattlesnake! [EURYDICE, spoken] What is it? [HERMES] Eurydice was a hungry young girl [HADES, spoken] Your ticket. [HERMES] And Hades gave her a choice to make A ticket to the Underworld! [FATES] Life ain’t easy Life...

[HADES] Why do we build the wall, My children, my children? Why do we build the wall? [COMPANY] Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free [HADES] How does the wall kee...

[FATES] Gotta think quick Gotta save face Caught between a rock and a hard place Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do now? If you tell him no, Oh, you’re a heartless man And you’re gonna have a martyr on your hands If...