Papers (Intro)

[Hades]

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 workin' people, son

Law-abiding citizens

Go back to where you came from

You're on the wrong side of the fence

[Persephone]

Hades, I know this boy

[Hades]

One of the unemployed?

[Persephone]

His name is Orpheus

[Hades]

You stay out of this

[Hermes]

Orpheus was a poor boy-

[Hades]

You hear me, son?

[Hermes]

You might say he was naive-

[Hades]

You better run!

[Hermes]

But this poor boy raised up his voice with his heart out on his sleeve

[Eurydice]

No!

Orpheus, you should go

[Orpheus]

I'm not goin' back alone-

I came to take her home!

[Hades]

Who the hell do you think you are?

Who the hell you think you're talkin' to?

She couldn't go anywhere even if she wanted to

You’re not from around here, son

If you were, then you would know

That everything and everyone in Hadestown I own

But I only buy what others choose to sell

Oh, you didn’t know?

She signed the deal herself

And now she-

[Orpheus]

It isn't true-

[Hades]

Belongs to me

[Orpheus]

It isn’t true-

What he said- Eurydice-

[Eurydice]

I did-

I do

[Hades]

As for you-

Everybody gather 'round!

Everybody look and see

What becomes of trespassers with no respect for property!