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Artist: Hadestown Cast
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Way Down Hadestown
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Way Down Hadestown
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[Hermes]
Oh the Road to Hell there was a railroad track
[Persephone]
Oh, come on!
[Hermes]
There was a train comin' up from way down below
[Persephone]
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
[Ensemble]
Ride that train
[Hermes]
She's gonna ride that train
[Ensemble]
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?
[Ensemble]
Way down under
[Hermes]
On the yonder side?
[Ensemble]
Way down yonder
[Hermes]
On the other side of his lawn?
[Hermes]
Follow that dollar for a long way down
Far away from the poorhouse door
You either get to hell or to Hadestown
Ain't no difference anymore!
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
[Hermes]
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'
[Ensemble]
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
[Hermes]
Ha!
[Persephone]
Winter's night and summer's o'er
Hear that high and lonesome sound
Of my husband coming for
To bring me home to Hadestown
[Ensemble]
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
[Ensemble]
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
[Fates]
Every little penny in the wishing well
Every little nickel on the drum
[Ensemble]
On the drum!
[Fates]
All them shiny little heads and tails
Where do you think they come from?
They come from
[Ensemble]
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
[Ensemble]
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
[Hermes]
Mr. Hades is a mean old boss
[Persephone]
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
[Ensemble]
An eye for an eye!
[Hermes]
And he weighs the cost
[Ensemble]
A lie for a lie!
[Hermes]
And your soul for sale
[Ensemble]
Sold!
[Persephone]
To the king on the chromium throne
[Ensemble]
Thrown!
[Persephone]
To the bottom of a Sing Sing cell
[Hermes]
Where the little wheel squeals and the big wheel groans
[Fate]
And you better forget about your wishing well
[Ensemble]
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
[Hermes]
On the Road to Hell, 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]
You're early
[Hades]
I missed you
[Fates]
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
Must be making some mighty big deals
Seems like he owns everything
[Eurydice]
Kinda makes you wonder how it feels
[Hermes]
All aboard
A-one, A-two
A-one, two, three, four
[Ensemble]
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
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