Act II Prologue: So Happy

[Cinderella & (narrator)]

(Once upon a time, later)

I wish

(In that same far-off kingdom)

More than anything

(Lived a young princess)

More than life

(The lad jack)

More than footmen

(And the baker with his family)

[Jack]

I wish

No, I miss

[Cinderella and baker]

I wish

[Jack]

More then anything

[Cinderella, jack & baker]

More than the moon

[Baker's wife]

There, there

[Cinderella]

I wish to sponsor a festival

[Baker]

More then life

[Jack]

I miss

[Cinderella]

The time has come for a festival

[Baker's wife]

Shh

[Baker]

More than riches

[Cinderella]

And a ball

[Jack]

I miss my kingdom up in the sky

[Cinderella and baker]

More than anything

[Baker's wife]

I wish we had more room

[Baker]

Another room

[Narrator]

But despite some minor inconveniences

They were all quite content

[Cinderella]

I never thought I'd wed a prince

[Cinderella's prince]

I never thought I'd find perfection

[Both]

I never thought I would be so happy!

[Cinderella]

Not an unhappy moment since

[Jack and mother]

I didn't think we'd be this rich

[Cinderella's prince]

Not a conceivable objection

[Baker and wife]

I never thought we'd have a baby

[Cinderella, prince, jack & mother]

I didn't know I could be so happy!

[Baker and wife]

I'm so happy!

[Stepmother]

Happy now

Happy hence

Happy ever after

[Florinda, lucinda & stepmother]

We're so happy you're so happy!

Just as long as you stay happy

We'll stay happy!

[Cinderella and prince]

Not one row

[Jack's mother]

Pots of pence

[Jack]

With my cow

[Baker and wife]

Little gurgles

[Cinderella's prince]

Darling, I must go now

[Jack's mother]

We should really sell it

[Baker]

Where's he cheesecloth?

[All]

Wishes may bring problems

Such that you regret them

Better that, though

Than to never get them

[Cinderella]

I'm going to be a perfect wife!

[Jack]

I'm going to be a perfect son!

[Baker's wife and jack's mother]

I'm going to be a perfect mother!

[Baker]

I'm going to be a perfect father!

I'm so happy!

[Cinderella, jack, mother & baker's wife]

I'm going to see that he/she

Is so happy!

[All]

I never though I'd love my life!

I would have settled for another!

[Cinderella]

Then to become a wife

[Jack and mother]

Then to be ste for life

[Baker and wife]

Then to beget a child

[All]

That fortune smiled

I'm so hap-!

[Baker]

Have you done this to our house?

[Witch]

Always thinking of yourself!

Look at my garden

[Baker]

Destroyed!

[Baker's wife]

Who could do such a thing?

[Baker]

Do you think it was a bear?

[Witch]

A bear? Bears are sweet

Besides, you ever see a bear with forty-foot feet?

[Baker's wife]

Dragon?

[Witch]

No scorch marks

Usually they're linked

[Baker]

Manticore?

[Witch]

Imaginary

[Baker and wife]

Griffin?

[Witch]

Extinct

[Baker]

Giant?

[Witch]

Possible

Very, very, possible

[Narrator]

More than possible, their fears would

Prove to be well founded

[Baker]

Into the woods

It's always when

You think at last

You're through, and then

Into the woods you go again

To take another journey

[Baker's wife]

Into the woods

The weather's clear

We've been before

We've naught to fear

Into the woods, away from here

[Jack]

Into the woods to find a giant!

[Little red riding hood]

Into the woods to grandmother's house

[Baker]

Into the woods

The path is straight

No reason then

To hesitate

[Baker's wife]

Into the woods

It's not to late

It's just another journey

[Cinderella]

Into the woods

But not too long

The skies are strange

The winds are strong

Into the woods to see what's wrong

[Jack]

Into the woods

To slay the giant!

[Baker's wife]

Into the woods-

To shield the child

[Little red riding hood]

To flee the winds

[Baker]

To find a future

[Baker's wife]

To shield

[Jack]

To slay

[Little red riding hood]

To flee

[Baker]

To find

[Cinderella]

To fix

[Baker's wife]

To hide

[Little red riding hood]

To move

[Jack]

To battle

[Cinderella]

To see what the trouble is