Anaïs Mitchell

Why we build the wall, my children, my children? Why do we build the wall? 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 How does the wall keep us free, my children, my chil

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

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 Lover, when I sing my song All the rivers sing along And they're gonna break their banks for me To lay their gold around my fe

HERMES Follow that dollar for a long way down Far away from the poorhouse door Either get to hell or to Hadestown Ain?t no difference anymore Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground Hound dog howl and the whistle blow Train comes a-rollin? click

Down at headquarters There's a big database With black and white photos Of the side of your beautiful face And your library records And all your test scores And an invitation to party Like it's 1984 Baby don't look so nervous They just want the facts

When he said, when he said that he liked my cut of hair I became a barber When he said, when he said that my scent was eau de fleur I became a perfumer When he said, when he said that he liked the clothes I wore I became a tailor And I sewed a party

King of diamonds, king of spades! Hades was king of the 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 Diggi

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