09. Way Down Hadestown | Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
20CAST:
André De Shields as HERMES
Amber Gray as PERSEPHONE
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer and Kay Trinidad as THE FATES
Eva Noblezada as EURYDICE
LYRICS:
HERMES:
On the Road to Hell, there was a railroad track
PERSEPHONE:
Oh, come on!
HEMRES
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
COMPANY:
Ride that train...
HERMES:
She's gonna ride that train
COMPANY:
Ride that train...
HERMES:
She's gonna ride that train 'til the end of the line
'Cause the King of the Mine is coming to call
Did you ever wonder what it's like on the underside?
COMPANY:
Way down under
HERMES:
On the yonder side?
COMPANY:
Way down yonder
HERMES:
On the other side of his wall
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
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Train come a-rollin, clickety-clack
Everybody tryin' to get a ticket to go
But those who go they don’t come back
They goin'...
HERMES and COMPANY:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
PERSEPHONE:
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Hear that high, lonesome sound
Of my husband coming for
To bring me home to Hadestown
COMPANY:
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 a tin
Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
Takes a lot of medicine
To make it through the wintertime
COMPANY:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
FATES:
Every little penny in the wishing well
Every little nickel on the drum
COMPANY:
On the drum!
FATES:
All them shiny little heads and tails
Where do you think they come from?
They come from
COMPANY:
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
COMPANY:
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
COMPANY:
An eye for an eye!
HERMES:
And he weighs the cost
COMPANY:
A lie for a lie!
HERMES:
And your soul for sale
COMPANY:
Sold!
PERSEPHONE:
To the king on the chromium throne
COMPANY:
Thrown!
PERSEPHONE:
To the bottom of a Sing Sing cell
HERMES:
Where the little wheel squeals and the big wheel groans
PERSEPHONE:
And you better forget about your wishing well
COMPANY:
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 singin' about
PERSEPHONE:
You're early.
HADES:
I missed ya.
FATES:
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
Must be making some mighty big deals
Seems like he owns everything
EURYDICE:
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels...
HERMES:
All aboard!
A-one, A-two
A-one, two, three, four
COMPANY:
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!