Toby:
Ladies and Gentlemen!
May I have your attention please?
Do you wake every morning in shame and despair
To discover your pillow is covered with hair...
What ought not to be there?
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
From now on you can waken at ease!
You need never again have a worry or care,
I will show you a miracle marvelous rare!
Gentlemen, you are about to see something what rose
from the dead--!
...On the top of my head!
Twas Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
That's what did the trick, sir,
True, sir, true.
Was it quick, sir? Did it in a tick, sir!
Just like an elixir ought to do!
How about a bottle, mister?
Only costs a penny, guaranteed!
Does Pirelli's stimulate the growth, sir?
You can have my oath, sir, 'tis unique.
Rub a minute - stimulatin', in'it?
Soon you'll have to thin it once a week!
Sweeney:
Pardon me, ma'am, what's that awful stench?
Mrs. Lovett:
Are we standing near an open trench?
(Sweeney: Are we standing near an open trench?)
(Mrs. Lovett: Pardon me, sir, what's that awful stench?
Toby:
Buy Pirelli's Miracle elixir
Anything wot's slick, sir,
Soon sprouts curls.
Try Pirelli's; when they see how thick, sir,
You can have your pick, sir, of the girls!
Toby: Wanna buy a bottle, missus?
Sweeney: What is this?
Mrs. Lovett: What is this?
Sweeney: Smells like piss...
Mrs. Lovett: Smells like "EW!"
Sweeney: Looks like piss...
(Mrs. Lovett: Wouldn't touch it if I were you, dear!)
Sweeney: This is piss, piss with ink.
Toby:
Let Pirelli's activate your roots, sir--
Sweeney:
Keep it off your boots, sir! Eats right through!
Toby:
YES, get Pirelli's, use a bottle of it; ladies seem to
love it--
Mrs. Lovett:
Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling,
I don't care, I got ways.
No one's gonna hurt you,
No one's gonna dare.
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there.
Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around...
Not to worry, not to worry
I may not be smart but I ain't dumb
I can do it, put me to it
Show me something I can overcome
Not to worry, Ma'am
Being close and being clever
Ain't like being true
I don't need to,
I would never hide a thing from you,
Like some...
No one's gonna hurt you, no one's gonna dare
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there!
Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
I have sailed the world, beheld its wonders
From the Dardanelles to the mountains of Peru
But there's no place like London!
I feel home again
I could hear the city bells ring
Whatever I would do
No, there's no place like London!
Mr. Todd, sir
You are young
Life has been kind to you
You will learn
So Antony, it is here we go our several ways
Farewell, I shall not soon forget the good ship bountiful
Nor the young man who saved my life
Alms, alms for a miserable woman
On a miserable chilly mornin'
Oh, thank you, sir, thank you
How would you like a little squiff, dear
A little jig-jig, a little bounce around the bush
Wouldn't you like to push me crumpet?
It looks to me, dear, like you've got plenty there to push
Alms, alms for a pitiful woman
What's got wandering wits
Hey, don't I know you, mister?
Must you glare at me, woman?
Off with you, off I say
Then how would you like to fish me squiff, Mister?
We'll go jig-jig, a little
Off I said to the devil with you!
Alms, alms for a desperate woman
Pardon me, sir
But there's no need to fear the likes of her
She's only a half-crazed beggar woman
London's full of them
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it
And it's morals aren't worth what a pig can spit
And it goes by the name of London
At the top of the hole sit the privileged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lower zoo
Turning beauty into filth and greed
I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders
For the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru
Mrs. Lovett: [Spoken]
My, them handles is chased silver, ain't they?
Todd: [Spoken]
Silver, yes.
(Quietly, looking into the box)
These are my friends
See how they glisten.
(Picks up a small razor)
See this one shine
How he smiles in the light
My friend, my faithful friend.
(Holds it to his ear, feeling the edge with his thumb)
Speak to me friend—
Whisper, I'll listen.
(Listening)
I know, I know
You've been locked out of sight
All these years, like me, my friend
Well, I've come home
To find you waiting
Home—
And we're together
And we'll do wonders,
Won't we?
(Mrs. Lovett, who has been looking over his shoulder,
starts to
feel his other ear lightly, absently, in her own
trance. Todd lays
the razor back in the box and picks out a larger one)
Todd: Mrs. Lovett:
You there my friend I'm your friend, too, Mr. Todd
Come let me hold you If you only knew, Mr. Todd
Now, with a sigh Ooh, Mr. Todd
You grow warm You're warm
In my hand In my hand
My friend You've come home
My clever friend Always had a fondness for you,
I did
Rest now my friend Never you fear, Mr. Todd
Soon I'll unfold you You can move in here, Mr. Todd
Soon, you'll know splendors Splendors—
You never have dreamed You never have dreamed
All your days All your days will be yours!
My lucky friends I'm your friend, and you're mine
Till now your shine Don't they shine beautiful?
Was merely silver Silver's good enough for me
Friends, you shall drip rubies Mr. T...
You'll soon drip precious
Rubies
(Todd holds up the biggest razor to the light as the
music
soars sweetly, then stops. He speaks into the silence)
Todd: [Spoken]
I feel you Johanna
I feel you
I was half convinced I've waken
Satisfied enough to dream you
Happily I was mistaken
Johanna
I'll steal you Johanna
I'll steal you
Do they think that walls can hide you?
Even though I'm at your window
I am in the dark beside you
buried sweetly in your yellow hair
I feel you Johanna
And one day I'll steal you
Till I'm with you then I'm with you there
[Toby]
Ladies and gentlemen
May I have your attention,please?
Are your nostrils aquiver and tingling as well as that
delicate, lushious, ambrosial smell?
yes,they are,I can tell
Well,ladies and gentlemen
that aroma enriching the breeze,
is like something compared to its succulent source
as the gourmets among you will tell you,of course.
Ladies and gentlemen you can't imagine the rapture in
store,
just inside of this door!
There,you'll sample Mrs.Lovett's meat pies.savory and
sweet pies,as you'll see.
You who eat pies Mrs. Lovetts meat pies conjure up the
treat pies used to be!
[Customers]
Over here,boy.How about some ale?
Let me have another,laddie!
Could we have some service,waiter?
could we have some service?
What About that pie boy?
[Toby]
Ladies and gentlemen-
[Lovett]
Toby!
[Toby]
Coming,excuse me
[Lovett]
Ale there!
[Toby]
Right,Ma'am!
[Lovett]
Quick,Now!
[Customers]
God Thats Good!
[Lovett]
Nice to see you,dearie.how have you been keeping?Cor,me
bones is weary!
Toby!One for the gentlemen.
Hear the birdies cheeping
Helps to keep it cheery
Toby!Throw the old woman out!!
[Customers]
God,Thats good!
[Lovett]
What's your pleasure,dearie?
No,we don't cut slices.
Cor,me eyes is bleary!
Toby!none for the gentlemen!
I could up me prices.I'm a little leery.
Business couldn't be better,though.
[Customers]
God Thats Good!
[Lovett]
knock on wood
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
Excuse me
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
Dear,See to the customers.
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
Yes,What,Love?Quick,though,the trade is brisk.
[Sweeney Todd]
But it's six 'o' clock
[Lovett]
So it's six 'o' clock?
[Sweeney Todd]
it was due to avrive at a quarter and it's six 'o'
clock!
[Lovett]
...And it's probably already down the block!It'll be
here!It'll be here!
[Sweeney Todd]
I've been Waiting all day!
It should have here by now!
[Customers]
More hot Pies!
[Lovett]
Will you wait there coolly?
[Sweeney Todd]
You'll come back when it comes?
[Lovett]
....'Cause my customers truly,are getting unruly and--
What's your pleasure,dearie?
whoops!I beg Your Pardon!
just me hands is smeary.
Toby!Run for the gentlemen!
Don't You love the garden?Always makes me teary.Must be
one of them foreiners.
[Customers]
God,That's good,That is delicious!
[Lovett]
What's my secret?Frankly,dear,forgive my Candor.Family
Secret,All to do with herbs.
Things like being careful with your coriander.Thats
what makes the gravy grander.
[Customers]
More hot pies!more hot!more pies!
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
excuse me.
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
Dear,see to the customers.
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
Yes,what,love?Quick,though,the trade is brisk.
[Sweeney Todd]
It's here!
[Lovett]
It's where?
[Sweeney Todd]
Coming up the stair.
[Lovett]
I'll get rid of this lot as they're still pretty hot
and then I'll be there!
[Sweeney Todd]
It's about to be opened or don't you care?
[Lovett]
I'll be there!I'll be there! but They'll never be sold
if they get cold.
[Sweeney Todd]
But we have to prepare!
[Lovett]
Incidentally,dearie.You know Mrs.Mooney.Salles have
been so dreary
Toby!Poor thing is penniless.What about that
loony.lookin' sort of beery.
Oh Well,got her come-uppance and that'll be
thruppence
[Customers]
.God,Thats good.that is "de". have you "licious" ever
tasted smell such
Oh my god what more,that's pies good!
[Sweeney Todd/Lovett]
Oo-oo-oo.Oo-oo-oo.
Is that a chair fit for a king?A wonderous,neat,and
most particular chair?
[Lovett]
It's gorgeous!It's Gorgeous!
[Sweeney Todd]
You tell me where is there a seat can half compare with
this Particular thing!
[Lovett]
It's Perfect!It's Gorgeous!
[Sweeney Todd]
I have a few minor adjustments to make.
[Lovett]
You make your few minor adjustments.
[Sweeney Todd]
they'll take a moment I'll call you.
[Lovett]
You take your time I'll go see to the Customers.
[Sweeney Todd]
I have Another Friend!
[Toby]
Is that a pie fit for a king?such wonderous Sweet and
most particular thing?
[Lovett]
Its gorgeous!It's Gorgeous!
[Toby]
You see,Ma'am,why there is no meat pie can compeat with
delectable pie.
[Lovett]
Its Perfect!It's Gorgeous!
[Toby]
The crust all velvety and wavy.
[Lovett]
The crust all velvety and wavy.
[Toby]
That Glaze,Those Crimps.
[Lovett]
That Glaze,Those Crimps
[Toby]
.And then the Thick,Succulent gravy..
[Lovett]
And then the Thick,Succulent gravy.
[Sweeney Todd]
And Now to test...This best Of Barber chairs.
[Toby]
One whiff,One glimpse.
[Lovett]
So rich,so thick,it makes you sick.
[Toby]
so tender that you surrender
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
Excuse me
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
Dear see to the customers
[Sweeney Todd]
Psst!
[Lovett]
All set love?
[Sweeney Todd]
Quick now!
[Lovett]
Me hearts a flutter!
[Sweeney Todd]
When I pound the floor....
[Lovett]
....When you pound the floor...
[Sweeney Todd]
...its the signal to show that i'm ready to go
[Lovett]
yes,you told me before.You'll be ready to go when you
pound the floor.
will you trust me?!will you trust me?!
[Sweeney Todd]
I just want to be sure.When I'm certain your in place
i'll pound three times.
Three times.And then You....?
[Lovett] *Clang!Clang!*
Three Times!
[Lovett] *Clang!Clang!Clang!*
If You-!
[Lovett] *Clang!Clang!Clang!*
Exactly!
[Customers]
More hot pies!
[Lovett]
God!
[Customers]
More hot more pies!
[Lovett]
Right!
[Customers]
More!
[Lovett]
Wait!!!
[Lovett] *ClangClangClang*
[Sweeney Todd] *ClangClangClang*
[Customers]
More hot pies!
More hot more pies!
More Hot Pies!!
[Lovett/*Toby]
eat them slow and feel the crust how thin
I/*she rolled it.eat them slow 'cause every one's a
prize.eat them slow 'cause
thats the lot and now we sold it.come again tomorow!
[Lovett]
Hold It!
[Customers]
More hot pies!
[Lovett]
bless my eyes!
Fresh Supplies!
How about it,dearie?
[Toby]
is that a pie fit for a king...
[Lovett]
be here in a twinkling!
[Toby]
A wonderous Sweet...
[Lovett]
Just confirms my theory
[Toby]
...and Most delectable thing?
[Lovett]
Toby!God watches over us.Didn't have an
inkling.Positivly eerie.
[Toby]
you see why there's no meat pie--
[Lovett]
Toby!Throw the old woman out!
[Customers]
God thats good.that is "de".
have you "licious" ever tasted smell such Oh my god
(spoken)
Anthony: Mr. Todd you have to help me!
out.
Anthony: Mr.Todd please!
Anthony: Mr. Todd?!
OUT!!!
Mrs. Lovett: What's all this running and shouting about, what's happened?
I had him.
Mrs. Lovett: i saw the judge and the boy and they both were running down the stairs.
I had him!
His throat was there beneath my hand.
Mrs.Lovett: There, there dear calm down. (spoken)
No, I had him!
His throat was there and now he'll never come again.
Mrs. Lovett: Easy now, hush love hush
I keep telling you, Whats your rush?
Todd: When? Why did I wait?
You told me to wait -
Now he'll never come again.
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And it's filled with people who are filled with shit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it.
But not for long...
They all deserve to die.
Even you, Mrs.Lovett, Even I
Because in all of the whole human race
Mrs. Lovett, there are two kinds of men and only two
There's the one staying put in his proper place
And the one with his foot in the other one's face
Look at me, Mrs Lovett, look at you.
No, we all deserve to die
Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why.
Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief
For the rest of us death will be a relief
We all deserve to die.
And I'll never see Johanna
No I'll never hug my girl to me - finished!
Alright! You sir, how about a shave?
Come and visit your good friend Sweeney.
You sir, too sir? Welcome to the grave.
I will have vengeance.
I will have salvation.
Who sir, you sir?
No ones in the chair, Come on! Come on!
Sweeney's. waiting. I want you bleeders.
You sir! Anybody!
Gentlemen now don't be shy!
Not one man, no, nor ten men.
Nor a hundred can assuage me.
I will have you!
And I will get him back even as he gloats
In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable
throats.
And my Lucy lies in ashes
And I'll never see my girl again.
But the work waits!
I'm alive at last!
MRS. LOVETT:
Seems a downright shame...
TODD: Shame?
LOVETT:
Seems an awful waste...
Such a nice, plump frame
Wot's 'is name has...
Had...
Has!
Nor it can't be traced...
Bus'ness needs a lift,
Debts to be erased...
Think of it as thrift,
As a gift,
If you get my drift!
Seems an awful waste...
I mean, with the price of meat
What it is,
When you get it,
If you get it...
TODD: HAH!
LOVETT:
Good, you got it!
Take, for instance, Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop!
Bus'ness never better using only pussycats and toast!
And a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most!
And I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste!
[Simultaneously]
TODD:
Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion
LOVETT:
Well, it does seem a waste...
TODD:
Eminently practical
And yet appropriate as always!
LOVETT:
It's an idea...
TODD:
Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived
Without you all these years, I'll never know!
How delectable!
Also undetectable!
LOVETT:
Think about it!
Lots of other gentlemen'll
Soon be comin' for a shave,
Won't they?
Think of
All them
Pies!
TODD:
How choice!
Rare!
TODD:
For what's the sound of the world out there?
LOVETT:
What, Mr. Todd?
What, Mr. Todd?
What is that sound?
TODD:
Those crunching noises pervading the air!
LOVETT:
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, all around!
TODD:
It's man devouring man, my dear!
BOTH:
And [LOVETT: Then] who are we to deny it in here?
TODD: (spoken) These are desperate times,
Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for!
LOVETT: Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven!
TODD: What is that?
LOVETT:
It's priest. Have a little priest.
TODD:
Is it really good?
LOVETT:
Sir, it's too good, at least!
Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh,
So it's pretty fresh.
TODD:
Awful lot of fat.
LOVETT:
Only where it sat.
TODD:
Haven't you got poet, or something like that?
LOVETT:
No, y'see, the trouble with poet is
'Ow do you know it's deceased?
Try the priest!
TODD: (spoken) Heavenly!
Not as hearty as bishop, perhaps,
but then again, not as bland as curate, either!
LOVETT:
And good for business, too -- always leaves you wantin'
more!
Trouble is, we only get it on Sundays!
Lawyer's rather nice.
TODD:
If it's for a price.
LOVETT:
Order something else, though, to follow,
Since no one should swallow it twice!
TODD:
Anything that's lean.
LOVETT:
Well, then, if you're British and loyal,
You might enjoy Royal Marine!
Anyway, it's clean.
Though of course, it tastes of wherever it's been!
TODD:
Is that squire,
On the fire?
LOVETT:
Mercy no, sir, look closer,
You'll notice it's grocer!
TODD:
Looks thicker,
More like vicar!
LOVETT:
No, it has to be grocer --
It's green!
TODD:
The history of the world, my love --
LOVETT:
Save a lot of graves,
Do a lot of relatives favors!
TODD:
Is those below serving those up above!
LOVETT:
Ev'rybody shaves,
So there should be plenty of flavors!
TODD:
How gratifying for once to know
BOTH:
That those above will serve those down below!
LOVETT: (spoken) Now let's see, here... We've got
tinker.
TODD: Something... pinker.
LOVETT: Tailor?
TODD: Paler.
LOVETT: Butler?
TODD: Subtler.
LOVETT: Potter?
TODD: Hotter.
LOVETT: Locksmith?
Lovely bit of clerk.
TODD:
Maybe for a lark.
LOVETT:
Then again there's sweep
If you want it cheap
And you like it dark!
Try the financier,
Peak of his career!
TODD:
That looks pretty rank.
LOVETT:
Well, he drank,
It's a bank
Cashier.
Never really sold.
Maybe it was old.
TODD:
Have you any Beadle?
LOVETT:
Next week, so I'm told!
Beadle isn't bad till you smell it and
Notice 'ow well it's been greased...
Stick to priest!
(spoken) Now then, this might be a little bit stringy,
but then of course it's... fiddle player!
TODD: No, this isn't fiddle player -- it's piccolo
player!
LOVETT: 'Ow can you tell?
TODD: It's piping hot!
LOVETT: Then blow on it first!
TODD:
The history of the world, my sweet --
LOVETT:
Oh, Mr. Todd,
Ooh, Mr. Todd,
What does it tell?
TODD:
Is who gets eaten, and who gets to eat!
LOVETT:
And, Mr. Todd,
Too, Mr. Todd,
Who gets to sell!
TODD:
But fortunately, it's also clear
BOTH:
That [L: But] ev'rybody goes down well with beer!
LOVETT: (spoken)
Since marine doesn't appeal to you, 'ow about... rear
admiral?
TODD: Too salty. I prefer general.
LOVETT: With, or without his privates? "With" is extra.
TODD: What is that?
LOVETT:
It's fop.
Finest in the shop.
And we have some shepherd's pie peppered
With actual shepherd on top!
And I've just begun --
Here's the politician, so oily
It's served with a doily,
Have one!
TODD:
Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know if it's going to run!
LOVETT:
Try the friar,
Fried, it's drier!
TODD:
No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy!
LOVETT:
Then actor,
That's compacter!
TODD:
Yes, and always arrives overdone!
I'll come again when you have JUDGE on the menu!
LOVETT: (spoken) Wait! True, we don't have judge yet,
but we've got something you might fancy even better.
TODD: What's that?
LOVETT: Executioner!
TODD:
Have charity towards the world, my pet!
LOVETT:
Yes, yes, I know, my love!
TODD:
We'll take the customers that we can get!
LOVETT:
High-born and low, my love!
TODD:
We'll not discriminate great from small!
No, we'll serve anyone,
Meaning anyone,
BOTH:
And to anyone
TODD:
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it
And it's morals aren't worth what a pig could spit
And it goes by the name of London...
There was a barber and his wife,
And she was beautiful.
A foolish barber and his wife.
She was his reason and his life,
And she was beautiful,
And she was virtuous,
And he was... naive.
There was another man who saw
That she was beautiful.
A pious vulture of the law,
Who, with a gesture of his claw,
Removed the barber from his plate,
Then there was nothing but to wait,
And she would fall,
So soft,
So young,
So lost
And oh so beautiful!
ANTHONY: And the lady, sir, did she succumb?
TODD:
Oh, that was many years ago...
I doubt if anyone would know...
[dialogue]
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And it's filled with people who are filled with shit
MRS. LOVETT:
(she kisses Todd)
Ooh, Mr. Todd! (kiss)
I'm so happy! (kiss)
I could (kiss)
Eat you up, I really could!
You know what I'd like to do, Mr. Todd? (kiss)
What I dream (kiss)
If the business stays as good?
Where I'd really like to go,
In a year or so?
Don't you want to know?
TODD: (spoken) Yes, yes, of course.
LOVETT: Do you really want to know?
TODD: (spoken) Yes, I do, I do.
LOVETT: (spoken) I've always had this dream...
Ever since I was a skinny little slip of a thing and my
rich Aunt
Nettie used to take me down to the seaside August Bank
Holiday...
The pier... Makin' little castles in the sand...
Ooh, I can still feel me toes wigglin' around in the
briney!
By the sea, Mr. Todd, that's the life I covet,
By the sea, Mr. Todd, ooh, I know you'd love it!
You and me, Mr. T, we could be alone
In a house wot we'd almost own,
Down by the sea!
Wouldn't that be smashing?
TODD: Anything you say...
LOVETT:
With the sea at our gate, we'll have kippered herring
Wot have swum to us straight from the Straits of
Bering!
Ev'ry night, in the kip, when we're through our
kippers,
I'll be there slippin' off your slippers!
By the sea,
With the fishies splashing!
By the sea!
Wouldn't that be smashing?
TODD: Anything you say, anything you say...
LOVETT:
I can hear us wakin,'
The breakers breakin,'
The seagulls squawkin,'
'Hoo, hoo!'
I do me bakin,'
Then I go walkin'
With you-hoo!
Yoo-hoo!
I'll warm me bones on the esplanade,
Have tea and scones with me gay young blade,
Then I'll knit a sweater
While you write a letter
Unless we've got better to do-hoo!
TODD: Anything you say...
LOVETT:
Think how snug it'll be underneath our flannel
When it's just you and me and the English Channel!
In our cozy retreat kept all neat and tidy,
We'll have chums over ev'ry Friday!
By the sea!
Don'tcha love the weather?
By the sea!
We'll grow old together!
By the seaside,
Hoo, hoo!
By the beautiful sea!
(spoken)
Oh, I can see us now, in our bathing dresses!
You in a nice, rich navy, and me... stripes, perhaps.
It'll be so quiet,
That who'll come by it,
Except a seagull
Hoo, hoo!
We shouldn't try it,
Though, 'til it's legal for two-hoo!
But a seaside wedding could be devised,
Me rumpled bedding legitimized!
Me eyelids'll flutter,
I'll turn into butter,
The moment I mutter I do-hoo!
By the sea, in our nest, we could share our kippers
With the odd payin' guest from the weekend trippers,
Have a nice sunny suite for the guest to rest in,
Now and then, you could do the guest in!
By the sea,
Married nice and proper!
By the sea,
Bring along your chopper!
To the seaside,
Hoo, hoo!
MRS. LOVETT:
Easy now,
Hush, love, hush,
Don't distress yourself,
What's your rush?
Keep your thoughts
Nice and lush,
Wait.
Hush, love, hush,
Think it through.
Once it bubbles, then
What's to do?
Watch it close.
Let it brew.
Wait.
I've been thinkin' flowers,
Maybe daisies,
To brighten up the room!
Don't you think some flowers,
Pretty daisies,
Might relieve the gloom?
Ah, wait,
Love, wait.
TODD: (spoken) And the judge? When will I get to him?
LOVETT:
Can't you think of nothin' else?
Always broodin' away on your wrongs
what happened heaven knows how many years ago!
Slow, love, slow.
Time's so fast.
Now goes quickly, see
Now it's past!
Soon will come,
Soon will last.
Wait.
Don't you know,
Silly man?
Half the fun is to
Plan the plan!
All good things
Come to those who can
Wait.
Gillyflowers, maybe,
'Stead of daisies...
I dunno though...
MRS. LOVETT:
A customer!
Wait! What's your rush? What's your hurry?
You gave me such a -- Fright, I thought you was a
ghost!
Half a minute, can'tcher sit! Sit you down, sit!
All I meant is that I haven't seen a customer for
weeks!
Did you come here for a pie, sir?
Do forgive me if me head's a little vague--
(Ugh! What is that?) But you think we had the plague!
From the way that people, keep avoiding--
(No you don't!) Heaven knows I try, sir! But there's no
one comes in even to inhale!
Right you are, sir, would you like a drop of ale?
Mind you, I can't hardly blame them
These are probably the worst pies in London!
I know why nobody cares to take them,
I should know, I make them,
But good? No!
The worst pies in London,
Even that's polite!
The worst pies in London,
If you doubt it, take a bite!
Is that just disgusting?
You have to concede it!
It's nothing but crusting!
Here, drink this, you'll need it!
The worst pies in London...
And no wonder with the price of meat
What it is -- when you get it
Never -- Thought I'd live to see the day
Men'd think it was a treat
Findin' poor -- animals
Wot are dyin' in the street!
Mrs. Mooney has a pie shop!
Does her business but I notice something weird.
Lately all her neighbors' cats have disappeared!
Have to hand it to her --
Wot I calls, "enterprise"!
Poppin' pussies into pies!
Wouldn't do in my shop!
Just the thought of it's enough to make you sick!
And I'm tellin' you, them pussycats is quick...!
No denying times is hard, sir
Even harder than the worst pies in London!
Only lard and nothing more --
Is that just revolting,
All greasy and gritty?
It looks like it's molting,
And tastes like...
Well, pity
A woman alone,
With limited wind,
And the worst pies in London!
Ah, sir, times is hard,
Pirelli:
I~~~~! Am Adolfo Pirelli,
The King of da Barbers, da barber of kings-!
Eh, buongiorno, good day!
I blow you a kiss~!
--AND I~~~!!! The so-famous Pirelli, I wish-a to know-a
Who has-a da nerve-a to SAY--!
--My elixir is “PISS!?” WHO SAYS THIS.
Sweeney:
I do.
I’m Mr. Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street. I have opened a
bottle of Pirelli’s Elixir, and I say to you, that is
nothing but an arrant fraud — concocted from piss and
ink.
Furthermore, signor – I have serviced no kings, yet
I’ll wager that I can shave a cheek with ten times more
dexterity, than any street mountebank.
Pirelli:
You HEAR this foolish man. Now PLEASE, you will see,
how he will-a REGRET-a HIS-a FOLLY!
Sweeney:
Who’s for a free shave?
(crowd cheers)
Sweeney:
…Will Beadle Bamford be the judge?
Beadle:
GLAD as ALWAYS to oblige my FRIENDS and NEIGHBOURS…
--The fastest, SMOOTHEST shave, is the WINNER!
(whistle blows)
Now, signorini, signori, we mix-a da lather
But first you gather around --
Signorini, signori, you looking a man
Who have had-a da glory to shave-a da Pope!
“Mister Sweeney-Whoever”, I beg-a your pardon You’ll
probably say it was only a cardinal—NOPE!
It was-a da POPE!
To shave-a da face, to cut-a da hair
Require a grace, require da flair;
For if-a you slip, you nick da skin,
You clip-a da chin, you rip-a da lip, a bit
Beyond-a repair!
To shave-a da face, or even a part
Without da smart, require the HEART~~
Not just-a da FLASH; it take-a PANACHE
It take-a da passion for da art!
To shave-a da face, to trim-a da beard
To make-a da BRISTLE, clean like a WHISTLE
This is from early infancy, the talent give to ME~ by
GOD…!
It take-a da skill! It take-a da BRAINS!
It take-a da WILL, to take-a da PAINS--!
It take-a da pace, it take-a da
GRA~~~~~~~~~~~~CE!!!!!
Beadle:
Pretty women
Fascinating...
Sipping coffee,
Dancing... pretty women
Pretty women
Are a wonder.
Pretty women!
Sitting in the window or
Standing on the stair
Something in them cheers the air.
Pretty women
Silhouetted...
Stay within you,
Glancing... stay forever,
Breathing lightly...
Pretty women,
Pretty women!
Blowing out their candles or
Combing out their hair,
Even when they leave
They still are there.
They're there
Ah! Pretty women, at their mirrors,
In their gardens,
Letter-writing,
Flower-picking,
Weather-watching.
How they make a man sing!
Proof of heaven as you're living,
Pretty women! Yes, pretty women!
Here's to pretty women,
Pretty women,
Pretty women,
Sweeney:
You got room over the shop, don't you? Times is so
hard, why don't you rent it out?
Mrs. Lovett:
People think its haunted.
Sweeney:
...Haunted?
Mrs. Lovett:
Yeah. And who's to say they're wrong? You see, years
ago, something happened up there. Something not very
nice...
There was a barber and his wife
And he was beautiful
A proper artist with a knife
But they transported him for life
And he was beautiful...
Barker, his name was. Benjamin Barker.
Sweeney:
...What was his crime?
Mrs. Lovett:
Foolishness.
He had this wife, you see
Pretty little thing, silly little nit
Had her chance for the moon on a string
Poor thing! Poor thing...
There was this judge, you see
Wanted her like mad
Everyday he'd send her a flower
But did she come down from her tower?
Sat up there and sobbed by the hour
Poor fool.
Ah but there was worse yet to come, poor thing...
The Beadle calls on her, all polite
Poor thing, poor thing
"The Judge," he tells her, "is all contrite, "He blames
himself for her dreadful plight, "She MUST come come
straight to his house tonight!" Poor thing, poor thing!
(Ball music)
Of course when she goes there, poor thing, poor thing!
They're having this ball all in masks
There's no one she knows there, poor dear, poor thing
She wanders tormented and DRINKS, poor thing!
'The Judge has repented,' she thinks, poor thing "Oh
where is Judge Turpin?" she asks... ...He was there
alright! Only NOT so contrite!
She wasn't no match for such craft, you see
And everyone thought it's so droll!
They figured she had to be daft, you see
So all of them stood there and LAUGHED, you see
Poor soul! Poor thing!
Sweeney:
--NOOO!! Would NO ONE have mercy on her?!
Mrs. Lovett:
So it IS you! Benjamin Barker!
Sweeney:
NO! Not "Barker" -- That man is dead. It's "Todd" now,
Johanna:
Green finch and linnet bird, nightingale, blackbird,
How is it you sing?
How can you jubilate sitting in cages
never taking wing?
Outside the sky waits, beckoning! Beckoning!
Just beyond the bars...
How can you remain staring at the rain
maddened by the stars?
How is it you sing, anything?
How is it you sing?
(music) My cage has many rooms, damask and dark...
Nothing there sings, not even my lark.
Larks never will, you know, when they're captive.
Teach me to be more adaptive.
Ah...
Green finch and linnet bird, nightingale, blackbird,
teach me how to sing.
If I cannot fly...
Oye como estas
que tal te va,
te ves muy bien desde el día aquel
en que te fuiste, mi vida heriste
como una estrella fugaz
desapareciste
ni una nota escribiste
solo dime un porque.
Dime.
Si estabas cansada o enojada
o de mi cara fastidiada
de dormir en la misma habitación
si te daba alergia mi colchón
del tibio sol de mi ventana
no sé si estabas agobiada
o de la luna mas plateada
que estando llena te regalaba.
Sin saber...
Que en otros brazos ibas a caer
tranquila que yo se perder.
Pero dime,
si te conoce igual que yo
y si te dio su corazón
solo en un beso.
Anda y dime
si de verdad te enseñó a amar
si valoraba tu mirar
al menos al hablar.
Es que aún no lo entiendo
no lo comprendo
por qué lo hiciste si yo te di
todo el amor que me pedías
y por qué negarlo,
si te di mi vida
te entregué mi alma
y ahora dime un porque.
Dime...
Si fue el tibio sol de mi ventana
por el que estabas agobiada...
Sólo dime
si te hizo parte de su vida
que por lo visto te causó
mas de mil heridas,
me lo dicen
esas lágrimas que hoy me miran
que ahora sienten el error
que cometiste un día.
Cada vez que toco mi guitarra
sólo pienso en ti
y gota a gota lágrimas se desgarran
sin querer.
Una a una
lamenta tu partida
porque no saben
que es olvidarte.
Sólo tienen la esperanza
de que un día volverás,
y de que aquellos
pocos recuerdos
reaparezcan.
No sabes cuanto extrañan
esa forma de acariciar
hasta el aroma de tu piel,
y ya aburridas están
De tanto que les digo
cuanto te necesito,
como el cielo a las estrellas,
como al sol una mañana bella.
Te necesito,
te necesito,
como el viento a la mar,
como un planeta al espacio sideral,
así te necesito.
Si te dijera que no me haces falta
te mentiría,
y cada vez que escucho estas palabras
me invade la melancolía,
ya ni mi almohada aguanta
este delirio
mis paredes no me soportan
y ya mis lágrimas cansadas están
De tanto que les digo...
De tanto que les digo...
Tú llegaste
en el momento justo a mi vida
para salvarme de este dolor
que ahogaba en llanto
a mi alma herida.
Y poco a poco
consolabas mis sentimientos,
ahuyentando mis tormentos
haciéndome olvidar mi sufrimiento.
Y me pregunto si es normal
lo que siento por ti
creo que es confusión
pero te juro que en otro mundo
me haces sentir... La verdad...
Es que en tus ojos
me pierdo de repente
y en tus cabellos
me enredo suavemente
y quiero saber.
Sinceramente,
dime tú que me paso contigo
llegaste para darme ese abrigo
y tu mirada me cautivó, me ilusionó
Y ahora que las ganas
invaden nuestros corazones
te contagió el miedo de temores
pero pregúntale al tiempo
si te haré feliz
y de seguro te dirá que sí.
Tú llegaste
cuando mas te necesitaba,
como caída desde el cielo
convirtiéndote en mi anhelo.
Y poco a poco
en mi vida te convertías
mis lágrimas desaparecían
no sé ni como lo hacías.
Y me pregunto si es normal...
...Sinceramente
Por qué será
que a veces el destino
juega conmigo.
No se apiada de mi
y ni siquiera se molesta
en mostrarme un camino.
No le encuentro explicación
no tiene razón
la forma en que transformas mi temor
en ilusión.
Y hasta la tentación
se ha burlado de mi
y atormenta mis sentidos,
y sin saber desconcerta mi pensar
y me pone a delirar,
y las emociones
incitan a las ganas,
me engañan, me traicionan,
me hacen sentir
pero es que no puede ocurrir.
Que a veces te extrañe
sin darme cuenta,
que a veces te piense
mas de la cuenta.
No lo puedo evitar
es un pecado mortal,
es que debe haber otra
ocupando ese lugar.
Es como tener sueño
sin poder dormir,
el cielo mas nublado
con ganas de estrellas,
es como ver un ave en libertad
sin poder volar.
La luna mas plateada
sin su resplandor,
es como ver el sol
sin que te de calor,
es el tenerte cerca
mirando tus ojos
sin poder decir...
Por que será
que te miro entre la gente
aunque siempre estas ausente.
Y esta agonía
De no tenerte me consume
cuando mi mente te presume.
Y que puedo hacer
olvidar esto que siento,
para salir de este tormento
que agobia mis pensamientos.
Pero es que a veces
te extraño sin darme cuenta...
...sin poder decir
ni una sola palabra.
Que extraño es ver
cuando tus ojos brillan
parecen destellos de luz
que nunca terminan.
Disfruto al ver
tu pelo al viento
será el negro de tus cabellos
que causan mi tormento.
O es el blanco de tu piel
o el danzar de tus caderas
o el giro tus manos
que cada noche me envenena.
O es el sonar de tus pies
que ablandan las maderas
así como a mi corazón
lo derrites y condenas.
Tal vez es un hechizo,
quizás es un maleficio
que cada vez que lo siento,
me envenena.
Es un peligro mortal
el fijo de tus ojos al mirar
que me hace morir de ganas,
mujer gitana.
Quizás es el sonar
de tus palmas
que me hipnotiza
y a mi mundo hace trizas.
O es el sonar de las guitarras
que me hacen delirar
y con mi vida va a acabar.
O es el blanco de tu piel...
Tal vez es un hechizo...
Como sombra desnuda
apareciste ante mi,
me enamoraste, me cautivaste,
sin querer me rendí ante ti.
No sé en que momento
te empecé a querer,
pero hay algo cierto
de lo que estoy seguro,
no puedo vivir sin ti.
Sólo te pido un poco de amor,
un poco de atención,
si te pido mucho me iré
si es nada acéptame,
solo te pido un poco de amor.
Pasaran los años
y estaremos así
siempre juntos
siempre amantes,
nuestro amor no tendrá fin.
Solo te pido un poco de amor...
Que lindo sería
viajar por el mundo a tu lado,
de sólo pensarlo me pongo atontao'.
Montarnos en un avión
y llegar a la torre Eiffel,
es un sueño frustrado
que contigo quisiera hacer.
Caminar de la mano
y recorrer la 5ta Avenida,
aunque no tenga
ni pa' pagar mis deudas vencidas.
Y es que eso marca
la diferencia entre tú y yo
porque aunque vistas de seda
yo visto un pedazo de algodón.
Y no me importa,
porque yo puedo
llevarte al infinito,
donde todo es mas bonito.
Y en una nube
pasear por todos sus rincones,
unir nuestros corazones
y sin temor
de que la cuenta llegará.
Pasear por Venecia
en una góndola de cristal
me gustaría tanto
aunque no pase en la vida real.
Llevarte a La Habana
y tomarnos un buen mojito
sería de lo mejor
aunque un tanto exquisito.
Ir a Colombia,
a las playas de Cartagena,
a un carnaval de Río
y la cosa se pone buena,
pero dejaré
de soñar por un momento
porque aunque vistas de seda
yo visto un pedazo de algodón.
Y no me importa...
Y no me importa...
...y en una nube
juro al infinito llegará,
segura en mis brazos llegará,
llegará...
When I was a boy
You know my momma would say to me
The world's a mystery of darkness and light
When I was a kid
I was sent off to inner space
To escape the evil place, I was livin' in
Well, well
When I was alone
I would close my eyes at night
Filled with imaginary light, with the moon and stars
Yeah, yeah
But I remember
Livin' in the street
And then my heart just drifts away, into the night
Well, well, well
In the sky, in the sky, in the sky, in the sky
They got the planes and satellites
Yeah, airplanes and satellites
Whoa, whoa
In the sky, in the sky, in the sky, in the sky
They got the planes and satellites
Yeah, airplanes and satellites
Whoa, whoa
You know my momma said, boy
She said, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby boy
You're the one that's safe?
You know that evil ain't goin' away
It ain't goin' away, no, no
But I look up in the sky, yeah yeah
It ain't flooded with the stars
Pretty lights are flying across
Shinin' on me yeah yeah
In the sky, in the sky, in the sky, in the sky
They got the planes and satellites
Yeah, airplanes and satellites
Whoa, whoa
In the sky, in the sky, in the sky, in the sky
They got the planes and satellites
Yeah, airplanes and satellites
Whoa, whoa
When I was a boy
I remember livin' in the streets
I didn't have enough to eat
It was a misery, yeah
But I could wake up
And look up in the sky
Hoping that God's light
Would shine on me, yeah yeah
In the sky, in the sky, in the sky, in the sky
They got the planes and satellites
Yeah, airplanes and satellites
Whoa, whoa
In the sky, in the sky, in the sky, in the sky
They got the planes and satellites
Yeah, airplanes and satellites
Newspapers lying by the door
I don't miss you anymore
I took the elevator down from the thirteenth floor
And you ain't thinking about me
I read a paper, I played the old Strats
I spent eighteen dollars at the local laundromat
And northbound train rolled over my very best hat
And you ain't thinking about me
No, you ain't thinking about me, anymore
Ground started to shake and the light turned to black
I lost one hundred dollars at the dog track
And some long-legged madonna keeps calling me Shadrak
And you ain't thinkin' about me
The sky is heavy and the road is wet
It glistens in the night like a lit cigarette
I got a dollar in my pocket and how much you wanna bet
That you ain't thinking about me
No, you ain't thinking about me anymore
Since you been gone, I just haven't been the same
You had to leave because you said you never came
Well, there's good times and bad times
And something in between
And for a while you were the best thing that I had ever seen
And then one day, don't know why, you up and turned mean
And you ain't thinking about me
I wish I had a headache, I wish I had a flu
Or somebody or something else or something else to do
Because the last thing I wanted to be is thinking about you
When you ain't thinking about me
No, you ain't thinking about me anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore
You ain't thinking about me
I ain't thinking about you
You ain't thinking about me
You ain't thinking about me
I ain't thinking about you
You ain't thinking about me
You ain't thinking about me
I ain't thinking about you
You ain't thinking about me
You ain't thinking about me
I ain't thinking about you
You ain't thinking about me
You ain't thinking about me
I ain't thinking about you
Well, the truth, well, it hurts to say
I'm gonna pack up my bags and I'm gonna go away
I'm gonna split, I can't stand it
I'm gonna give it up and quit and ain't never coming back
Yeah, but before I get to going, I've got to say
I know you used to love me but that was yesterday
And the truth, I won't fight it
When the love starts burning, you got to do what's right
Woh oh, lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good, no more
Woh oh, woh oh, lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good no more
Well, the truth, yeah, it hurts to say
I'm gonna pack up my bags and I'm gonna go away
I'm gonna split, I can't stand it
I'm gonna give it up and quit and ain't never coming back
Yeah, but before I get to going, I've got to say
I know you used to love me but that was yesterday
And the truth, I won't fight it
When the love starts burning, you got to do what's right
But before I get to going, I've got to say
There was a time, oh woman, when you used to shake it for me
But now, all you do is just treat me cold
Ain't gonna take it no more, gonna walk out the door
Woh oh, lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good, no more
No good, no more, more, more, more
Lover, lover, lover, you don't treat me good, no more
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I went to your mama's almost every night
And I'm hurting so bad 'cos you don't treat me right
O woman, o woman, you know I love you so
But you're so mean to me, baby, I'm walking out the door
Oh lover, oh lover, yeah, yeah
Woh oh, woh oh, lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good no more
I know you used to love me in every way
But now, I'm giving it up, I'm tired of crying, my babe
I can't stand it no longer, it hurts me to say
But, I'm packing up my bags and going far away
O lover, yeah, yeah
Woh oh, woh oh, lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good, no more
No, no, no, no
Lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good no more
(You don't treat me good no more)
Lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good no more
(You don't treat me good no more)
Lover, lover, lover
You don't treat me no good no more
(You don't treat me good no more)
Lover, lover, lover
Phillips Chynna
Miscellaneous
I Live For You
CHORUS(INTRO)
You touch my hand
I live for you
Because you eyes they understan
I live for you
Come to me
Lay your body down
I won't deny you anything
Look at me
I feel so different now
You're the one I cry to
You're all around me
I breathe you in like air
Your arms have found me
Like waves that find the sand
And baby I'll be there...
CHORUS:
You touch my hand
I live for you
Because your eyes they understand
I live for you
In my life
You come through
I live for, I live for...
I live for you
Walk with me
The future's in the wind
Though the road is winding
I'll be near
Talk to me
Tell me all your fears
I'm the one you cry to
You call me lover
And tell me I'm your life
i won't run for cover
I've shown you who I am
And in the darkest night
(REPEAT CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
In your arms I come alive
In my life
I am free
No one could ever understand
What you do to me
(REPEAT CHORUS)
You hear my soul
So deep in you
Nobody knows the things you
know
I live for you
In my life
You come through
I live for, I live for...
OH SYLVIA
DARLIN' YOU GOTTA PLEASE WAKE UP
WE'RE TAKING WATER ON THE BOAT
AND ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA
GOT THEIR GUNS LINED UP ON YOU AND ME
SHE SAID OH YOU BETTER ROW
ROLL DOWN THE RIVER OUT TO THE SEA
DON'T GO WITHOUT ME
TAKING CARE OF YOU AND ME
OH SYLVIA
FIRE ON THE STOVE AND WATER IN THE CUP
SOME TIMES IT FEELS LIKE DYING STANDING UP
FOR ALL THE TIME WITH ME
DARLIN' YOU GOT MY SYMPATHY
DON'T EVER GO
ROLL DOWN THE RIVER OUT TO THE SEA
DON'T GO WITHOUT ME
TAKING CARE OF YOU AND ME
ROLL DOWN THE RIVER OUT TO THE SEA
NO BETTER PLACE FOR YOU AND ME
TAKING CARE OF YOU AND ME
ROLL DOWN THE RIVER OUT TO THE SEA
DON'T GO WITHOUT ME
OH CLARA, CLARA, CLARA
DON'T YOU DO ME WRONG
I AM COMING HOME AGAIN
LIKE I WAS NEVER GONE
LIKE I NEVER BEEN GONE
OH CLARA
THERE'S SOMETHING GOIN' WRONG
THERE'S OLD BONES KNOCKIN'
UNDER MY BED'S FLOOR
I WONDER WHO
I WONDER WHO
SLEPT THERE
SLEPT THERE BEFORE ME
BEFORE ME
NO PEACE
NO PEACE FOR ME
AIN'T NO TRANQUILITY
OLD BONES WON'T LET ME BE
RADIATOR CREAKS AND THE ROOF LEAKS
THE FURNACE DON'T WANT TO BURN NO MORE
BUT THE REAL CHILL I FEEL
IS THE SOUND THAT I HEAR
COMING UP FROM UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS
CAUSE THERE'S OLD BONES KNOCKIN
UNDER MY BED'S FLOOR
I WONDER WHO
I WONDER WHO
SLEPT THERE
SLEPT THERE BEFORE ME
BEFORE ME
NO PEACE
NO PEACE FOR ME
AIN'T NO TRANQUILITY
OLD BONES WON'T LET ME BE
IT DON'T SEEM LIKE SUPERSTITION
WHEN I LAY DOWN IN OUR BED
I FEEL THE GRIP OF DEEP SUSPICION
I NEED A NEW PLACE TO LAY MY HEAD
OH CLARA, CLARA, CLARA
DON'T YOU DO ME WRONG
I AM COMING HOME AGAIN
LIKE I WAS NEVER GONE
LIKE I NEVER BEEN GONE
OH CLARA
THERE'S SOMETHING GOIN' WRONG
THERE'S OLD BONES KNOCKIN'
UNDER MY BED'S FLOOR
I WONDER WHO
I WONDER WHO
SLEPT THERE
SLEPT THERE BEFORE ME
BEFORE ME
NO PEACE
NO PEACE FOR ME
AIN'T NO TRANQUILITY
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
ONE MAN GATHERS WHAT ANOTHER MAN CANNOT HOLD
IT'S SO FAR ACROSS THE WATER
'CAUSE I LOVE THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
BUT I CANNOT TELL HER SO
THEY HUNG A MAN IN THE CITY SQUARE
ALL THE FINEST FOLKS WERE THERE TO SEE
SITTING SIDELINES BY THE GALLOWS
THE DAUGHTER OF THE HANGMAN
PRETTIEST GIRL THERE COULD EVER BE
WHEN WE START TO FLIRT
HER OLD MAN DOES THE DIRTY WORK
NOW I'M DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
ONE MAN GATHERS WHAT ANOTHER MAN CANNOT HOLD
IT'S SO FAR ACROSS THE WATER
'CAUSE I LOVE THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
BUT I CANNOT TELL HER SO
GUILTY OF STUPIDITY
CONVICTED IN THE FIRST DEGREE
I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE JUST LOOKED AWAY
THE EXECUTIONER WAS NOT BROUGHT IN
BEING DUMB AIN'T A MORTAL SIN
THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A STAY
SO THE ROPE WON'T SWING
AND THE HANGMAN DON'T GET TO DO HIS THING
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
ONE MAN GATHERS WHAT ANOTHER MAN CANNOT HOLD
IT'S SO FAR ACROSS THE WATER
'CAUSE I LOVE THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
BUT I CANNOT TELL HER SO
OH THE SUN DON'T BOTHER ME
NO THE SUN DON'T BOTHER ME
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
LISTEN TO ME SING IT NOW
HER OLD MAN HE WANT TO SEE ME SWINGING
NOW THE PRETTIEST GIRL THAT I EVER SEEN
SHE'S LIVIN' ON A STREET IN NEW ORLEANS
AND THE PRETTIEST GIRL THAT I EVER KNOWN
LIVIN' ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO
NOW THE PRETTIEST GIRL THAT I LIKE THE BEST
SHE MUCH BETTER THAN ALL THE REST
JUST ONE SMILE AND THE SUN DON'T SET
NOW HER OLD MAN HE WANNA SEE ME SWEATIN'
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
DIGGIN' ON A ROAD
ONE MAN GATHERS WHAT ANOTHER MAN CANNOT HOLD
IT'S SO FAR ACROSS THE WATER
'CAUSE I LOVE THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
TAKE BACK
20 YEARS OF SUNDAYS
TAKE BACK
ALL THE PRAYERS MY MAMA SAID FOR ME
WHEN HE TURNED 21 THEY LOCKED UP THE DOOR
AND THREW AWAY THE KEY
ALL THE TIME THAT'S FACING ME
HERE I SIT
FREEDOM
I AIN'T GOT IT
TAKE BACK
ANY HOPE MY MAMA
HAD FOR ME
TAKE BACK
ANY SHRED OF DIGNITY
WHEN I TURNED 31 AND DARKNESS WAS ALL
I HAD IN FRONT OF ME
ALL THE TIME I'M LOOKING AT
AND HERE I SIT
FREEDOM
I AIN'T GOT IT
TAKE BACK
20 YRS OF SUNDAYS
TAKE BACK
ALL THE PRAYERS MY MAMA SAID FOR ME
MORNING LIGHT AND THE SETTING SUN
THE THINGS I'VE DONE
EMPTY FOOTPRINTS IN BACK OF ME NO-ONE CAN SEE
INVISIBLE HARMONY
GORDON FEELS THE STRAIN
FEELS THE PAIN
WAITING ON THE MORNING TRAIN
TO TAKE HIM TO THE MINES
AND HE DON'T COMPLAIN
SHUTS HIS EYES
HIS DREAMS DEFY
THE LIFE HE IS LIVING
MARY CAN'T CONTROL THE KIDS
SHE NEVER COULD
SHE'D LIKE TO DIG HERSELF A HOLE
AT THE FAR END OF THE WOODS
LAY HER BODY DOWN
LAY HER DOWN
TO FORGET ABOUT THE LIFE SHE WAS LIVING
WORLD GOES ROUND THE SUN
HOPE THE SUN STAY IN THE SKY
I HAVE FOUND MY TRUE LOVE
UNTIL THE DAY I DIE
SHE WON'T EVER LEAVE
SO I WON'T HAVE TO CRY
UNDERNEATH THE BLUE SKY
LIVING BY A HIGHWAY AND A MALL
I RAN INTO THE STREET
CAN'T TELL IF IT'S SUMMER OUT THERE
WHEN I HEARD THE BEAT OF THE MUSIC PLAYING
SOUND OF THE MELODY WAS SWEET
CHILDREN LEFT AND THEY DON'T HARDLY
CALL AT ALL TO TALK ABOUT
THE LIVES THEY ARE LIVING
WORLD GOES ROUND THE SUN
HOPE THE SUN STAY IN THE SKY
I HAVE FOUND MY TRUE LOVE
UNTIL THE DAY I DIE
SHE WILL NEVER LEAVE
I WON'T HAVE TO CRY
UNDERNEATH THE BLUE SKY
GORDON FEELS THE STRAIN
FEELS THE PAIN
WAITING ON THE MORNING TRAIN
TO TAKE HIM TO THE MINES
AND HE DON'T COMPLAIN
SHUTS HIS EYES
HIS DREAMS DEFY THE LIFE
A TONE DEAF ANGEL
DRUNK IN THE AFTERNOON
STAGGERED DOWN THE STREET
IN HER COWBOY BOOTS
SINGING SOME DEAD SOLDIER'S TUNE
SHE TRIED TO PUT UP RESISTANCE
DIDN'T HAVE NO SWORD OR SHIELD
EVERYTHING SHE HAD LOOKIN' PRETTY SAD
SQUANDERED OVER THE BATTLEFIELD
SOMEBODY TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT
SOMEBODY TURNED DOWN THE SUN
GOT SO COLD
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED
A MILLION MILES OF
FROZEN GROUND
WHEN THE WALL CAME DOWN
WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE THROUGH
LOOKED TO BE BETTER BY THREE
WHEN THIS OLD WORLD WAS ONLY BROKEN IN TWO
A DEAD DRUNK SOLDIER
BLEEDING BY THE MOON
RINGING IN HIS HEAD
VOICES OF THE DEAD
AND NO ONE TO CONFESS IT TO
HE TRIED TO PUT UP RESISTANCE
DIDN'T HAVE NO SWORD OR SHIELD
EVERYTHING HE HAD LOOKIN' PRETTY SAD
SQUANDERED OVER THE BATTLEFIELD
SOMEBODY TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT
SOMEBODY TURNED DOWN THE SUN
GOT SO COLD
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED
A MILLION MILES OF
FROZEN GROUND
WHEN THE WALL CAME DOWN
WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE THROUGH
LOOKED TO BE BETTER BY THREE
ANGELS DO NOT FOLLOW ME
AND THE SUN DON'T ALWAYS SHINE
CAN'T ALWAYS COUNT ON YOUR MOTHER'S LOVE
WHEN THE TURNING WORLD
UNFURLS UNKIND
NEITHER FAITH NOR REASON
SAVE ME FROM THE FIRE
AND WHO BUT WHO'S GONNA SAVE MY ASS
WHEN IT'S HANGIN' OUT ON THE WIRE
SOME PEOPLE TRUST FAITH
SOME PEOPLE TRUST REASON
I BELIEVE WHAT I SEE IN THE LIGHT IN THE NIGHT
AND THE CHANGIN' SEASON
IN THE TEMPLE OF MY MOTHER'S FAITH
IN A TEMPLE THAT MY MIND REPLACED
'CAUSE A TEMPLE MADE OF STONE
AIN'T NO SAINT GONNA SHOW
WALK ON WATER WALK ON AIR
WALK IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES
WALK ON DOWN THE ROAD AWHILE
WALKIN' WITH THE WALKIN' BLUES
I HAVE CRIED IN FRUSTRATION
WRESTLED WITH DESIRE
AIN'T NOBODY EVER HEAR MY PRAYER
AND SET MY SOUL ON FIRE
SOME PEOPLE TRUST FAITH
SOME PEOPLE TRUST REASON
SOME PEOPLE NEED TO BELIEVE
WHAT THEY NEED
AND THEN THEY BELIEVE SOME
I THINK ABOUT MY MOTHER'S FAITH
IN THE TEMPLE THAT MY MIND REPLACED
'CAUSE A TEMPLE MADE OF STONE
AIN'T NO SAINT GONNA SHOW
STARS AND SATELLITES
FALLING THRU' THE OPEN SKY
RANDOM AND COLLIDING
JUST LIKE CHANGES IN OUR LIVES
LOSING FAITH ALONE INSIDE OURSELVES
REACHING OUT FOR SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN
TO BELIEVE
WAKE ME WHEN IT'S OVER ANGEL
WAKE ME UP WITH WINGS
FLOATIN' OVER THE SEVEN SEAS
WITH A BAD CIGAR
AND A PEARLY QUEEN
ONE MAN LIVIN' IN PARADISE
ANOTHER CRAWLIN' IN THE SLIME
AIN'T NO SOLACE AND AIN'T NO COMFORT
UNTIL THE DAY HE DIE
SOME PEOPLE TRUST FAITH
SOME PEOPLE TRUST REASON
I CAN SEE WHAT I SEE WHAT I SEE
WHAT I SEE AND IT AIN'T NO TREASON
IN THE TEMPLE OF MY MOTHER'S FAITH
IN THE TEMPLE THAT MY MIND REPLACED
'CAUSE A TEMPLE MADE OF STONE
MADE MY HEART TURN COLD
SOME PEOPLE TRUST FAITH
SOME PEOPLE TRUST REASON
SOME AIN'T GOT NOWHERE LEFT TO GO
JUST UP A TREE SON
IN THE TEMPLE OF MY MOTHER'S FAITH
IN THE TEMPLE THAT MY MIND REPLACED
'CAUSE A TEMPLE MADE OF STONE
AND AIN'T NO SAINT GONNA SHOW
SOME PEOPLE TRUST REASON
SOME PEOPLE TRUST REASON
IN A TEMPLE THERE'S A SOAPBOX POLITICIAN
The river runs slow
And a heart beat passes
The icy waters that we're swimming in
Breaks in waves and crashes on another shore
And time moves on
And the river runs slow
Watching you growing old
The river moves slow
And a bright star dims
We can stay together while the earth descends
In tattered flames that will bring an end
To this dark and fragile world
And time, time is a winding road
Watching you growing old
Watching you growing old
The first time I saw you reach out your hand
You were in your mother's arms
Laughing at your old man
And the river runs slow
Ever since time
We treat each other so bad
Jealousy and hatred for what another man has
And time moves on
And the river runs slow
Watching you growing old
Watching you growing old
And the river runs slow
Watching you growing old
Blue blue Mary
Blue blue Mary
and Screaming John
Screaming John had a broken heart
He was outside crying all alone
In the parking lot
'Cause his brother had left
Half alone and half together
He'd sit up late at night
And have to wonder had he lived or died
'Cause he was thinkin'
But he didn't know why
He'd go uder the screaming sky
Lookin' at the water reflecting the city lights
And he'd howl at the crescent moon
But he didn't know why
And he was all alone
He was all alone
Blue blue Mary
Blue blue Mary
and Screaming John
The last to leave when the war was through
Stabbing at imaginary enemies
Tryin' to run'em all through
And when the moon stabbed down
White light in streams
Johnny panic fell asleep and had to wrestle
With the dragons in his dreams
Like a knight from round table
He was Screaming John and he was all alone
And he was lookin' for home
All alone in the middle of the night
he went crazy by the candlelight
Before his final madness came
he had a vision of God on an elevated train
grieving for the anguish of his lonely lonely boy
And Mary's teardrops fell like rain
And the fields were ripe to bloom again
And the Sisters of Babylon dressed in red were singing for his soul
Come on Johnny let me sing it to you
Come on Johnny let me take you home
Blue blue Mary
Blue blue Mary
Whoa, take me back
Take me back
You know I wanna go back dear lord
Take me back dear lord
To the place
To the place
Where I first received you
Take me back
Take me back
You know I wanna go back dear lord
Take me back dear lord
Anna Lee
Baby don't make me go away
We don't talk about it anymore
Anna Lee
Baby don't make me leave
We don't talk to each other anymore
On a two lane highway
On a summer day
Me and Anna Lee
Rolling down the highway
In a haze
Of renegade and gypsy schemes
Singing our Gypsy love songs
Living on Gypsy Dreams
And I step on the gas
I can feel our hearts race
As long as Anna Lee was there
You know home was any place
On a getaway
From the things that we had done
You know me and my ruthless angel's heart melted into one
Anna Lee
Baby don't make me go away
We don't talk about it anymore
Anna Lee
Baby don't make me leave
We don't talk to each other anymore
You ain't all alone in this angry ugly world
If there is one girl you can hold
My old man's big mistake laid my mama in an early grave
And when he died
He died alone
(don't wanna die alone)
Around South Caroline
I let her take the fall
I ran out of cigarettes
Robbed me a liquor store
Anna Lee hadn't got to the car yet
When I heard them sirens wailing
And I knew I had to split
And I got juiced
I was out of control
Smashed up the car
Slipped up on the sidewalk
When I came to
You know my poor heart sank
I knew what Anna Lee had done
To bail me out of the drunk tank
Her last act of devotion
Got me out of that jail
She had plied her worldly charm
Just to throw my bail
Anna Lee
I said you had gone too far
She just slapped my face and spit
The water from the river
Flows throughout the town
It's the blood that keeps the earth alive
And turns the world around
Water from the fields
Makes a harvest in the ground
Float my body in the cool cool water
When I lay my body down
When I lay my body down
Lay my body down
Float my bones in the waters of the river
When I lay my body down
Water from the moon
Blood dripping from the sun
Sister lying sleeping in the sky
In the southern constellation
There is healing to be found
You know it's gonna be just quiet like the rain
When I lay my body down
When I lay my body down
Lay my body down
You know it's gonna be just quiet like the rain
When I lay my body down
Lay my body down
Lay my body down
Take my body to the waters of the river
When you lay my body down
Lay my body down
Lay my body down
Take my body to the waters of the river
When you lay my body down
Lay my body down
Lay my body down
Take my body to the waters of the river
Crazy Lady
Dance and sing like calliope play
Winds her mind in a lazy way
Crazy Lady
Calliope with the cantaloupe eyes
Threads a smile on her tired lips
Broken angel on the earth
And she says
You're doing it wrong boy
You're doin it wrong without me
You're doing it wrong boy
You're doin it wrong without me
I got a crazy aunt
I got a crazy cousin
Couple crazy kids
I mean everybody buzzin'
In livin' down the hall
My mother-in-law
She's the carziest mother of 'em all
Crazy Lady
Dance and sing like calliope play
Winds her mind in a lazy way
I LOVED A LITTLE RAGDOLL
WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER
BUT I'D LOSE THAT LOVIN' LITTLE DOLL
ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME
TIME ALL THE TIME
NOW I'M OLDER AND I
LOSE MY LOVE WHEN I SAY THAT HE'S MINE
ALL MINE MINE ALL MINE
WHEN I SAY THAT HE'S MINE
ALL OF MY BROTHERS AND ALL OF MY SISTERS
WE FOUGHT WITH EACH OTHER ALL OF THE TIME
ALL THE TIME
ALL THE TIME ALL THE TIME
NOW I'M OLDER
WE LOSE OUR LOVE IF WE SAY THAT IT'S MINE ALL MINE
MINE ALL MINE
WHEN WE SAY THAT IT'S MINE
THERE'S AN EMPTINESS INSIDE OF ME
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
YOU DON'T CALL MY NAME
ANYMORE
I LOVED A LITTLE RAGDOLL
WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER
BUT I'D LOSE THAT LOVIN' LITTLE DOLL
ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME
TIME ALL THE TIME
NOW I'M OLDER AND I
LOSE MY LOVE WHEN I SAY THAT HE'S MINE
ALL MINE MINE ALL MINE
Down at Lester's methadone clinic
Gotta be down for you to be in it
It may take the rest of your days
To get away from the warmth of an opiated haze
Down at Lester's methadone clinic
Indoor plumbing is just the beginning
They got the psychoanalytic device
gonna blow the blues off your shoes
And eradicate your vices
Down at Lester's they don't take chances
Ain't not smooth talking fools or lascivious dancin'
Sign on up and you're in the file
Ain't no state benefits if you're into denial
The state say we don't want to see you
We don't want to hear you cry
I cry all the time
Sometimes I hit up
And I fly away
That's why I want to stay
Down at Lester's methadone clinic
Take your time tying off if you're fixing to dig it
Hypo-allergenic supplies
Kitchen clean is the scene Lester's board certified
Down at Lester's go on a roll
Lose your mind lose your time
Or just lose control
You can take whatever you'll use
But don't share needles blood or piss
And please wipe your shoes
We don't want to see you
We don't want to hear you cry
I cry all the time
Sometimes I hit up and I fly away
I fly away
Down at Lester's Clinic
I can look up out the windows
And look up at the sky
There's a roof over my head
And a bed upon which I can lie
SHE KNOWS HOW TO SUFFER
SHE KNOWS THE ENEMY
BREAKIN' HER BACK
AIN'T NO MAN AT HOME
SHE WAS TORE UP AND DISSATISFIED
MOANING LOW AND BURIED HALF ALIVE
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
ALL OF HER LIFE
SHE WAS MADE OLD BEFORE
BEFORE HER TIME WAS DUE
AND MY OLD MAN SPLIT
SO YOU KNOW I BARELY KNEW
THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION
THAT NOBODY DID SEE THROUGH
THEY MET WHEN SHE WAS SEVENTEEN
A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL
FROM JUST OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS
THE PRETTIEST ANGEL HE HAD EVER SEEN
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
ALL OF HER LIFE
BY THE TIME THE BATTLELINES WERE DRAWN
MY DADDY HAD NO JOB AND I WAS BORN
IN A ONE-ROOM FIXED RENT RATHOLE
WITH GREEN PEELING PAINT
THEY WOULD FIGHT AND HER BLOOD WOULD STAIN
AND MY EARLIEST REMEMBRANCE OF MY MAMA'S PAIN
SHE'D SAY SAVE ME JESUS FOR JUST ONE MORE DAY'
THEN ONE DAY HE JUST DIDN'T COME BACK
I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE DEAD
BUT I NEVER TRIED TO TRACK HIM DOWN
OR FOLLOW IN HIS SHADOW OR THE ROAD HE'S ON
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
DARK VISIONS AND LONELINESS
