[HERMES]


   How to get 

to Hadestown:
        
You’ll have to

 take the long

 way down
           
Through the un

derground, und

er cover of ni

ght

Laying low, st

aying out of s

ight
         
ain’t no compa

ss, brother, a

in’t no map
         
Just a telepho

ne wire and a 

railroad track

keep on walkin

g and you don’

t look back
     
’Til you get t

o the bottomla

nd


[ORPHEUS]

           
Wait for me, I

       
’m coming
           
Wait, I’m comi

       
ng with you
           
Wait for me, I

        
’m coming too
           
I’m coming too


[HERMES]


The River Styx is high and wide

Cinder bricks 

and razor wire

   Walls of ir

on and concret

e

Hound dogs how

ling 'round th

e gate
       
Those dogs’ll 

lay down and p

lay dead
        
If you got the

 bones, if you

 got the bread
        
But if all you

 got is your o

wn two legs

  Just be glad

 you got ’em


[ORPHEUS and FATES]

           
Wait for me, I

       
’m coming
           
Wait, I’m comi

       
ng with you
           
Wait for me, I

       
’m coming too
           
I’m coming too


Who are you?
            
Where do you t

             
hink you're go

ing

Who are you?

Why are you al

one?

Who do you thi

nk you are?
            
Who are you to

              
 think you can

              
 walk a road n

              
o one ever wal

    
ked before?

            
La-la-la-la-la

-la-la
      
la la-la la la

 la la
       
la la-la la la

 la...

[HERMES]


You’re on the 

lam, you’re on

 the run

Don’t give you

r name, you do

n’t have one
    
And don’t look

 no one in the

 eye
 
This town will

 try to suck y

ou dry
        
They’ll suck y

our brain, the

y’ll suck your

 breath
          
They’ll pluck 

the heart righ

t out your che

st
          
They’ll truss 

you up in your

 Sunday best
       
And stuff your

 mouth with co

tton


[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]

           
Wait for me, I

       
’m coming
           
Wait, I’m comi

       
ng with you
           
Wait for me, I

          
’m coming too

I’m coming!


I’m coming, wa

it for me

  I hear the w

alls repeating

  the falling 

of my feet and

  It sounds li

ke drumming

  And I am not

 alone

  I hear the r

ocks and stone

s

  Echo in my s

ong

  I’m coming..

.