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Way Down Hadestown
Melanie La Barrie, Gloria Onitiri, & Hadestown Original West End Cast
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On the road to hell
There was a railroad track
(Mmm)
Aw, come on!
There was a train comin' up from way down below
(Mmm)
That was not six months!
Better go get your suitcase packed
Guess it's time to go
She's gonna ride that train
(Ride that train)
She's gonna ride that train
(Ride that train)
She's gonna ride that train 'til the end of the line
(Mm-mm)
'Cause the king of the mine
Is a-comin' to call
(Mmm)
Did you ever what it's like
On the underside
(Way down under)
On the underside
(Way down yonder)
On the other side of his walls?
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' way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
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Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Hear that high and lonesome sound
Of my husband coming for
To bring me home to Hadestown
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
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
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
Every little penny in the wishing well
Every little nickel on the drum
All them shiny little heads and tails
Where do you think they come from?
They come from
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
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
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
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Mr. Hades is a mean old boss
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
(An eye for an eye!)
And he weighs the cost
(A lie for a lie!)
And your soul for sale
(Sold!)
To the king on the chromium throne
(Throne!)
To the bottom of a Sing Sing cell
Where the little wheel squeals and the big wheel groans
And you better forget about your wishing well
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
On the Road to Hell, there was a railroad car (Mmm)
And the car door opened and a man stepped out (Mmm)
Everybody looked and everybody saw
It was the same man they'd been singing about
You're early
I missed you
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
Must be making some mighty big deals
Seems like he owns everything
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels
All aboard
A-one, A-two
A-one, two, three, four
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
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