Way Down Hadestown (Reprise) Kimberly Marable feat. Khaila Wilcoxon, Ahmad Simmons, Afra Hines, T. Oliver Reid, John Krause, André De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Eva Noblezada, Timothy Hughes, Malcolm Armwood & Jessie Shelton
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The deal is signed? Yes About time Get on the line I did what I had to do That's what they did too Now in Hadestown there was a lot of souls Low, keep your head, keep your head Working on the wall with all their might Oh, you gotta keep your head You see, they kept their heads down low If you wanna keep your head You couldn't quite see their faces right But you could hear them singing: Low, keep your head, keep your head Swinging their hammers in the cold, hard ground You could hear the sound of the pickaxe ringin' If you wanna keep your head And they called it-- "Freedom." I'm Eurydice Doesn't anybody hear me? They can hear But they don't care No one has a name down here Mr. Hades set you free To work yourself into the ground Free to spend eternity In the factory And the warehouse Where the whistles scream And the foreman shouts And you're punchin' in And punchin' in And punchin' in And you can't punch out! And you're way down Hadestown (Oh, keep your head, keep your head low) Way down Hadestown (Oh, you gotta keep your head low) Way down Hadestown (If you wanna keep your head) Way down under the ground! (Keep your head low) Why won't anybody look at me? They can look But they don't see You see, it's easier that way Your eyes will look like that someday Down in the river of oblivion You kissed your little life goodbye And Hades laid his hands on you And gave you everlasting life! And everlasting overtime In the mine, the mill, and the machinery Your place on the assembly line Replaces all your memories Way down Hadestown (Oh, keep your head, keep your head low) Way down Hadestown (Oh, you gotta keep your head low) Way down Hadestown (If you wanna keep your head) Way down under the ground! (Keep your head low) What do you mean I'll look like that? That's what it looks like to forget Forget what? Who you are and everything that came before I have to go Go where? Go back! And where is that? Oh? And where is that? So what was your name again? You've already forgot it You see, it's like I said before: A lot can happen behind closed doors Eurydice was a hungry young girl, but she wasn't hungry anymore What she was instead, was dead-- Dead to the world, anyway You see, she went behind those doors And signed her life away Saw that wheel up in the sky Heard the big bell tolling A lot of souls have gotta die To keep the Rust Belt rolling A lot of spirits gotta break To make the underworld go 'round Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground!