Way Down Hadestown

HERMES
 Follow that dollar for a long way down
 Far away from the poorhouse door
 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 comes a-rollin' clickety-clack
 Nobody knows where that old train goes
 Those who go they don't come back
 Way down Hadestown
 Way down under the ground
 PERSEPHONE
 Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
 I 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
 EURYDICE
 Everybody dresses in clothes so fine
 Everybody's pockets are weighted down
 Everybody sipping ambrosia wine
 In a goldmine in Hadestown
 Way down Hadestown
 Way down under the ground
 ORPHEUS
 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
 FATES
 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
 ORPHEUS & HERMES
 Mister 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
 Thrown!
 To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
 Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan
 And you better forget about your wishing well
 Way down Hadestown
 Way down under the ground
 EURYDICE
 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
 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