Lover, tell me if you can
Who's gonna buy the wedding bands?
Times being what they are
Hard and getting harder all the time
[ORPHEUS]
Lover, when I sing my song
All the rivers'll sing along
And they're gonna break their banks for us
And with their gold, be generous
All a-flashing in the pan, all to fashion for your hand
The river's gonna give us the wedding bands
[EURYDICE]
Lover, tell me, if you're able
Who's gonna lay the wedding table?
Times being what they are
Dark and getting darker all the time
[ORPHEUS]
Lover, when I sing my song
All the trees gonna sing along
And they're gonna bend their branches down
To lay their fruit upon the ground
The almond and the apple
And the sugar from the maple
The trees gonna lay the wedding table
[Instrumental Break]
[EURYDICE, spoken]
So when you sing your song
The one you're working on
Spring will come again?
[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Yes
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Why don't you sing it then?
[ORPHEUS]
It isn't finished
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Sing it
You wanna take me home?
[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Yes
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Sing the song
[ORPHEUS]
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
[COMPANY]
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
[EURYDICE, spoken]
How'd you do that?
[ORPHEUS, spoken]
I don't know
The song's not finished though
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Even so, it can do this?
[ORPHEUS, spoken]
I know...
[EURYDICE]
(spoken)
You have to finish it!
(sung)
Lover, tell me, when we're wed
Who's gonna make the wedding bed?
Times being what they are
Hard and getting harder all the time
[ORPHEUS]
Lover, when I sing my song
All the birds gonna sing along
And they'll come flying from all around
To lay their feathers on the ground
And we'll lie down in eiderdown
A pillow 'neath our heads
The birds gonna make the wedding bed
[EURYDICE]
And the trees gonna lay the wedding table
[ORPHEUS]
And the river's gonna give us the wedding bands
[COMPANY]
Ooh
🎵 Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Record...
by Eva Noblezada
Road to Hell
André De Shields
Any Way the Wind Blows
Eva Noblezada
Come Home with Me
Reeve Carney
Epic I
Reeve Carney
Livin' it Up on Top
Amber Gray
All I've Ever Known ("In spite of herself...") [Intro]
André De Shields
All I've Ever Known
Eva Noblezada
Way Down Hadestown
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
A Gathering Storm
Eva Noblezada
Epic II
Reeve Carney
Chant
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Hey, Little Songbird
Eva Noblezada
When the Chips are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake...") [Intro]
André De Shields
When the Chips are Down
Eva Noblezada
Gone, I'm Gone
Eva Noblezada
Wait for Me ("Hey, the big artiste...") [Intro]
André De Shields
Wait for Me
André De Shields
Why We Build the Wall
Patrick Page
Why We Build the Wall ("Behind closed doors...") [Outro]
André De Shields
Our Lady of the Underground
Amber Gray
Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)
Eva Noblezada
Flowers
Eva Noblezada
Come Home with Me (Reprise)
Eva Noblezada
Papers ("You're not from around here, son...") [Intro]
Eva Noblezada
Papers (Instrumental)
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
Nothing Changes
Jewelle Blackman
If it's True
Reeve Carney
How Long?
Amber Gray
Chant (Reprise)
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Epic III
Reeve Carney
Epic III ("They danced...") (Instrumental)
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
Promises
Eva Noblezada
Word to the Wise
Jewelle Blackman
His Kiss, the Riot
Patrick Page
Wait for Me ("If you wanna walk out of hell...") (Intro; Reprise)
Eva Noblezada
Wait for Me (Reprise)
André De Shields
Doubt Comes In
Eva Noblezada
Road to Hell (Reprise)
André De Shields
We Raise Our Cups
Eva Noblezada