Way Down Hadestown [Finnish translation]

[HERMES]

On the Road to Hell there was a railroad track

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]

Oh, come on!

[HERMES]

There was a train comin' up from way down below

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]

That was not six months!

[FATES]

Better go and get your suitcase packed, guess it's time to go

[HERMES]

She's gonna ride that train

[COMPANY]

Ride that train...

[HERMES]

She's gonna ride that train

[COMPANY]

Ride that train!

[HERMES]

She's gonna ride that train 'til the end of the line

'Cause the King of the Mine is coming to call

Did you ever wonder what it's like on the underside?

[COMPANY]

Way down under

[HERMES]

On the yonder side?

[COMPANY]

Way down yonder

[HERMES]

On the other side of his wall

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'

[HERMES and COMPANY]

Way down Hadestown

Way down under the ground

[HERMES, spoken]

Ha!

[PERSEPHONE]

Winter's nigh and summer's o'er

Hear that high, lonesome sound

Of my husband coming for

To bring me home to Hadestown

[COMPANY]

Way down Hadestown

Way down under the ground

[PERSEPHONE]

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

[COMPANY]

Way down Hadestown

Way down under the ground

[FATES]

Every little penny in the wishing well

Every little nickel on the drum

[COMPANY]

On the drum!

[FATES]

All them shiny little heads and tails

Where do you think they come from?

They come from

[COMPANY]

Way down Hadestown

Way down under the ground

[HERMES]

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

[COMPANY]

Way down Hadestown

Way down under the ground

As the band plays, you can hear HERMES, PERSEPHONE, the FATES, and COMPANY exclaiming in the background. They seem to be having a party

[HERMES]

Mr. Hades is a mean old boss

[PERSEPHONE]

With a silver whistle and a golden scale

[COMPANY]

An eye for an eye!

[HERMES]

And he weighs the cost

[COMPANY]

A lie for a lie!

[HERMES]

And your soul for sale

[COMPANY]

Sold!

[PERSEPHONE]

To the king on the chromium throne

[COMPANY]

Thrown!

[PERSEPHONE]

To the bottom of a Sing Sing cell

[HERMES]

Where the little wheel squeals and the big wheel groans

[PERSEPHONE]

And you better forget about your wishing well

[COMPANY]

Way down Hadestown

Way down under the ground

[HERMES, spoken]

On the Road to Hell, there was a railroad car

And the car door opened and a man stepped out

Everybody looked and everybody saw

It was the same man they'd been singin' about

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]

You're early!

[HADES, spoken]

I missed you

[FATES]

Mr. Hades is a mighty king

Must be making some mighty big deals

Seems like he owns everything

[EURYDICE]

Kind of makes you wonder how it feels

[HERMES]

All aboard...

A-one, A-two

A-one, two, three, four

[COMPANY]

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

• Artist:Hadestown (Musical)
• Album:Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)