Way Down Hadestown (Live) - Original Cast Of Hadestown

作曲：Anais Mitchell

Follow that dollar for a long way down

Far away from the poorhouse door

Either get to hell or to Hades town

Are not no difference anymore

Way down Hades town

Way down under the ground

Hound dog howl and the whistle blow

Train comes a rolling clicker clack

Nobody knows where that old train goes

Those who go they don t come back

Way down Hades town

Way down under the ground

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 Hades town

Way down Hades town

Way down under the ground

Way down Hades town

Way down under the ground

Everybody dresses in clothes so fine

Everybody s pockets are weighted down

Everybody sipping ambrosia wine

In a goldmine in Hades town

Way down Hades town

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 Hades town

Way down Hades town

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

Way down Hades town

Way down under the ground

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 Hades town

Way down under the ground

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 Hades town

Way down under the ground

Way down Hades town

Way down under the ground

Way down under the ground

Way down under the ground