[HERMES]
How to get to Hadestown:
Youâll have to take the long way down
Through the underground, under cover of night
Laying low, staying out of sight
There ainât no compass, brother, ainât no map
Just a telephone wire and the railroad track
You keep on walking and you donât look back
âTil you get to the bottomland
[ORPHEUS]
Wait for me, Iâm coming
Wait, Iâm coming with you
Wait for me, Iâm coming too
Iâm coming too
[HERMES]
The River Styx is high and wide
Cinder bricks and razor wire
Walls of iron and concrete
Hound dogs howling round the gate
Them dogsâll lay down and play dead
If you got the bones, if you got the bread
But if all you got is your own two legs
You best be glad you got âem
[ORPHEUS and FATES]
Wait for me, Iâm coming
Wait, Iâm coming with you
Wait for me, Iâm coming too
Iâm coming too
[HERMES]
Youâre on the lam, youâre on the run
Donât give your name, you donât have one
And donât look no one in the eye
This town will try to suck you dry
Theyâll suck your brain, theyâll suck your breath
Theyâll pluck the heart right out your chest
Theyâll truss you up in your Sunday best
And stuff your mouth with cotton
[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
Wait for me, Iâm coming
Wait, Iâm coming with you
Wait for me, Iâm coming too
Iâm coming!
Wait,
Wait,
Wait,
Wait...
