On the road to hell there was a railroad track
Oh, come on!
There was a train coming up from way down below
That was not six months!
Better go get your suitcase packed
Guess it's time to go
She's gonna ride that train
Ride that train
She's gonna ride that train
She'll ride that train
She's gonna ride that train to 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 other side
Way down under
On the yonder side
Way down yonder
On the other side of this wall
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 come a-rollin' clickety-clack
Everybody tryna get a ticket to go but
Those who go they don't come back
They going
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
Ha
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
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
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 the tin
Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
Takes a lot of medicine
To make it through the wintertime
Way down Hadestown
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 Hadestown
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 Hadestown
Way down Hadestown
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 Hadestown
Way down under the ground
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 singing about
You're early
I missed you
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
Must be making some mighty big deals
Seems like he owns everything
Kinda makes you wonder how it feels
All aboard!
A-One, A-two
A-one, two, three, four
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
[00:04.922]On the road to hell there was a railroad track
[00:08.492]Oh, come on!
[00:09.886]There was a train coming up from way down below
[00:13.909]That was not six months!
[00:15.472]Better go get your suitcase packed
[00:17.876]Guess it's time to go
[00:21.548]She's gonna ride that train
[00:22.953]Ride that train
[00:24.064]She's gonna ride that train
[00:25.487]She'll ride that train
[00:26.732]She's gonna ride that train to the end of the line
[00:31.992]'Cause the king of the mine is coming to call
[00:36.966]Did you ever wonder what it's like?
[00:39.703]On the other side
[00:40.953]Way down under
[00:42.418]On the yonder side
[00:43.579]Way down yonder
[00:44.711]On the other side of this wall
[00:48.904]Follow that dollar for a long way down
[00:51.709]Far away from the poorhouse door
[00:54.235]Either get to hell or to Hadestown
[00:56.717]Ain't no difference anymore
[00:59.344]Way down Hadestown
[01:01.965]Way down under the ground
[01:06.130]Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
[01:08.648]Train come a-rollin' clickety-clack
[01:11.217]Everybody tryna get a ticket to go but
[01:14.141]Those who go they don't come back
[01:16.285]They going
[01:16.627]Way down Hadestown
[01:19.225]Way down under the ground
[01:23.002]Ha
[01:39.829]Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
[01:42.399]Hear that high and lonesome sound
[01:44.937]Of my husband coming for
[01:47.473]To bring me home to Hadestown
[01:50.053]Way down Hadestown
[01:52.650]Way down under the ground
[01:56.899]Down there, it's a bunch of stiffs
[01:59.500]Brother, I'll be bored to death
[02:02.083]Gonna have to import some stuff
[02:04.301]Just to entertain myself
[02:06.992]Give me morphine in the tin
[02:09.577]Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
[02:12.328]Takes a lot of medicine
[02:14.584]To make it through the wintertime
[02:17.048]Way down Hadestown
[02:19.720]Way down under the ground
[02:23.715]Every little penny in the wishing well
[02:26.159]Every little nickel on the drum
[02:28.814]All them shiny little heads and tails
[02:31.619]Where do you think they come from?
[02:33.956]Way down Hadestown
[02:36.511]Way down under the ground
[02:40.548]Everybody hungry, everybody tired
[02:43.106]Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
[02:45.695]The wage is nothing and the work is hard
[02:47.932]It's a graveyard in Hadestown
[02:50.824]Way down Hadestown
[02:53.354]Way down under the ground
[03:13.925]Mister Hades is a mean old boss
[03:16.389]With a silver whistle and a golden scale
[03:19.050]An eye for an eye!
[03:20.487]And he weighs the cost
[03:21.782]A lie for a lie!
[03:23.020]And your soul for sale
[03:24.323]Sold!
[03:24.648]To the king on the chromium throne
[03:26.948]Thrown!
[03:27.280]To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
[03:29.423]Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan
[03:31.849]And you better forget about your wishing well
[03:34.659]Way down Hadestown
[03:37.210]Way down under the ground
[03:46.216]On the road to hell there was a railroad car
[03:51.495]And the car door opened and a man stepped out
[03:56.717]Everybody looked and everybody saw
[03:59.226]It was the same man they'd been singing about
[04:03.253]You're early
[04:05.872]I missed you
[04:09.698]Mr. Hades is a mighty king
[04:12.323]Must be making some mighty big deals
[04:14.994]Seems like he owns everything
[04:17.951]Kinda makes you wonder how it feels
[04:25.229]All aboard!
[04:27.952]A-One, A-two
[04:29.235]A-one, two, three, four
[04:30.561]Way down Hadestown
[04:33.095]Way down under the ground
[04:35.731]Way down Hadestown
[04:38.247]Way down under the ground
[04:40.916]Way down under the ground
[04:43.644]Way down under the ground