Way Down Hadestown

On the Road to Hell there was a railroad track
 Oh, come on!
 There was a train comin' up from way down below
 That was not six months!
 Better go and 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
 Ride that train!
 She's gonna ride that train 'til the end of the line
 Mmmm.
 'Cause the King of the Mine is coming to call
 Mmmm
 Did you ever wonder what it's like on the underside?
 Way down under
 On the yonder side?
 Way down yonder
 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'
 Way down Hadestown
 Way down under the ground
 
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 Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
 Hear that high, 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 a 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
 On the drum!
 All them shiny little heads and tails
 Where do you think they come from?
 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
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 Mr. 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 squeals and the big wheel groans
 And you better forget about your wishing well
 Way down Hadestown
 Way down under the ground
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 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
 You're early!
 I missed you
 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
 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