Ever After

And it came to pass, all that seemed wrong was now right
 And those who deserved to were certain to live a long and happy life
 Ever after (ever after)
 Journey over, all is mended, and it's not just for today
 But tomorrow and extended, ever after (ever after)
 All the curses have been ended, the reverses wiped away
 All is tenderness and laughter, for forever after
 (Happy now, and happy hence, and happy ever after)
 There were dangers (we were frightened) and confusions (but we hid it)
 And the paths would often swerve (we did not)
 There were constant (it's amazing) disillusions (that we did it)
 But they never lost their nerve (not a lot)
 And they reached the right conclusions
 (And we got what we deserved)
 Not a sigh and not a sorrow, tenderness and laughter
 Joy today and bliss tomorrow, and forever after
 I was greedy (I was vain), I was haughty (I was smug)
 We were happy (it was fun), but we were blind
 Then we went into the woods to get our wish, and now we're really blind
 I was perfect, I had everything but beauty, I had power
 And a daughter, like a flower, in a tower
 Then I went into the woods to get my wish, and now I'm ordinary
 (We're unworthy) lost my power and my flower
 I'm unhappy now, unhappy hence, as well as ever after
 Had we used our common sense, been worthy of our discontents
 To be happy, and forever, you must see your wish come true
 Don't be careful, don't be clever, when you see your wish, pursue
 It's a dangerous endeavor, but the only thing to do
 Though it's fearful
 Though it's deep, though it's dark, and though you may lose
 The path, though you may encounter wolves
 You mustn't stop, you mustn't swerve
 You mustn't ponder (though it's deep, though it's dark)
 You have to act when you know your wish
 If you want your wish, you can have your wish
 But you can't just wish, no, to get your wish
 You go into the woods, where nothing's clear
 Where witches, ghosts and wolves appear
 Into the woods, and through the fear
 You have to take the journey
 Into the woods and down the dell
 In vain, perhaps, but who can tell?
 Into the woods to lift the spell
 Into the woods to lose the longing
 Into the woods to have the child
 To wed the Prince, to get the money
 To save the house, to kill the Wolf
 To find the father, to conquer the kingdom
 To have, to wed, to get, to save
 To kill, to keep, to go to the festival
 Into the woods, into the woods
 Into the woods, then out of the woods
 And happy ever after