Way Down Hadestown - Hadestown Original Broadway Company

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

'Cause the King of the Mine is coming to call

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

Ha!

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

As the band plays, you can hear HERMES, PERSEPHONE, the FATES, and COMPANY

exclaiming in the background.

They seem to be having a party

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

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, 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