Epic Iii (Live)
Original Cast Of Hadestown
5:17It's an old song It's an old tale, from way back when It's an old song And we're gonna sing it again and again We're gonna sing it again There was a railroad line on the road to hell There was a young man down on bended knee And that is the ending Of the tale Of Orpheus and Eurydice It's a sad song It's a sad tale, it's a tragedy It's a sad song But we sing it anyway Cause here's the thing, right To know how it ends And still to begin to sing it again As if it might turn out this time I learned that from a friend of mine See Orpheus was a poor boy But he had a gift to give He could make you see how the world Could be in spite of the way that it is Can you see it? Can you hear it? Can you feel it like a train? Is it coming? Is it coming this way? On a sunny day there was a railroad car And a lady stepping off a train Everybody looked and everybody saw That spring had come again With a love song With a love song With a tale of love that never dies With a love song With a love song For anyone who tries