Way Down Hadestown (Live)

On the road to Hell there was a railroad track
Aw, come on!
And a train coming up from way down below
That was not six months!
Better go and get your suitcase packed
Guess it's time to go

Follow that dollar for a long way down
Far away from the poorhouse door
Ya 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
Nobody knows where that old train goes
Those who go they don't come back
They go way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

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

Everybody dresses in clothes so fine
Everybody's pockets are weighted down
Everybody's sipping ambrosia wine
In a goldmine in Hadestown
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

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

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

And 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
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels

All aboard
One, 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