Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)

The deal is signed?

Yes

About time

Get on the line

I did what I had to do

That's what they did too

Now in Hadestown there were a lot of souls

Low, keep your head, keep your head

Working on the wall with all their might

Oh, you gotta keep your head

You see, they kept their heads down low

If you wanna keep your head

You couldn't quite see their faces right

But you could hear them singing

Low, keep your head, keep your head

Swinging their hammers in the cold, hard ground

You can hear the sound of the pickaxe ringin'

If you wanna keep your head

And they called it freedom

I'm Eurydice

Doesn't anybody hear me?

They can hear

But they don't care

No one has a name down here

Mr. Hades set you free

To work yourself into the ground

Free to spend eternity

In the factory

And the warehouse

Where the whistles scream

And the foreman shouts

And you're punchin' in

And punchin' in

And punchin' in

And you can't punch out!

And you're way down Hadestown (oh, keep your head, keep your head low)

Way down Hadestown (oh, you gotta keep your head low)

Way down Hadestown (if you wanna keep your head)

Way down under the ground (keep your head low)

Why won't anybody look at me?

They can look

But they don't see

You see, it's easier that way

Your eyes will look like that someday

Down in the river of oblivion

You kissed your little life goodbye

And Hades laid his hands on you

And gave you everlasting life!

And everlasting overtime

In the mine, in the mill, and the machinery

Your place on the assembly line

Replaces all your memories

Way down Hadestown (oh, keep your head, keep your head low)