(Act I Opening Part 1)
B, BW, J, C: I WISH...
YOU WISH TO TO TO THE FESTIVAL?
N: The poor girl's mother had died -
YOU CINDERELLA THE FESTIVAL? YOU WISH TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL?
THE FESTIVAL? THE KING'S FESTIVAL?
N: - and her father had taken for his new wife -
THE FESTIVAL!?
N: - a woman with two daughters of her own.
F: LOOK AT YOUR NAILS
L: LOOK AT YOUR DRESS
PEOPLE WOULD LAUGH AT YOU -
C: NEVERTHELESS-
SHE STILL WANTS TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL
AND DANCE BEFORE THE PRINCE (laughter)
N: Cinderella's stepmother had a surprise for her.
I have emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you. If you have picked them out again in two hours time, you shall go to the ball with us.
W: GO TO THE WOOD
(Act I Opening Part 7)
Ladies
Our carriage waits
C: NOW MAY I GO TO THE FESTIVAL?
THE FESTIVAL-
DARLING THOSE NAILS
DARLING THOSE CLOTHES
LENTILS ARE ONE THING BUT DARLING WITH THOSE
YOU'D MAKE US THE FOOLS OF THE FESTIVAL AND
MORTIFY THE PRINCE
The carriage is waiting
We must be gone!
(First Midnight)
F: NEVER WEAR MAUVE AT A BALL
L: OR PINK
OR OPEN YOUR MOUTH...
(overlaped)
LRR: THE PRETTIER THE FLOWER...
(one midnight) ONE MIDNIGHT GONE
INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS THEN OUT OF THE WOODS
AND HOME BEFORE-
(Very Nice Prince [Reprise])
CP: I can capture my own damsel, thank you.
BW: Yes, sir.
Where did he go?
BW: That direction. But you'll never reach them!
F: We would have if that mongrel with the cow hadn't molested us.
BW: Cow?
B: Please, let me just compare this color with that of your own.
L, F: He wants to compare our hair to corn!
Ah! Ah! Ah! ha, ha, ha.
Over there!
(Second Midnight)
CP: SO NEAR...
RP: SO FAR...
YOU CAN NEVER LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S CHILD -
F,L: TWO MIDNIGHTS GONE!
- THE WAY YOU LOVE -
CP: SO NEAR...
- YOUR OWN.
GRANNY: THE GREATEST PRIZE CAN OFTEN LIE AT THE END OF THE THORNIEST PATH...
(TWO MIDNIGHTS)
TWO MIDNIGHTS,
TWO MIDNIGHTS GONE!
(Act I Finale Part 1)
F: CAREFUL MY TOE -
DARLING I KNOW -
F: WHAT WILL WE DO?
IT'LL HAVE TO GO -
BUT WHEN YOU'RE HIS BRIDE YOU CAN SIT OR RIDE
YOU'LL NEVER NEED TO WALK
(Act I Finale Part 2)
L: WHY WON'T IT FIT?
DARLING BE STILL.
CUT OFF A BIT OF THE HEEL AND IT WILL
AND WHEN YOUR HIS BRIDE YOU'LL HAVE SUCH A LIFE
YOU'LL NEVER NEED TO WALK
CP: Have you no other daughters?
N: To which the woman replied:
No, only a little stunted kitchen wench which my late husband left behind, but she is much too dirty; she cannot show herself.
N: 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
(Act II Opening Part 2)
B, BW: I'M SO HAPPY
HAPPY NOW
HAPPY HENCE
HAPPY EVER AFTER
WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE SO HAPPY
JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAY HAPPY
B: WHERE'S THE CHEESECLOTH
WISHES MAY BRING PROBLEMS
SUCH THAT YOU REGRET THEM
BETTER THAT THOUGH THAN TO NEVER GET THEM
C, J, JM, BW: I'M GOING TO SEE THAT HE/SHE IS SO HAPPY
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LOVE MY LIFE
I WOULD HAVE SETTLED FOR ANOTHER
B, BW: THEN TO BEGET A CHILD
THAT FORTUNE SMILED
I'M SO HAPPY
B, BW, J, JM: WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THICK AND THIN
WE HAD TO LOSE A LOT TO WIN
C: I VENTURED OUT AND SAW WITHIN
I NEVER THOUGHT
I'D BE SO MUCH I HADN'T BEEN
I'M SO HAPPY
(Underscore aka the part where the narrator dies)
W: I no longer have my powers. If I did, you think I'd be standing here with you?
Now, we'll have to give her someone
Who?
W: Excuse me, would you like a blind girl, instead?
How dare you!
N: You're making a big mistake.
Nonsense.
(Witch's Lament)
W: ... CHILDREN CAN ONLY GROW
FROM SOMETHING YOU LOVE
TO SOMETHING YOU LOSE
Life was so steady, and now this! When are things going to go back to normal?
S: We must be gone before nightfall
B: Where are you going?
L: We're off to a hidden kingdom
Shhh! We can't take everyone.
W: Fools! There's nowhere to hide!
B: You'll never get there. We have to stay here and find our way out of this togeather
Some people are cut out to battle Giants, and others are not. I don't have the constitution and as long as I can be of no help, I'm going to hide. Everything will work out fine in the end.
S: THE GREATER THE GOOD, THE HARDER THE BLOW
WHEN GOING TO HIDE
KNOW HOW TO GET THERE
AND HOW TO GET BACK
W, C, J, LRR: CAREFUL THE WISH YOU MAKE
WISHES ARE CHILDREN
CAREFUL THE PATH THEY TAKE
WISHES COME TRUE
NOT FREE
CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST
NOT JUST ON CHILDREN
MEN: SOMETIMES THE SPELL MAY LAST
PAST WHAT YOU CAN SEE
AND TURN AGAINST YOU...
AHHH...
(group 1, group 2)
THOUGH IT'S FEARFUL
THOUGH IT'S DEEP
THOUGH IT'S DARK
AND THOUGH YOU MAY
LOSE THE PATH
THERE ARE ALWAYS WOLVES
THERE ARE ALWAYS SPELLS
THERE ARE ALWAYS BEANS
OR A GIANT DWELLS THERE
MEN: INTO THE WOODS BUT MIND THE PAST
INTO THE WOODS BUT MID THE FUTURE
MEN: INTO THE WOODS BUT NOT TO STRAY
OR TEMPT THE WOLF OR STEAL FROM THE FESTIVAL
THE WAY IS DARK
THE LIGHT IS DIM
BUT NOW THERE'S YOU
ME HER AND HIM
MEN: THE CHANCES LOOK SMALL
THE CHOICES LOOK GRIM
BUT EVERYTHING YOU LEARN THERE
WILL HELP WHEN YOU RETURN THERE
B, C, LRR, J: THE LIGHT IS GETTING DIMMER
B: I THINK I SEE A GLIMMER
INTO THE WOODS
YOU HAVE TO GROPE
BUT THAT'S THE WAY YOU LEARN TO COPE
INTO THE WOODS
TO FIND THERE'S HOPE
OF GETTING THROUGH THE JOURNEY
INTO THE WOODS
EACH TIME YOU GO
THERE'S MORE TO LEARN OF WHAT YOU KNOW
INTO THE WOODS
BUT NOT TOO SLOW
S: The boy is hiding in the steeple tower.
That's true
(Act I Opening Part 1)
B, BW, J, C: I WISH...
YOU WISH TO TO TO THE FESTIVAL?
N: The poor girl's mother had died -
YOU CINDERELLA THE FESTIVAL? YOU WISH TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL?
THE FESTIVAL? THE KING'S FESTIVAL?
N: - and her father had taken for his new wife -
THE FESTIVAL!?
N: - a woman with two daughters of her own.
F: LOOK AT YOUR NAILS
L: LOOK AT YOUR DRESS
PEOPLE WOULD LAUGH AT YOU -
C: NEVERTHELESS-
SHE STILL WANTS TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL
AND DANCE BEFORE THE PRINCE (laughter)
N: Cinderella's stepmother had a surprise for her.
I have emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you. If you have picked them out again in two hours time, you shall go to the ball with us.
W: GO TO THE WOOD
(Act I Opening Part 7)
Ladies
Our carriage waits
C: NOW MAY I GO TO THE FESTIVAL?
THE FESTIVAL-
DARLING THOSE NAILS
DARLING THOSE CLOTHES
LENTILS ARE ONE THING BUT DARLING WITH THOSE
YOU'D MAKE US THE FOOLS OF THE FESTIVAL AND
MORTIFY THE PRINCE
The carriage is waiting
We must be gone!
(First Midnight)
F: NEVER WEAR MAUVE AT A BALL
L: OR PINK
OR OPEN YOUR MOUTH...
(overlaped)
LRR: THE PRETTIER THE FLOWER...
(one midnight) ONE MIDNIGHT GONE
INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS THEN OUT OF THE WOODS
AND HOME BEFORE-
(Very Nice Prince [Reprise])
CP: I can capture my own damsel, thank you.
BW: Yes, sir.
Where did he go?
BW: That direction. But you'll never reach them!
F: We would have if that mongrel with the cow hadn't molested us.
BW: Cow?
B: Please, let me just compare this color with that of your own.
L, F: He wants to compare our hair to corn!
Ah! Ah! Ah! ha, ha, ha.
Over there!
(Second Midnight)
CP: SO NEAR...
RP: SO FAR...
YOU CAN NEVER LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S CHILD -
F,L: TWO MIDNIGHTS GONE!
- THE WAY YOU LOVE -
CP: SO NEAR...
- YOUR OWN.
GRANNY: THE GREATEST PRIZE CAN OFTEN LIE AT THE END OF THE THORNIEST PATH...
(TWO MIDNIGHTS)
TWO MIDNIGHTS,
TWO MIDNIGHTS GONE!
(Act I Finale Part 1)
F: CAREFUL MY TOE -
DARLING I KNOW -
F: WHAT WILL WE DO?
IT'LL HAVE TO GO -
BUT WHEN YOU'RE HIS BRIDE YOU CAN SIT OR RIDE
YOU'LL NEVER NEED TO WALK
(Act I Finale Part 2)
L: WHY WON'T IT FIT?
DARLING BE STILL.
CUT OFF A BIT OF THE HEEL AND IT WILL
AND WHEN YOUR HIS BRIDE YOU'LL HAVE SUCH A LIFE
YOU'LL NEVER NEED TO WALK
CP: Have you no other daughters?
N: To which the woman replied:
No, only a little stunted kitchen wench which my late husband left behind, but she is much too dirty; she cannot show herself.
N: 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
(Act II Opening Part 2)
B, BW: I'M SO HAPPY
HAPPY NOW
HAPPY HENCE
HAPPY EVER AFTER
WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE SO HAPPY
JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAY HAPPY
B: WHERE'S THE CHEESECLOTH
WISHES MAY BRING PROBLEMS
SUCH THAT YOU REGRET THEM
BETTER THAT THOUGH THAN TO NEVER GET THEM
C, J, JM, BW: I'M GOING TO SEE THAT HE/SHE IS SO HAPPY
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LOVE MY LIFE
I WOULD HAVE SETTLED FOR ANOTHER
B, BW: THEN TO BEGET A CHILD
THAT FORTUNE SMILED
I'M SO HAPPY
B, BW, J, JM: WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THICK AND THIN
WE HAD TO LOSE A LOT TO WIN
C: I VENTURED OUT AND SAW WITHIN
I NEVER THOUGHT
I'D BE SO MUCH I HADN'T BEEN
I'M SO HAPPY
(Underscore aka the part where the narrator dies)
W: I no longer have my powers. If I did, you think I'd be standing here with you?
Now, we'll have to give her someone
Who?
W: Excuse me, would you like a blind girl, instead?
How dare you!
N: You're making a big mistake.
Nonsense.
(Witch's Lament)
W: ... CHILDREN CAN ONLY GROW
FROM SOMETHING YOU LOVE
TO SOMETHING YOU LOSE
Life was so steady, and now this! When are things going to go back to normal?
S: We must be gone before nightfall
B: Where are you going?
L: We're off to a hidden kingdom
Shhh! We can't take everyone.
W: Fools! There's nowhere to hide!
B: You'll never get there. We have to stay here and find our way out of this togeather
Some people are cut out to battle Giants, and others are not. I don't have the constitution and as long as I can be of no help, I'm going to hide. Everything will work out fine in the end.
S: THE GREATER THE GOOD, THE HARDER THE BLOW
WHEN GOING TO HIDE
KNOW HOW TO GET THERE
AND HOW TO GET BACK
W, C, J, LRR: CAREFUL THE WISH YOU MAKE
WISHES ARE CHILDREN
CAREFUL THE PATH THEY TAKE
WISHES COME TRUE
NOT FREE
CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST
NOT JUST ON CHILDREN
MEN: SOMETIMES THE SPELL MAY LAST
PAST WHAT YOU CAN SEE
AND TURN AGAINST YOU...
AHHH...
(group 1, group 2)
THOUGH IT'S FEARFUL
THOUGH IT'S DEEP
THOUGH IT'S DARK
AND THOUGH YOU MAY
LOSE THE PATH
THERE ARE ALWAYS WOLVES
THERE ARE ALWAYS SPELLS
THERE ARE ALWAYS BEANS
OR A GIANT DWELLS THERE
MEN: INTO THE WOODS BUT MIND THE PAST
INTO THE WOODS BUT MID THE FUTURE
MEN: INTO THE WOODS BUT NOT TO STRAY
OR TEMPT THE WOLF OR STEAL FROM THE FESTIVAL
THE WAY IS DARK
THE LIGHT IS DIM
BUT NOW THERE'S YOU
ME HER AND HIM
MEN: THE CHANCES LOOK SMALL
THE CHOICES LOOK GRIM
BUT EVERYTHING YOU LEARN THERE
WILL HELP WHEN YOU RETURN THERE
B, C, LRR, J: THE LIGHT IS GETTING DIMMER
B: I THINK I SEE A GLIMMER
INTO THE WOODS
YOU HAVE TO GROPE
BUT THAT'S THE WAY YOU LEARN TO COPE
INTO THE WOODS
TO FIND THERE'S HOPE
OF GETTING THROUGH THE JOURNEY
INTO THE WOODS
EACH TIME YOU GO
THERE'S MORE TO LEARN OF WHAT YOU KNOW
INTO THE WOODS
BUT NOT TOO SLOW
S: The boy is hiding in the steeple tower.
That's true