by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hymns for the Exiled

It was late in July At the Quecreek coal mine When the water came rolling down As black as bad blood To where nine good men stood Shuddering, shivering And shouting for deliverance Sure they would dro

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hymns for the Exiled

One two three four five six seven The word came down to him from heaven And naked as an animal he knew Everything of flesh and bone He could call it all his own He could name it He could lay claim to

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hymns for the Exiled

You were dead when they found you On the floor of your apartment You were dead, and your drum set stood there Shining in the dark Shining like stage lights Shining like your eyes Shining like Orion in

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hymns for the Exiled

I'm a live wire I'm a short-wave radio Do you copy I'm a flash of light From the radar tower to the runway If I leave you Gonna do it semi automatically Do you blame me And you are so far Out there i

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hymns for the Exiled

I could tell you stories like the government tells lies Oh, but no one listens any more In the rooms the women come and go Talking on the mobile phones And the television talks about the war When I w

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Songs for Laura Volume One

Hush you little baby Don't you say a word Here comes the devil All dressed up like a mockingbird And if that mockingbird should try to Steal you off the ground Momma's gonna grab on tight And hold you

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

EURYDICE Pour the wine and raise a cup Drink up, brothers, you know how And spill a drop for Orpheus Wherever he is now PERSEPHONE Some birds sing when the sun shines bright My praise is not for them

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

ORPHEUS & FATES Doubt comes in And strips the paint Doubt comes in And turns the wine Doubt comes in and leaves a trace Of vinegar and turpentine Where are you? Where are you now? Doubt comes in And k

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

PERSEPHONE Hades, my husband, Hades, my light Hades, my darkness If you had heard how he sang tonight You? d pity poor Orpheus! All of his sorrow won? t fit in his chest It just burns like a fire in t

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

But the ones who tell the lies Are the solemnest to swear And the ones who load the dice Always say the toss is fair And the ones who deal the cards Are the ones who take the tricks With their hands o

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

FATES Why the struggle, why the strain? Why make trouble? Why make scenes? Why go against the grain? Why swim upstream? It ain't It ain't It ain't no use You're bound You're bound You're bound to lose

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

PERSEPHONE I don't know about you, boys But if you're like me then hanging around This old manhole is bringing you down Six-feet-under getting under your skin Cabin fever is a-setting in You're stir c

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

HADES Why do we build the wall? My children, my children Why do we build the wall? CERBERUS Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free That? s why we build the wall We build the wall

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

[Hermes:] How to get to Hadestown* You'll have to take the long way down Through the underground, under cover of night Laying low, staying out of sight Ain't no compass, brother, there ain't no map Ju

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

HADES Hey, little songbird, give me a song I? m a busy man and I can? t stay long I got clients to call, I got orders to fill I got walls to build, I got riots to quell And they? re giving me hell bac

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

FATES Life ain't easy, life ain't fair A girl's gotta fight for a rightful share What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down Now tha

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

ORPHEUS King of diamonds, king of spades! Hades was king of the kingdom of dirt Miners of mines, diggers of graves They bowed down to Hades who gave them work And they bowed down to Hades who made the

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

EURYDICE Lover, tell me if you can Who's gonna buy the wedding bands? Times being what they are Hard and getting harder all the time ORPHEUS Lover, when I sing my song All the rivers sing along And t

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Paste Magazine Sampler #61: March 2010

HERMES Follow that dollar for a long way down Far away from the poorhouse door Either get to hell or to Hadestown Ain't no difference anymore Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground Hound dog how

by Anaïs Mitchell on album SXSW 2007 Showcasing Artists

Ome out, come on, come outside Don't you hide your handsome face from me I want to see you half-lit in the half-light Laughing with the whites of your dark eyes Shining Darkly Way over yonder I'm wai