by Anaïs Mitchell on album The Brightness

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 the pit of his

by Anaïs Mitchell on album The Brightness

if it should happen if you should wake up in the night there in the city of faith where your true love lies asleep like a baby with her hands at her head and the moon in your window sheds her light on

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

EURYDICE Orpheus, my heart is yours Always was and will be It's my gut I can't ignore Orpheus, I'm hungry Oh, my heart, it aches to stay But the flesh will have its way Oh, the way is dark and long I'

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

EURYDICE Orpheus, my heart is yours Always was and will be It's my gut I can't ignore Orpheus, I'm hungry Oh, my heart, it aches to stay But the flesh will have its way Oh, the way is dark and long I'

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Live at Caffe Lena: Music from America's Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013

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 Hadestown

EURYDICE What I wanted was to fall asleep Close my eyes and disappear Like a petal on a stream, a feather on the air Lily white and poppy red I trembled when he laid me out You won't feel a thing, he

by Anaïs Mitchell, Ben Knox Miller & Justin Vernon on album Hadestown

How to get to Hadestown You'll have to take the long way down Through the underground, in the cover of night Layin' low, and stayin out of sight Ain't no compass, brother There ain't no map Just a tel

by Anaïs Mitchell, Ani DiFranco & Ben Knox Miller on album Hadestown

Follow that dollar for long way down Far away from the poor house door Either get to Hell or to Hadestown Ain't no difference anymore Way down to Hadestown, way down under the ground Hound dog howl an

by Anaïs Mitchell & Justin Vernon on album Hadestown

Lover tell me if you can who's going to buy the wedding band 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 they're

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Hadestown

EURYDICE What I wanted was to fall asleep Close my eyes and disappear Like a petal on a stream, a feather on the air Lily white and poppy red I trembled when he laid me out You won't feel a thing, he

by Anaïs on album The Short Version (Live)

I love you I adore you I am always missing you I'm always looking for you I love you {x4} It's in the way your touch makes me feel so fine It's in the way your body perfectly fits mine It's in the wa

by Anaïs on album The Love Album

I love you I adore you I am always missing you I'm always looking for you I love you {x4} It's in the way your touch makes me feel so fine It's in the way your body perfectly fits mine It's in the wa

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Xoa

In the fever of a world in flames In the season of the hurricanes The flood will get you if the fire don't Any way the wind blows And there ain't a thing that you can do When the weather takes a turn

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Xoa

When I think about dying I think about children And when I think about children I think about you And when I think about you I feel like crying Crying for my youth And when I think of my youth I thi

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Xoa

Every lump inside your throat Every crumpled little note Every idle dial tone Every hook you hung it on Everything you should have said Everything you said instead On the stairs and in the halls Every

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Folk Awards 2013

When he said, when he said that he liked my cut of hair I became a barber When he said, when he said that my scent was eau de fleur I became a perfumer When he said, when he said that he liked the clo

by Anaïs Mitchell on album The Best of 2012: 15 Tracks From Uncut's Albums of the Year

My mother gave a mighty shout Opened her legs and let me out Hungry as a prairie dog Young man in America Young man in America Hungry, hungry, running every which way Young man in Americay I come out

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Uncut: Watch That Band! New Music for a New Year

Be it work or be it rite? Father, tell me Brings us to the mountainside Every day a dying day Be it work or be it rite Oh my sweet babe We come to make a sacrifice Every day a dying day Be it ox or b

by Anaïs Mitchell on album fRoots 39

Said the shepherd to his wife The crop of hay is cut and dried I'll bale it up and bring it in Before the coming storm begins "Go", she said, "And beat the storm And then there is another chore Today

by Anaïs Mitchell on album Paste mPlayer #32

I never felt so high I never felt so high I never felt so high I think I'm coming down I never laughed so loud I never laughed so loud I never laughed so loud I think I'm coming down Nothing gonna s