Orpheus:
What is it?

Hermes:
Well, the good news is
He said that you can go

Eurydice:
He did?

Orpheus:
He did?

Hermes:
He did
There's bad news though

Eurydice:
What is it?

Hermes:
You can walk, but it won't be like you planned

Orpheus:
What do you mean?

Eurydice:
Why not?

Hermes:
Well, you won't be hand in hand
You won't be arm in arm, side by side and all of that
He said you have to walk in front
And she has to walk in back

Orpheus:
Why?

Hermes:
And if you turn around
To make sure that she's coming too
Then she goes back to Hadestown,
And ain't nothing you can do

Eurydice:
But why?

Hermes:
Why build walls?
Make folks walk single file
Divide and conquer's what it's called

Orpheus:
It's a trap?

Hermes:
It's a trial
Do you trust each other?
Do you trust yourselves?

Orpheus and Eurydice:
We do

Hermes:
Well listen, brother
If you wanna walk out of hell
You're gonna have to prove it
Before gods and men
Can you do that?

Orpheus and Eurydice:
We can

Hermes:
Alright, time to go!

Orpheus:
Mister Hermes?

Hermes:
Yes?

Orpheus:
It's not a trick?

Hermes:
No. It's a test.

The meanest dog you'll ever meet,
He ain't the hound dog in the street
Oh, he bares some teeth and tears some skin
But brother, that's the worst of him

Now the dog you really got to dread
Is the one that howls inside your head
It's him whose howling drives men mad
And a mind to its undoing

Orpheus and Eurydice:
Wait for me, I'm coming
Wait I'm coming with with you
Wait for me, I'm coming too
I'm coming too

Persephone:
Think they'll make it?

Hades:
I don't know

Persephone:
Hades, you let them go

Hades:
I let them try

Persephone:
And how 'bout you and I?
Are we gonna try again?

Hades:
It's almost Spring
We'll try again next Fall

Persephone:
Wait for me

Hades:
I will

Persephone and Workers:
Wait for me, I'm coming
Wait I'm coming with you
Wait for me, I'm coming too
I'm coming too

Hermes:
You've got a lonesome road to walk
And it ain't along the railroad track
And it ain't along the blacktop tar
You've walked a hundred times before

I'll tell you where the real road lies
Between your ears, behind your eyes
That is the path to paradise
Likewise the road to ruin

Company:
Wait for me(I'm coming), I'm coming
Wait I'm coming with you
Wait for me(Wait I'm coming too) I'm coming too
Wait for me(I'm coming), I'm coming
Wait I'm coming with you
Wait for me(Wait I'm coming too) I'm coming too
Wait
Wait
Wait

Eurydice:
Wait