Hermes:
On the road to Hell there was a railroad track

Persephone:
Oh, come on!

Hermes:
There was a train coming up from way down below

Persephone:
That was not six months!

Hermes:
Better go get your suitcase packed
Guess it's time to go

Follow that dollar for a long way down
Far away from the poor house door
You either get to Hell or to Hadestown
Ain't no difference anymore

Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Train come a rollin', clickety clack
Nobody knows where that old train goes
Those who go, they don't come back

They goin'

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Persephone:
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Hear that high and lonesome sound
Of my husband coming for
To bring me home to Hadestown

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Persephone:
Down there it's a bunch of stiffs
Brother I'll be bored to death
Gonna have to import some stuff
Just to entertain myself

Give me morphine in a tin
Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
Takes a lot of medicine
To make it through the Wintertime

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Lachesis:
Everybody dresses in clothes so fine

Clotho:
Everybody's pockets are weighted down

Fates:
Everybody sipping ambrosia wine

Atropos:
In a gold mine in Hadestown

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Orpheus:
Everybody hungry everybody tired
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
It's a graveyard in Hadestown

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Chorus:
Every little penny in the wishing well
Every little nickel on the drum

Persephone:
On the drum!

Chorus: All them shiny little heads and tails
Where do you think they come from?
They come from

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Orpheus:
Mister Hades is a mean old boss

Hermes:
With a silver whistle and a golden scale

All:
An eye for an eye

Hermes:
And he weighs the cost

All:
A lie for a lie

Hermes:
And your soul for sale

All:
Sold

Orpheus:
To the king on the chromium throne

All:
Thrown

Orpheus:
To the bottom of a Sing-Sing cell

Hermes:
Where the little wheel squeals and the big wheel rolls

Orpheus:
And you better forget about your wishing well

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground

Hermes:
On the road to hell there was a railroad car
And the car door opened and a man stepped out
Everybody looked and everybody saw
It was the same man they'd been singing about

Persephone:
You're early

Hades:
I missed you.

Clotho:
Mister Hades is a mighty king

Clotho and Atropos:
Must be making some mighty big deals

Fates:
Seems like he owns everything

Eurydice:
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels

Hermes:
All aboard!
A one! A two! A one two three four!

All:
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
Way down under the ground