Hermes:
Now in Hadestown there were a lot of souls

Workers:
Oh keep your head keep your head

Hermes:
Working on the wall with all their might

Workers:
Oh you gotta keep your head

Hermes:
You see they kept their heads down low

Workers:
If you wanna keep your head

Hermes:
You couldn't quite see their faces right
But you could hear them singing

Workers:
Oh keep your head keep your head

Hermes:
Swinging their hammers in the cold hard ground
You could hear the sound of the pickaxe ringing

Workers:
If you want to keep your head

Hermes:
And they called it freedom

Eurydice:
Free...
We're free!
Mr. Hades set us free!

Fates:
Mr. Hades set you free
To work yourself into the ground
Free to spend eternity

Clotho:
In the factory

Lachesis:
And the warehouse

Fates:
Where the whistle screams

Workers:
And the Foreman shouts

Clotho:
And you're punching in

Lachesis:
And punching in

Atropos:
And punching in

Workers:
And you can't punch out

Fates:
And you're way down Hadestown

Workers:
Oh keep your head keep your head low

Fates:
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
Oh you've gotta keep your head low

Fates:
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
If you want to keep your head

Fates:
Way down under the ground

Workers:
Keep your head low

Eurydice:
But I don't understand
You said this was the promised land

Lachesis:
You sell your soul

Clotho:
You get your due

Fates:
That is all we promised you

Lachesis:
Heard that mighty trumpet sound

Clotho:
Crossed the river to the other side

Atropos:
Thought you'd lay your burdens down
And rest in peace in paradise

Fates and Workers:
But there ain't no rest
For your weary soul
Hades keeps you toiling
Shoveling coal in a big black hole

Fates:
To keep his boiler boiling
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
Oh keep your head keep your head low

Fates:
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
Oh you've gotta keep your head low

Fates:
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
If you want to keep your head

Fates:
Way down under the ground

Workers:
Keep your head low

Eurydice:
But don't you see?
It's different with me

Lachesis:
Different than who?
They thought they were different too

Fates:
Down in the river of oblivion

Lachesis:
You kissed your little life goodbye

Fates:
And Hades laid his hands on you

Atropos:
And gave you everlasting life

Fates and Workers:
And everlasting overtime

Lachesis:
In the mine

Clotho:
And the mill

Fates and Workers: And the machinery

Fates:
Running his old assembly line
From Pluto to the Pleiades

Fates:
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
Oh keep your head keep your head low

Fates:
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
Oh you've gotta keep your head low

Fates:
Way down Hadestown

Workers:
If you want to keep your head

Fates:
Way down under the ground

Workers:
Keep your head low

Eurydice:
Right, there must be some mistake!

Atropos:
Ohoho! There was a mistake, alright!

Clotho:
And now you've got to pay

Lachesis:
And pay

Atropos:
And pay for it

Lachesis:
For the rest of your life

Hermes:
You see it's like I said before:
A lot can happen behind closed doors
Eurydice was a hungry young girl
But she wasn't hungry anymore
What she was instead was dead
Dead to the world, anyway
You see she went behind those doors
And signed her life away

Lachesis:
Saw that wheel up in the sky

Atropos:
Heard the big bell tolling

Clotho:
A lot of souls have gotta die

Fates and Workers:
To keep the rust belt rolling

Fates:
A lot of spirits gotta break

Fates and Workers:
To make the Underworld go round
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground