Ever After - Stephen Sondheim.mp3

[00:00.769]And it came to pass, all that seemed wrong
[00:02.558]Was now right, and those who deserved to
[00:04.998]Were certain to live a long and happy life.
[00:08.618]Ever after...
[00:09.727]Ever after!
[00:10.709]Journey over, all is mended,
[00:12.448]And it's not just for today,
[00:14.077]But tomorrow, and extended
[00:15.778]Ever after!
[00:17.020]Ever after!
[00:17.887]All the curses have been ended,
[00:19.728]The reverses wiped away.
[00:21.668]All is tenderness and laughter
[00:23.480]For forever after!
[00:25.748]Happy now and happy hence
[00:27.638]And happy ever after!
[00:29.417]There were dangers-
[00:30.242]We were frightened-
[00:30.858]And confusions-
[00:31.308]But we hid it-
[00:31.837]And the paths would often swerve.
[00:32.868]We did not.
[00:33.229]There were constant-
[00:34.127]It's amazing-
[00:34.608]Disillusions-
[00:35.049]That we did it.
[00:35.588]But they never lost they're nerve.
[00:36.748]Not a lot.
[00:37.300]And they/we reached the right conclusions
[00:38.962]And they/we got what they/we deserved!
[00:41.068]Not a sigh and not a sorrow,
[00:42.788]Tenderness and laughter.
[00:45.131]Joy today and bliss tomorrow,
[00:47.048]And forever after!
[00:48.787]I was greedy.
[00:49.492]I was vain.
[00:50.308]I was haughty.
[00:50.857]I was smug.
[00:51.447]We were happy.
[00:52.318]It was fun.
[00:53.028]But we were blind.
[00:53.628]Then we went into the woods
[00:54.228]To get our wish,
[00:54.978]And now we're really blind.
[00:55.950]I was perfect.
[00:56.680]I had everything but beauty.
[00:58.007]I had power,
[00:58.667]And a daughter like a flower,
[00:59.868]In a tower.
[01:00.778]Then i went into the woods
[01:02.158]To get my wish,
[01:02.758]And now i'm ordinary.
[01:03.377]Lost my power and my flower.
[01:04.078]We're unworthy.
[01:05.528]We're/i'm unhappy now, unhappy hence,
[01:06.650]As well as ever after.
[01:08.688]Had we used our common sense,
[01:10.741]Been worthy of our discontents,
[01:12.618]We'd be happy.
[01:12.960]To be happy, and forever,
[01:14.188]You must see your wish come true.
[01:16.198]Don't be careful, don't be clever.
[01:18.019]When you see your wish, pursue.
[01:19.929]It's a dangerous endeavor,
[01:21.628]But the only thing to do-
[01:24.158]Though it's fearful,
[01:24.938]Though it's deep, though it's dark,
[01:25.678]And though you may lose your path,
[01:27.657]Though you may encounter wolves,
[01:29.217]You mustn't stop,
[01:30.148]You mustn't swerve,
[01:31.248]You mustn't ponder,
[01:32.258]You have to act!
[01:33.327]When you know your wish,
[01:34.446]If you want your wish,
[01:35.750]You can have your wish,-
[01:37.000]No, to get your wish
[01:39.996]You go into the woods,
[01:40.555]Where nothing's clear,
[01:41.204]Where witches, ghosts
[01:41.954]And wolves appear.
[01:43.034]Into the woods
[01:44.003]And through the fear,
[01:44.924]You have to take the journey.
[01:46.824]Into the woods
[01:47.745]And down the dell,
[01:48.614]In vain, perhaps,
[01:49.189]But who can tell?
[01:50.526]Into the woods to lift the spell,
[01:52.277]Into the woods to lose the longing,
[01:54.094]Into the woods to have the child,
[01:55.855]To wed the prince,
[01:56.794]To get the money,
[01:57.675]To save the house,
[01:58.604]To kill the wolf,
[01:59.516]To find the father,
[02:00.385]To conquer the kingdom,
[02:01.276]To have, to wed,
[02:02.154]To get, to save,
[02:02.865]To kill, to keep,
[02:03.654]To go to the festival!
[02:04.814]Into the woods,
[02:06.864]Into the woods,
[02:08.654]Into the woods,
[02:09.577]Then out of the woods
[02:14.134]And happy ever after!