HADESTOWN SENTENCE STARTERS PT. I
taken from the original cast recording, feel free to change pronouns/etc!
‘ don’t ask where. ’
‘ it was hard times. ’
‘ it was a world of gods and men. ’
‘ it’s an old song. ’
‘ it’s an old tale from way back when. ’
‘ it’s a sad tale. it’s a tragedy. ’
‘ it’s a sad song, but we sing it anyway. ’
‘ it’s a tale of a love that never dies. ’
‘ it’s a love song about someone who tries. ’
‘ i’m an outdoor girl. ’
‘ i’m trying to enjoy myself. ’
‘ when the sun is high, so am i. ’
‘ when my man comes around, i know he’s gonna bring me down. ’
‘ why would a man of his own free go to work all day in the mine and mill? ’
‘ you think i give a damn? ’
‘ why would you trade the sunshine for a couple of nickels and dimes? ’
‘ no one here’s a millionaire. ’
‘ we’re living it up. ’
‘ what we have, we have to share. ’
‘ give me a lyre, and a campfire, and an open field at night. ’
‘ give me the sky that you can’t buy or sell at any price, and i’ll give you a song for free. cause that’s how life outta be. ’
‘ anybody want a drink? ’
‘ let the poet bless this round! ”
‘ if no one takes to much, there will always be enough. ’
‘ let the world we dream about be the one we live in now. ’
‘ i was alone so long. ’
‘ i was alone so long, i didn’t even know that i was lonely. ’
‘ this is how it’s always been. ’
‘ all i’ve ever known is how to hold my own. ’
‘ all i’ve ever known is how to hold my own, but now i wanna hold you too. ’
‘ you take me in your arms, and suddenly there’s sunlight all around me. ’
‘ and for a moment i forget just how dark and cold it gets. ’
‘ i don’t ever wanna have to let you go. ’
‘ i don’t wanna go back to the lonely life. ’
‘ say that you’ll hold me forever. say that the wind won’t change us. say that we’ll stay with each other, and it’ll always be like this. ’
‘ i’m gonna hold you forever. the wind will never change on us. as long as we stay with each other, then it will always be like this. ’
‘ better go and get your suitcase packed. ’
‘ i guess it’s time to go. ’
‘ those who go, they don’t come back. ’
‘ winter’s nigh and summer’s over. ’
‘ down there, it’s a bunch of stiffs. i’ll be bored to death. ’
‘ give me morphine in a tin. give me a crate of the fruit of the vine. ’
‘ everybody dresses in clothes so fine. ’
‘ the wage is nothing and the work is hard. ’
‘ an eye for an eye. ’
‘ a lie for a lie, and your soul for sale. ’
‘ you’re early. ’
‘ i missed you. ’
‘ seems like you own everything. kinda makes me wonder how it feels. ’
‘ king of diamonds, king of spades. ___ was king of a kingdom of dirt. ’
‘ the river styx was a river of stones. ’
‘ ____ laid them high and thick with a million hands that were not their own. ’
‘ and stone by stone, row by row, the river rose up. ’
‘ keep your head low. ’
‘ if you wanna keep your head, you gotta keep your head low. ’
‘ in the coldest time of year, why is it so hot down here? ’
‘ it ain’t right, and it ain’t natural. ’
‘ lover, you were gone so long. ’
‘ lover, i was lonely. ’
‘ lover, when you feel that fire, think of it as my desire for you. ’
‘ i’ll sing a song of a love gone wrong. ’
‘ every year, they have this fight. ’
‘ lover, while you sing your song, winter is coming on. ’
‘ all the pretty songs you sing ain’t gonna shelter us from the wind. ’
‘ why is it so bright down here? ’
‘ when you see that glare, think of it as my despair for you. ’
‘ when the gods are having a fight, everybody else better hold on tight! ’
‘ everything i’ve saved is gone. ’
‘ fire ain’t gonna light itself. ’
‘ every year, it’s getting worse, hell on earth. ’
‘ did you think i’d be impressed? ’
‘ i recall there was a time we were happy, you and i: in there garden where we met. nothing was between us yet. ’
‘ lover, everything i do i do it for the love of you. ’
‘ if you don’t even want my love, i’ll give it to someone who does. ’
‘ harbor me. ’
‘ hey, little songbird, give me a song. ’
‘ i’m a busy man, and i can’t stay long. ’
‘ cat got your tongue? ’
‘ always a pity for one so pretty and young when poverty comes to clip your wings and knock the wind right out of your lungs. ’
‘ i want to fly down and feed at your hand. ’
‘ i want a nice, soft place to land. i want to lie down forever. ’
‘ the choice is yours, if you’re willing to choose. ’
‘ you’ve got nothing to lose. ’
‘ suddenly, nothing is as it was. ’
‘ wasn’t it gonna be the two of us? weren’t we birds of a feather? ’
‘ let me guess: he’s some kind of poet and he’s penniless? give him your hand, he’ll give you his hand-to-mouth. he’ll write you a poem when the power is out… hey, why not fly south for the winter? ’
‘ look all around you: see how the vipers and vultures surround you. ’
‘ they’ll take you down, they’ll pick you clean if you stick around such a desperate scene. ’
‘ people get mean when the chips are down. ’
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