Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical - Sentence Starters
PART 1 - Feel free to change pronouns
“ now on the road to hell there was a railroad line ”
“ a lady steppin' off a train with a suitcase full of summertime ”
“ 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”
" well it’s like he said, I’m an outdoor girl ”
“ i’m as free as a honeybee ”
“ why would he trade the sunshine for a couple of nickels and dimes? ”
“ let the world we dream about be the one we live in now! ”
“ livin' it up and we ain’t gonna stop! ”
“ all I’ve ever known is how to hold my own ”
“ i don’t wanna go back to the lonely life ”
“ i don’t ever wanna have to let you go “
" that was not six months ”
“ better go and get your suitcase packed ”
" nobody knows where that old train goes ”
" those who go they don’t come back ”
“ down there, it's a bunch of stiffs ”
" the wage is nothing and the work is hard ”
" give me a crate of the fruit of the vine ”
“ it was the same man they'd been singing about ”
“ oh, you gotta keep your head low ”
“ it ain't right and it ain't natural ”
“ i'll sing a song of a love gone wrong ”
“ lover, you were gone so long ”
“ see, i'm stacking firewood ”
“ when the gods are having a fight, everybody else better hold on tight! ”
“ everything I've saved is gone ”
“ think of it as my despair for you ”
“ fire ain't gonna light itself ”
“ i recall there was a time, we were happy, you and i ”
“ 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 ”
" hey, little songbird, give me a song ”
“i’m a busy man and I can’t stay long ”
" what you gonna do when the chips are down? ”
“ help yourself. to hell with the rest. even the one who loves you best ”
“ ain’t nobody but yourself to trust ”
“ aim for the heart. shoot to kill. if you don’t do it, then the other one will! ”
“ cast your eyes to heaven, you get a knife in the back! ”
“ nobody’s righteous! nobody’s proud! nobody’s innocent! ”
“ ain't you working on your masterpiece? ”
" just how far would you go for her? ”
“ you keep on walking and you don’t look back ”
“ you’re on the lam, you’re on the run ”
“ don’t give your name, you don’t have one ”
“ who do we call the enemy? ”
“ a lot can happen behind closed doors ”
“ anybody want a drink? ”