Producer: Anaïs Mitchell/David Lai/Todd Sickafoose
Lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell
Music: Anaïs Mitchell
[HERMES]
A'ight
It’s an old song
It's an old tale from way back when
It's an old song
(spoken)
And that is how it ends
(sung)
That’s how it goes
Don't ask why, brother, don't ask how
He could have come so close
The song was written long ago
(spoken)
And that is how it goes
(sung)
It's a sad song
It's a sad tale
(spoken)
It's a tragedy
(sung)
It's a sad song
(spoken)
But we sing it anyway
'Cause here’s the thing
To know how it ends
And still begin to sing it again
As if it might turn out this time
I learned that from a friend of mine
See, Orpheus was a poor boy
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Anybody got a match?
[HERMES, spoken]
But he had a gift to give
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Gimme that
[HERMES]
(spoken)
He could make you see how the world could be
(sung)
In spite of the way that it is
(spoken)
Can you see it?
Can you hear it?
(sung)
Can you feel it like a train?
(spoken)
Is it coming?
Is it coming this way?
(sung)
On a sunny day, there was a railroad car
And a lady steppin’ off a train
Everybody looked and everybody saw
That spring had come again
With a love song
[PERSEPHONE]
With a love song
[COMPANY]
With a love song
[HERMES]
With a tale of a love from long ago
[HERMES]
It's a sad song
[COMPANY]
It’s a sad song
[PERSEPHONE]
It's a sad song
[HERMES]
But we keep singin' even so
It's an old song
[EURYDICE]
It’s an old song
[ORPHEUS]
It's an old song
[COMPANY]
It's an old song
[HERMES]
It's an old tale from way back when
And we're gonna sing it again and again
We're gonna sing, we're gonna sing
[ALL]
It's a love song
It's a tale of a love from long again
It's a sad song
We keep singing even so
It's an old song
It's an old tale from way back when
And we're gonna sing it again and again
[HERMES]
We're gonna sing it again
Audio Assistant: Brandon Chevere/Matt Soares/Neal Shaw
Lead Vocals: André De Shields
Guitar: Michael Chorney
Coordinator: David Lai
Recording: Isaiah Abolin
Drums: Ben Perowsky
Vocals: Afra Hines/Ahmad Simmons/Amber Gray/Eva Noblezada/Jessie Shelton/Jewelle Blackman/John Krause/Kay Trinidad/Khaila Wilcoxon/Kimberly Marable/Patrick Page/Reeve Carney/T. Oliver Reid/Timothy Hughes/Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer
Cello: Marika Hughes
Violin: Dana Lyn
Accordion: Liam Robinson
Bass: Robinson Morse
Supervisor: Craig Balsam/Dale Franzen/Hunter Arnold/Thomas M. Neff/Tom Kirdahy
Mastering Engineer: Alan Douches
Mixing Engineer: Todd Sickafoose