Into the Woods movie - Prologue Into the Woods lyrics
rate me<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
Once upon a time<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
I wish...<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
in a far-off kingdom<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
More than anything...<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
lived a fair maiden, <br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
More than jewels...<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
a sad young lad<br>
<br>
[JACK]<br>
I wish...<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
and a childless baker<br>
[JACK]<br>
More than life...<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA & BAKER]<br>
I wish...<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
with his wife.<br>
[JACK]<br>
More than anything...<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA, BAKER & JACK]<br>
More than the moon...<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
I wish...<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
The King is giving a Festival.<br>
[BAKER & WIFE]<br>
More than life...<br>
[JACK]<br>
I wish...<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
I wish to go to the Festival. <br>
[BAKER & WIFE]<br>
More than riches... <br>
[JACK]<br>
I wish my cow would<br>
give us some milk.<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
More than anything...<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
And the Ball...<br>
[JACK]<br>
Please, pal-<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
I wish we had a child.<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
I want a child...<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
I wish to go to the Festival.<br>
[JACK]<br>
Squeeze, pal... <br>
[JACK]<br>
I wish you'd give us some <br>
milk or even cheese...<br>
I wish...<br>
<br>
[BAKER & WIFE]<br>
I wish we might have a child.<br>
I wish...<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
I wish...<br>
<br>
[STEPMOTHER]<br>
You wish to go to the Festival?<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
The poor girl's mother had died,<br>
[STEPMOTHER]<br>
You, Cinderella, the Festival?<br>
You wish to go to the Festival?<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
What, you, Cinderella, the Festival?<br>
The Festival?!<br>
<br>
[LUCINDA]<br>
What, you wish to go to the Festival?<br>
<br>
[ALL THREE]<br>
The Festival?<br>
The King's Festival?<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
And her father had taken for his new wife<br>
<br>
[STEPMOTHER]<br>
The Festival... <br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
a woman with two daughters of her own.<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
Look at you nails!<br>
<br>
[LUCINDA]<br>
Look at your dress!<br>
<br>
[STEPMOTHER]<br>
People would laugh at you-<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Nevertheless,<br>
I still want to go to the Festival<br>
And dance before the Prince.<br>
<br>
[STEPMOTHER & STEPSISTERS]<br>
She still wants to go to the Festival<br>
And dance before the Prince?!<br>
<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
All three were beautiful of face, but vile and balck of heart.<br>
Jack, on the other hand, had no father, and his mother-<br>
<br>
[JACK'S MOTHER]<br>
I wish...<br>
<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
Well, she was not quite beautiful-<br>
<br>
[JACK'S MOTHER]<br>
I wish my son were not a fool.<br>
I wish my house was not a mess.<br>
I wish the cow was full of milk.<br>
I wish the house was full of gold-<br>
I wish a lot of things...<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
Why, come in, little girl.<br>
<br>
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]<br>
I wish...<br>
<br>
It's not for me,<br>
It's for my Granny in the woods.<br>
A loaf of bread, please-<br>
To bring my poor old hungry<br>
Granny in the woods...<br>
<br>
Just a loaf of bread, please...<br>
<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
Cinderella's Stepmother had a surprise for her.<br>
<br>
[STEPMOTHER]<br>
I have emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you.<br>
If you have picked them out again in two hours' time,<br>
you shall go to the ball with us.<br>
<br>
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]<br>
And perhaps a sticky bun?...<br>
Or four?...<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Birds in the sky,<br>
Birds in the eaves, <br>
I the leaves,<br>
In the fields,<br>
In the castles and ponds...<br>
<br>
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]<br>
And a few of those pies... please...<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Come, little birds,<br>
Down from the eaves <br>
And the leaves,<br>
Over fields,<br>
Out of castles and ponds...<br>
<br>
[JACK]<br>
No, squeeze, pal...<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Ahhh...<br>
Quick, little birds,<br>
Flick through the ashes.<br>
Pick and peck, but swiftly,<br>
Sift through the ashes,<br>
Into the pot...<br>
<br>
[JACK'S MOTHER]<br>
Listen well, son. Milky-White must be taken to market.<br>
<br>
[JACK]<br>
But, mother, no- he's the best cow-<br>
<br>
[JACK'S MOTHER]<br>
look at her.<br>
<br>
There are bugs on her dugs.<br>
There are flies in her eyes.<br>
There's a lump on her rump<br>
Big enough to be a hump-<br>
<br>
[JACK]<br>
But-<br>
<br>
[JACK'S MOTHER]<br>
Son,<br>
We've no time to sit and dither,<br>
While her wither's wither with her-<br>
And no one keeps a cow for a friend!<br>
<br>
Sometimes I fear your touched.<br>
<br>
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]<br>
Into the woods,<br>
It's time to go,<br>
I hate to leave,<br>
I have to, though.<br>
Into the woods-<br>
It's time, and so<br>
I must begin my journey.<br>
<br>
Into the woods <br>
And through the trees<br>
To where I am <br>
Expected ma'am,<br>
Into the woods<br>
To Grandmother's house-<br>
<br>
Into the woods<br>
To Grandmother's house-<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
You're certain of your way?<br>
<br>
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]<br>
The way is clear,<br>
The light is good,<br>
I have no fear,<br>
Nor no one should.<br>
The woods are just trees,<br>
The trees are just wood.<br>
I sort of hate to ask it,<br>
But do you have a basket?<br>
<br>
Into the woods <br>
And down the dell, <br>
The path is straight,<br>
I know it well.<br>
Into the woods, <br>
And who can tell<br>
What's waiting on the journey?<br>
<br>
Into the woods<br>
To bring some bread<br>
To Granny who <br>
Is sick in bed.<br>
Never can tell<br>
What lies ahead.<br>
For all that I know,<br>
She's already dead.<br>
<br>
But into the woods,<br>
Into the woods,<br>
Into the woods <br>
To Grandmother's house<br>
And home before dark.<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Fly, birds,<br>
Back to the sky,<br>
Back to the eaves<br>
And the leaves<br>
And the fields<br>
And the-<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
Hurry up and do my hair, Cinderella!<br>
<br>
Are you really wearing that?<br>
<br>
[LUCINDA]<br>
Here, I found a little tear, Cinderella.<br>
<br>
Can't you hide it with a hat?<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
You look beautiful.<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
I know.<br>
<br>
[LUCINDA]<br>
She means me.<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
Put ut in a twist.<br>
<br>
[LUCINDA]<br>
Who will be there?...<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Mother said be good,<br>
Father siad be nice,<br>
That was always their advice.<br>
So be nice, Cinderella,<br>
Good, Cinderella,<br>
Nice good good nice-<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
Tighter!<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
What's the good of being good<br>
If everyone is blind<br>
And you're always left behind?<br>
Never mind, Cinderella,<br>
Kind Cinderella-<br>
Nice good nice kind good nice-<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
Not that tight!<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Sorry.<br>
<br>
[FLORINDA]<br>
Clod.<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
Who minght that be?<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
It's the witch from next door.<br>
<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
The old enchantress told the couple she had<br>
placed a spell on their house.<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
What spell?<br>
<br>
[WITCH]<br>
In the past, when your mother was with child, she developed<br>
an unusual appetite. SHe took one look at my beautiful garden<br>
and told your father that what she wanted more than <br>
anything in the world was<br>
<br>
Greens, greens and nothing but greens:<br>
Parsley, peppers, cabbages and celery,<br>
Asparagus and watercress and<br>
Fiddleferns and lettuce-!<br>
<br>
He said, "All right,"<br>
But it wasn't, quite,<br>
'Cause I caught him in the autumn<br>
In my garden one night!<br>
He was robbing me, <br>
Raping me,<br>
Rooting through my rutabaga, <br>
Raiding my arugula and <br>
Ripping up my rampion<br>
(My champion! My favorite!)-<br>
I should have laid a spell on him<br>
Right there,<br>
Could have changed him into stone<br>
Or a dog or a chair...<br>
<br>
But I let him have the rampion-<br>
I'd lots to spare.<br>
In return, however, <br>
I said, "Fair is fair:<br>
You can let me have the baby<br>
That your wife will bear.<br>
<br>
And we'll call it square."<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
I had a brother?<br>
<br>
[WITCH]<br>
No. But you had a sisiter.<br>
<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
But the witch refused to tell him anymore of his sister.<br>
Not even that her name was Rapunzel.<br>
<br>
[WITCH]<br>
I though I had been more than reasonable.<br>
But how was I to know what your father<br>
had also hidden in his pocket?!<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
What?<br>
<br>
[WITCH]<br>
Beans.<br>
<br>
[BAKER & WIFE]<br>
Beans?<br>
<br>
[WITCH]<br>
The special beans.<br>
<br>
I let him go,<br>
I didn't know<br>
He'd stolen my beans!<br>
<br>
I was watching him crawl,<br>
Back over the wall-!<br>
Then bang! Crash!<br>
And the lightning flash!<br>
And- well, that's another story,<br>
Never mind-<br>
Anyway, at last<br>
The big day came,<br>
And I made my claim.<br>
"Oh, don't take away the baby,"<br>
They shrieked and screeched,<br>
But I did, <br>
And I hid her<br>
Where she'll never be reached.<br>
<br>
And your father cried,<br>
And your mother died<br>
When for extra measure-<br>
I admit it was a pleasure-<br>
I said, "Sorry,<br>
I'm still not mollified."<br>
<br>
And I laid little spell on them-<br>
You, too, son-<br>
That your family tree<br>
Would always be a barren one...<br>
<br>
So there's no more fuss<br>
And there's no more scenes<br>
And my garden thrives-<br>
You should see my nectarines!<br>
But I'm tellling you the same <br>
I tell kings and queens:<br>
Don't ever never ever<br>
Mess around with my greens!<br>
Especially the beans.<br>
<br>
[JACK'S MOTHER]<br>
Now closely to me, Jack. Lead Milky-White to market and<br>
fetch the best price you can. Are you listening to me?<br>
<br>
Jack Jack Jack,<br>
Head in a sack,<br>
The house is getting colder,<br>
This is not the time for dreaming.<br>
<br>
Chimney stack<br>
Starting to crack,<br>
The mice are getting bolder,<br>
The floor's gone slack,<br>
Your mother's getting older,<br>
Your father's not back,<br>
And you can't just sit here dreaming pretty dreams.<br>
<br>
To wish and wait<br>
From day to day<br>
Will never keep <br>
The wolves away.<br>
<br>
So into the woods<br>
The time is now.<br>
We have to live,<br>
I don't care how.<br>
Into the woods<br>
To sell the cow,<br>
You must begin the journey.<br>
Straight to the woods<br>
and don't delay-<br>
You have to face<br>
The marketplace.<br>
Into the woods to journey's end-<br>
<br>
[JACK]<br>
Into the woods to sell a friend-<br>
<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
Meanwhile, the Witch, for purposes of her own,<br>
explained how the Baker might lift the spell;<br>
<br>
[WITCH]<br>
You wish to have <br>
The curse reversed?<br>
I'll need a certain<br>
Potion first.<br>
Go to the woods and bring me back<br>
One: the cow as white as milk,<br>
Two: the cape as red as blood,<br>
Three: the hair as yellow as corn,<br>
Four: the slipper as pure as gold.<br>
<br>
Bring me these<br>
Before the chime<br>
Of midnight,<br>
In three day's time,<br>
And you shall have,<br>
I guarantee,<br>
A child as perfect<br>
As child can be.<br>
<br>
Go to the wood!<br>
<br>
[STEPMOTHER]<br>
Ladies.<br>
Our carriage waits.<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Now may I go to the Festival?<br>
<br>
[STEPMPTHER]<br>
The Festival-!<br>
Darling, those nails!<br>
Darling, those clothes!<br>
Lentils are one thing but<br>
Darling, with those,<br>
You'd make us the fools of the Festival<br>
And mortify the Prince!<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA'S FATHER]<br>
Our carriage is waiting.<br>
<br>
[STEPMOTHER]<br>
We must be gone.<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Good night, Father.<br>
I wish...<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
Look what I found in father's hunting jacket.<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
Six beans. We'll take them with us.<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
No!<br>
<br>
The spell is on my house.<br>
Only I can lift the spell, <br>
The spell is on my house.<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
No, no, the spell is on our house.<br>
We must lift the spel.<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
No. You are not to come and that is final.<br>
Now what am I to return with?<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
You don't remember?<br>
<br>
The cow as white as milk,<br>
The cape as red as blood,<br>
The hair as yellow as corn,<br>
The slipper as pure as gold-<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
The cow as white as milk,<br>
The cape as red as blood,<br>
The hair as yellow as corn,<br>
The slipper as pure as gold...<br>
<br>
[NARRATOR]<br>
And so the Baker, reluctantly, set off to meet the<br>
enchantress' demands.<br>
As for Cinderella:<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
I still wish to go to the Festival,<br>
But how am I ever to get to the Festival?<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
The cow as white as milk,<br>
The cape as red as blood,<br>
The hair as yellow as corn-<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
I know!<br>
I'll visit Mother's grave,<br>
The grave at the hazel tree,<br>
And tell her I just want to<br>
Go to the King's Festival...<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
The slipper as pure as gold...<br>
The cow, the cape,<br>
The slipper as pure as gold-<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
The hair-!<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA & BAKER]<br>
Into the woods, <br>
It's time to go,<br>
It may be all<br>
In vain, you/I know.<br>
Into the woods-<br>
But even so,<br>
I have to take the journey.<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA, BAKER & WIFE]<br>
Into the woods,<br>
The path is straight,<br>
You know it well,<br>
But who can tell-<br>
<br>
[BAKER & WIFE]<br>
Into the woods to lift the spell-<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
Into the woods to visit Mother-<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
Into the woods to fetch the things-<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
To make the potion-<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
To got to the Festival-<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA, JACK, JACK'S MOTHER, BAKER, WIFE]<br>
Into the woods <br>
Without regret,<br>
The choice is made,<br>
The task is set.<br>
Into the woods,<br>
But not forget-<br>
Ting why I'm on the journey.<br>
(Little Red Riding hood Joins)<br>
Into the woods<br>
to get my wish,<br>
I don't care how,<br>
The time is now.<br>
<br>
[JACK'S MOTHER]<br>
Into the woods to sell the cow-<br>
<br>
[JACK]<br>
Into the woods to get the money-<br>
<br>
[BAKER'S WIFE]<br>
Into the woods to lift the spell-<br>
<br>
[BAKER]<br>
To make the potion-<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA]<br>
To go to the Festival-<br>
<br>
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]<br>
Into the woods to Grandmother's house...<br>
Into the woods to Grandmother's house...<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
The way is clear,<br>
The light is good,<br>
I have no fear,<br>
No no one should.<br>
The woods are just trees,<br>
The trees are just wood.<br>
No need to be afraid there-<br>
<br>
[CINDERELLA & BAKER]<br>
There's something in the glade there...<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
Into the woods,<br>
Without delay,<br>
But careful no <br>
To lose the way.<br>
Into the woods,<br>
Who knows what may<br>
Be lurking on the journey?<br>
<br>
Into the woods<br>
To get the thing<br>
That makes it worth<br>
The lourneying.<br>
into the owwds-<br>
<br>
[STEMOTHER & STEPSISTERS]<br>
To see the King-<br>
<br>
[JACK & MOTHER]<br>
To sell the cow-<br>
<br>
[BAKER & WIFE]<br>
To make the potion-<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
To see-<br>
To sell-<br>
To get-<br>
To bring-<br>
To make-<br>
To lift-<br>
To go to the Festival-!<br>
<br>
Into the woods!<br>
Into the woods!<br>
Into the woods,<br>
Then out of the woods,<br>
And home before dark!<br>
<br>