Into the Woods movie

Into the Woods movie - Prologue Into the Woods lyrics

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<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>

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