Into The Woods - Finale: Children Will Listen Lyrics - Broadways

JACK'S MOTHER 

The slotted spoon can catch the potato- 

MYSTERIOUS MAN 

Every knot was once straight rope. 

PRINCES 

The harder to wake, the better to have. 

STEWARD 

The greater the good, the harder the blow... 

STEPMOTHER 

When going to hide, know how to get there. 

CINDERELLA'S FATHER 

And how to get back... 

FLORINDA & LUCINDA 

And eat first... 

GRANNY 

The knife that is sharp today may be dull by tomorrow... 

RAPUNZEL 

Ah- ah- ah ah- ah-... 

BABY 

Waaah! 

BAKER 

Maybe I just wasn't meant to have children... 

BAKER'S WIFE 

Don't say that, 

Of corse you were meant to have children... 

BAKER 

But how will I go about being a father 

with no one to mother my child? 

BABY 

Waaah! 

BAKER'S WIFE 

Just calm the child. 

BAKER 

Yes, calm the child. 

BAKER'S WIFE 

Look, tell him the story 

Of how it all happened. 

Be father and mother, 

You'll know what to do. 

BAKER 

Alone?... 

BAKER'S WIFE 

Sometimes people leave you 

halfway through the wood. 

Do not let it grieve you, 

No one leaves for good. 

You are not alone. 

No one is alone. 

Hold him to the light now, 

Let him see the glow. 

Things will be all right now. 

Tell him what you know... 

BABY 

Waaah! 

BAKER 

Shhh. Once upon a time... in a far-off kingdom... 

there lived a young maiden... a sad young lad... 

amd a childless baker... with his wife... 

WITCH 

Careful the things you say, 

Children will listen. 

Careful the things you do, 

Children will see. 

And learn. 

Children may not obey, 

Buit children will listen. 

Children will look to you 

For which way to turn, 

To learn what to be. 

Careful before you say, 

"Listen to me." 

Children will listen. 

ALL 

Careful the wish you make, 

Wishes are children. 

Careful the path they take- 

Wishes come true, 

Not free. 

Careful the spell you cast, 

Not just on shildren. 

Sometimes the spell may last 

Past what you see 

And turn against you... 

WITCH 

Careful the tale you tell. 

That is the spell. 

Children will listen... 

ALL (In 3 groups) 

Though it's fearful, 

Though it's deep, though it's dark 

And though you may lsoe the path, 

Though you may encounter wolves, 

You can't just act, 

You have to listne. 

You can't just act 

You have to think. 

Though it's dark, 

There are always wolves, 

There are always spells, 

There are always beans, 

Or a Giant dwells there. 

So it's 

Into the woods 

You go again, 

You have to 

Every now and then. 

Into the woods, 

No telling when, 

Be ready for the journey. 

Into the woods, 

But not too fast 

Or what you wish 

You lose at last. 

Into the woods, but mind the past. 

Into the woods, but mind the future. 

Into the woods, but not to stray, 

Or tempt the Wolf or steal from the Giant- 

The way is dark, 

The light is dim, 

But now there's you, 

Me, her and him. 

The chances look small, 

The choices look grim, 

But everything you learn there 

Will help when you return there. 

BAKER, CINDERELLA, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, JACK 

The light is getting dimmer- 

BAKER 

I think I see a glimmer- 

ALL 

Into the woods- 

You have to grope, 

But that's the way 

You learn to cope. 

Into the woods 

To find there's hope 

Of getting through the journey. 

Into the woods- 

Each time you go, 

There's more to lern 

Of what you knoe. 

Into the woods, but not too slow- 

Into the woods, it's nearing midnight- 

Into the woods to mind the Wolf, 

To heed the Witch, 

To honor the Giant, 

To mind, 

To heed, 

To find, 

To think, 

To teach, 

To join, 

To go to the Festival! 

Into the woods, 

Into the woods, 

Into the woods, 

Then put of the woods 

And happy ever after! 

CINDERELLA 

... I wish...