Prologue: Into the Woods - Company - Into the Woods.mp3

[00:01.370]Once upon a time
[00:03.020]In a far-off kingdom
[00:04.620]There lay a small village
[00:06.130]At the edge of the woods
[00:07.270]I wish...
[00:11.540]And in this village
[00:13.290]More than anything...
[00:14.990]lived a young maiden,
[00:16.890]More than life...
[00:18.700]More than jewels...
[00:21.300]A carefree young lad...
[00:23.190]I wish...
[00:26.080]More than life...
[00:28.030]And a childless baker...
[00:30.590]I wish...
[00:31.850]with his wife.
[00:33.540]More than anything...
[00:34.890]More than the moon...
[00:36.150]I wish...
[00:36.640]The King is giving a Festival.
[00:38.990]More than life...
[00:39.690]I wish...
[00:40.440]I wish to go to the Festival.
[00:41.890]More than riches...
[00:43.080]and the ball...
[00:43.830]I wish my cow would
[00:45.290]give us some milk.
[00:45.590]More than anything...
[00:46.640]I wish we had a child.
[00:48.790]Please, pal-
[00:49.590]I want a child...
[00:50.230]Squeeze, pal...
[00:51.680]I wish to go to the Festival.
[00:52.530]milk or even cheese...
[00:52.630]I wish you'd give us some
[00:54.470]I wish...
[00:55.090]I wish we might have a child.
[00:55.640]I wish...
[00:56.480]You wish to go to the Festival?
[01:00.590]The poor girl's parents had died,
[01:02.450]You, Cinderella, the Festival?
[01:04.150]You wish to go to the Festival?
[01:05.940]What, you, Cinderella, the Festival?
[01:07.390]The Festival?!
[01:08.200]What, you wish to go to the Festival?
[01:09.400]The Festival?
[01:10.510]The King's Festival?
[01:11.600]And now she lived with her stepmother
[01:12.310]The Festival...HA!
[01:13.900]who had two daughters of her own.
[01:16.460]Look at your nails!
[01:17.460]Look at your dress!
[01:18.410]People would laugh at you-
[01:19.260]Nevertheless,
[01:20.210]I still want to go to the Festival
[01:21.910]And dance before the Prince.
[01:24.010]Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
[01:27.960]All three were beautiful of face, but vile and black of heart.
[01:33.850]The young lad had no father and his mother-
[01:36.700]I wish...
[01:38.000]Well, she was at her wit's end-
[01:39.800]I wish my son were not a fool.
[01:43.250]I wish my house was not a mess.
[01:46.860]I wish the cow was full of milk.
[01:48.650]I wish the walls were full of gold-
[01:50.510]I wish a lot of things...
[01:54.050]What in heaven's name are you doing
[01:55.300]with the cow inside the house?
[01:57.350]I thought if he got nice and warm,
[01:59.350]he might produce some milk.
[02:00.500]It's a she...
[02:02.250]How many times do I have to tell you,
[02:04.160]only shes can give milk?
[02:08.540]And then there was a hungry little girl
[02:10.380]who always wore a red cape.
[02:13.220]I wish...
[02:15.120]It's not for me,
[02:16.020]It's for my Granny in the woods.
[02:18.720]A loaf of bread, please-
[02:21.330]To bring my poor old hungry
[02:22.720]Granny in the woods...
[02:24.670]Just a loaf of bread, please...
[02:31.760]Cinderella, if you can pick up these lentils,
[02:35.260]and finish your chores in time,
[02:38.010]then you may go to the ball with us.
[02:40.170]Come along ladies...
[02:41.230]Yes, Mother.
[02:43.420]Good luck.
[02:45.220]Come, little birds,
[02:55.600]Down from the eaves
[02:56.470]And the leaves,
[02:57.420]Over fields,
[02:58.320]Out of castles and ponds...
[03:02.220]Now, squeeze, pal...
[03:03.270]Ahhhhhhhhhh...
[03:19.660]Quick, little birds,
[03:21.070]Flick through the ashes.
[03:22.410]Pick and peck, but swiftly,
[03:23.610]Sift through the ashes,
[03:25.010]Into the pot...
[03:29.610]Now listen to me well, son.
[03:31.350]Milky-White must be taken to market.
[03:33.430]But, mother, no- he's the best cow in the world-
[03:35.040]Was-
[03:36.240]She has been dry for weeks now,
[03:38.280]with no food or money,
[03:38.540]we've got no choice but to sell her.
[03:40.450]look at her.
[03:41.090]But, Milky-White's my best friend
[03:42.850]Look at her...
[03:44.250]There are bugs on her dugs.
[03:44.330]There are flies in her eyes.
[03:47.080]There's a lump on her rump
[03:49.630]Big enough to be a hump-
[03:51.430]But-
[03:53.800]We've no time to sit and dither,
[03:56.050]While her wither's wither with her-
[03:58.790]And no one keeps a cow for a friend!
[04:02.400]Sometimes I wonder what's goin' on in that head of yours.
[04:07.040]Into the woods,
[04:07.650]It's time to go,
[04:08.710]I hate to leave,
[04:09.600]I have to go.
[04:10.550]Into the woods-
[04:11.360]It's time, and so
[04:12.420]I must begin my journey.
[04:14.170]Into the woods
[04:15.120]And through the trees
[04:16.060]To where I am
[04:17.020]Expected ma'am,
[04:17.960]Into the woods
[04:18.810]To Grandmother's house-
[04:21.660]Into the woods
[04:23.120]To Grandmother's house-
[04:24.180]Now you're certain of your way?
[04:25.590]The way is clear,
[04:27.190]The light is good,
[04:28.990]I have no fear,
[04:30.330]Nor no one should.
[04:32.680]The woods are just trees,
[04:34.390]The trees are just wood.
[04:36.330]I sort of hate to ask it,
[04:38.230]But do you have a basket?
[04:40.820]Yes, we do.
[04:41.830]I don't suppose you're planning on buying any of these-
[04:43.830]Oh, shhhhh...
[04:45.030]Now, don't stray and be late, alright?
[04:46.570]You might save some of those sweets for Granny?
[04:50.420]Oh my-
[04:51.470]Just, leave it...
[04:52.520]She's a thief!
[04:53.220]Into the woods
[04:53.710]And down the dell,
[04:54.610]The path is straight,
[04:55.620]I know it well.
[04:56.370]Into the woods,
[04:57.220]And who can tell
[04:58.170]What's waiting on the journey?
[04:59.230]Into the woods
[05:00.880]To bring some bread
[05:01.780]To Granny who
[05:02.880]Is sick in bed.
[05:03.730]Never can tell
[05:04.670]What lies ahead.
[05:05.580]For all that I know,
[05:06.420]She's already dead.
[05:08.380]But into the woods,
[05:10.280]Into the woods,
[05:11.380]Into the woods
[05:11.830]To Grandmother's house
[05:12.870]And home before dark.
[05:17.870]Cinderella!
[05:19.460]Get up here!
[05:21.070]Fly, birds,
[05:24.010]Back to the sky...
[05:25.720]We're waiting!
[05:27.180]Back to the eaves
[05:27.670]And the leaves
[05:28.520]And the fields
[05:29.670]And the-
[05:30.210]Hurry up and do my hair, Cinderella!
[05:31.860]Are you really wearing that?
[05:34.160]Here, I found a little tear, Cinderella.
[05:36.160]Can't you hide it with a hat?
[05:37.670]You look beautiful.
[05:39.150]I know.
[05:40.160]She means me.
[05:41.060]No she didn't.
[05:41.960]Mother said be good,
[05:42.860]Father said be nice,
[05:43.820]That was always their advice.
[05:45.060]So be nice, Cinderella,
[05:46.850]Good, Cinderella,
[05:47.610]Nice good good nice-
[05:49.260]Tighter!
[05:49.860]What's the good of being good
[05:50.900]If everyone is blind
[05:52.160]Always leaving you behind?
[05:53.010]Never mind, Cinderella,
[05:55.010]Kind Cinderella-
[05:55.860]Nice good nice kind good nice-
[05:57.410]OW- Not that tight!
[06:00.850]Clod!
[06:03.700]Who might that be?
[06:13.870]We've sold our last loaf of bread!
[06:17.120]It's the witch from next-door.
[06:23.960]We have no bread...
[06:25.560]I don't want your bread...
[06:26.910]Then what is it you wish?
[06:28.420]It's not what I wish,
[06:29.870]It's what you wish.
[06:31.020]Nothing cooking in that belly now is there?
[06:33.920]And there will never be,
[06:36.420]Unless you do exactly as I say.
[06:40.910]In three days time a blue-moon will appear,
[06:44.510]Only then can the curse be, undone...
[06:47.900]What curse?
[06:49.850]The one I placed on this house.
[06:51.700]What are you talking about?
[06:53.310]In the past, when you were no more than a babe,
[06:57.550]Your father brought his young wife
[07:00.150]and you to this cottage.
[07:02.300]They were a lovely couple,
[07:04.750]But not lovely neighbors.
[07:07.210]You see...
[07:08.330]Your mother was with child,
[07:11.680]And she developed an unusual appetite.
[07:14.780]She admired my beautiful garden,
[07:17.070]And she told your father that
[07:19.080]What she wanted more than anything,
[07:22.820]In the world, was...
[07:24.160]Greens, greens, nothing but greens:
[07:26.660]Parsley, peppers, cabbages and celery,
[07:29.230]Asparagus and watercress and
[07:30.870]Fiddleferns and lettuce-!
[07:32.220]He said, "All right,"
[07:33.570]But it wasn't, quite,
[07:34.770]'Cause I caught him in the autumn
[07:36.130]In my garden one night!
[07:37.370]He was robbing me,
[07:38.880]Raping me,
[07:40.150]Rooting through my rutabaga,
[07:40.840]Raiding my arugula and
[07:41.690]Ripping up the rampion
[07:44.630]My champion! My favorite!-
[07:46.080]I should have laid a spell on him
[07:49.620]Right there,
[07:50.320]I could have turned him into stone
[07:51.910]Or a dog...
[07:53.720]Or a chair...
[07:58.250]But I let him have the rampion-
[07:59.460]I'd lots to spare.
[08:00.770]In return, however,
[08:01.880]I said, "Fair is fair:
[08:03.340]You can let me have the baby
[08:04.440]That your wife will bear.
[08:06.040]And we'll call it square."
[08:09.180]I had a brother?
[08:10.400]No. But, you had a sister.
[08:14.290]Where is she?
[08:16.410]She's mine now!
[08:18.990]And you'll never find her,
[08:20.860]Small price to pay for what
[08:21.880]Else your father stole from me.
[08:24.400]It cost me my youth, my beauty.
[08:26.440]My mother warned me,
[08:28.950]She would punish me
[08:30.150]With the curse of ugliness,
[08:31.340]If I ever lost any of them.
[08:34.000]Lost what?
[08:35.700]The beans...
[08:36.440]Beans?
[08:37.060]The special beans...
[08:38.400]I'd let him go, I didn't know,
[08:39.760]he'd stolen my beans.
[08:41.110]I was watching him crawl,
[08:42.310]Back over the wall-!
[08:43.820]Then bang! Crash!
[08:45.220]A lightning flash!
[08:57.200]Well, that's another story,
[08:58.360]Never mind-
[08:59.210]Anyway, at last
[09:00.020]The big day came,
[09:01.320]And I made my claim.
[09:02.360]"Oh, don't take away the baby,"
[09:03.510]They shrieked and screeched,
[09:04.930]But I did,
[09:05.630]And I hid her
[09:06.330]Where she'll never be reached.
[09:07.980]And your father cried,
[09:09.090]And your mother died.
[09:10.380]When for extra measure-
[09:11.730]I admit it was a pleasure-
[09:12.880]I said, "Sorry,
[09:13.740]I'm still not mollified."
[09:15.230]And I laid a little spell on them-
[09:18.580]You, too, son-
[09:21.070]That your family tree
[09:23.030]Would always be a barren one...
[09:26.680]How could you do that?
[09:29.980]And when your mother died,
[09:31.890]Your father deserted you.
[09:34.750]Your father was no father so why should you be?
[09:39.680]So there's no more fuss
[09:41.040]And there's no more scenes
[09:42.380]And my garden thrives-
[09:43.680]You should see my nectarines!
[09:44.980]But I'm telling you the same
[09:46.140]I tell kings and queens:
[09:47.600]Don't ever never ever
[09:49.140]Mess around with my greens!
[09:52.690]Especially the beans.
[09:56.380]Yeah, but why do we have to go to the next village?
[09:58.540]Because, everyone in this village,
[09:59.880]knows the cow hasn't given a drop of milk in weeks.
[10:02.530]That's cheating!
[10:03.240]We're starving, Jack!
[10:05.240]Don't you understand that?
[10:06.980]Now, you're not to accept less than five pounds for her.
[10:11.330]Are you listening to me?
[10:12.780]Yes.
[10:14.130]How much are you to ask?
[10:16.980]No more than five pounds.
[10:17.490]Less than five!
[10:17.970]Than five!
[10:20.220]Into the woods,
[10:20.770]The time is now,
[10:21.430]We have to live,
[10:22.370]I don't care how.
[10:23.380]Into the woods to sell the cow,
[10:25.120]You must begin the journey!
[10:27.080]Straight to the woods
[10:28.070]and don't delay-
[10:28.970]We have to face
[10:29.830]The marketplace.
[10:30.930]Into the woods to journey's end-
[10:35.130]Into the woods to sell a friend-
[10:40.630]You wish to have
[10:42.270]The curse reversed?
[10:44.220]I'll need a certain
[10:45.220]Potion first.
[10:46.770]Go to the woods and bring me back
[10:50.070]One: the cow as white as milk,
[10:53.920]Two: the cape as red as blood,
[10:57.860]Three: the hair as yellow as corn,
[11:01.910]Four: the slipper as pure as gold.
[11:07.460]Bring me these
[11:09.460]Before the chime
[11:10.710]Of midnight,
[11:11.610]In three day's time.
[11:13.100]Tis' then the blue moon reappears.
[11:16.060]Which comes but once each hundred years.
[11:19.450]Just bring them and
[11:22.190]I guarantee,
[11:23.740]A child as perfect
[11:25.440]As child can be.
[11:27.490]Go to the wood!
[11:38.830]Ladies,
[11:39.280]Our carriage waits.
[11:40.620]Now may I go to the Festival?
[11:42.410]The Festival-?
[11:43.820]Darling, those nails!
[11:44.770]Darling, those clothes!
[11:45.720]Lentils are one thing but
[11:46.670]Darling, with those,
[11:47.670]You'd make us the fools of the Festival
[11:48.570]And mortify the Prince!
[11:52.930]The Festival lasts three nights.
[11:54.280]Surely, you could let me be there for one of them.
[11:56.130]The King is trying to find his son a wife!
[11:58.580]Not a scullery maid!
[12:01.060]We must be gone!
[12:02.260]GO!
[12:11.070]I wish-
[12:13.720]Beans?
[12:15.970]These must be the witch's beans!
[12:17.970]We'll take them with us.
[12:19.520]We?
[12:20.070]Yes!
[12:20.960]We?
[12:22.170]You're not coming,
[12:22.960]It's not safe out there.
[12:23.810]I can help you!
[12:24.600]No!
[12:25.060]I can do this on my own.
[12:27.160]The spell is on my house.
[12:28.610]Only I can lift the spell,
[12:30.110]The spell is on my house.
[12:30.700]No, no, the spell is on our house.
[12:32.550]We must lift the spell together,
[12:34.040]The spell is on our house!
[12:36.000]Now tell me what am I to return with?
[12:37.800]Ugh, You don't remember?
[12:40.150]The cow as white as milk,
[12:41.850]The cape as red as blood,
[12:42.590]The hair as yellow as corn,
[12:43.940]The slipper as pure as gold-
[12:45.390]The cow as white as milk,
[12:46.740]The cape as red as blood,
[12:48.000]The hair as yellow as corn,
[12:49.240]The slipper as pure as gold...
[12:50.590]I still wish to go to the Festival,
[12:52.190]But how am I ever to get to the Festival?
[12:52.230]The slipper as pure as gold...
[12:52.540]The cow as white as milk,
[12:53.540]The cow, the cape,
[12:53.740]The cape as red as blood,
[12:54.400]The hair as yellow as corn-
[12:54.440]The slipper as pure as gold-
[12:55.010]I know!
[12:55.830]The hair-!
[12:56.360]I'll visit Mother's grave,
[12:57.610]The grave at the willow tree,
[12:58.710]And tell her I just want to
[12:59.850]Go to the King's Festival...
[13:02.780]Into the woods,
[13:03.180]It's time to go,
[13:03.580]It may be all
[13:04.030]In vain, you/I know.
[13:04.970]Into the woods-
[13:05.730]But even so,
[13:06.680]I have to take the journey.
[13:08.570]Into the woods,
[13:09.480]The path is straight,
[13:10.280]You know it well,
[13:11.130]But who can tell-
[13:12.130]Into the woods to lift the spell-
[13:16.030]Into the woods to visit Mother-
[13:19.520]Into the woods to sell the cow!
[13:22.370]To get the money!
[13:24.210]To go to the Festival!
[13:27.070]Into the woods to grandmother's house!
[13:30.660]The way is clear,
[13:35.660]The light is good,
[13:37.370]I have no fear,
[13:38.810]Nor no one should.
[13:41.060]The woods are just trees,
[13:42.710]The trees are just wood.
[13:44.360]No need to be afraid there-
[13:46.460]There's something in the glade there...
[13:55.800]Into the woods,
[13:56.350]Without delay,
[13:57.290]But careful not
[13:58.090]To lose the way.
[13:58.900]Into the woods,
[13:59.690]Who knows what may
[14:00.750]Be lurking on the journey?
[14:02.450]Into the woods
[14:03.350]To get the thing
[14:04.250]That makes it worth
[14:05.690]The journeying.
[14:06.200]into the woods-
[14:06.850]To see the King-
[14:07.900]To sell the cow-
[14:08.750]To make the potion-
[14:09.660]To see-
[14:10.200]To sell-
[14:10.610]To get-
[14:11.060]To bring-
[14:11.460]To make-
[14:11.860]To lift-
[14:12.350]To go to the Festival-!
[14:13.360]Into the woods!
[14:13.700]Into the woods!
[14:14.560]Into the woods,
[14:14.960]Then out of the woods,
[14:28.350]And home before it's dark!