Original Broadway production 1979 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street the Musical - Epilogue: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Lyrics
TOBIAS: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. His skin was pale and his eye was odd.
JOHANNA & ANTHONY: He shaved the faces of gentlemen Who never thereafter were heard of again.
POLICEMEN: He trod a path that few have trod,
POLICEMEN, JOHANNA & ANTHONY: Did Sweeney Todd,
add TOBIAS: The demon barber of Fleet Street.
BEGGAR WOMAN: He kept a shop in London town, Of fancy clients and good renown.
JUDGE: And what if none of their souls were saved? They went to their maker impeccably shaved
BEGGAR WOMAN, JUDGE & POLICEMEN: By Sweeney, By Sweeney Todd,
ALL (thus far) The demon barber of Fleet Street.
PIRELLI & BEADLE: Swing your razor wide, Sweeney! Hold it to the skies! Freely flows the blood of those Who moralise!
ALL: His needs are few, his room is bare: He hardly uses his fancy chair. The more he bleeds, the more he lives. He never forgets and he never forgives. Perhaps today you gave a nod To Sweeney Todd, The demon barber of Fleet Street.
Sweeney wishes the world away, Sweeney's weeping for yesterday, Hugging the blade, waiting the years, Hearing the music that nobody hears. Sweeney waits in the parlour hall, Sweeney leans on the office wall.
MEN: No one can help, nothing can hide you- Isn't that Sweeney there beside you? Sweeney wishes the world away. Sweeney's weeping for yesterday,
ALL: No one can help, nothing can hide you- Isn't that Sweeney there beside you? Sweeney wishes the world away. Sweeney's weeping for yesterday, Is Sweeney! There he is, it's Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney! There! There! There! There! There! There! There! There!
TODD & COMPANY: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd! He served a dark and a hungry god!
TODD: To seek revenge may lead to Hell,
MRS. LOVETT: But everyone does it, though seldom as well
TODD & MRS. LOVETT: As Sweeney,
COMPANY: As Sweeney Todd, The demon barber of Fleet Street!
[Thanks to Sam Wilkes for lyrics]
Other Album Songs: Sweeney Todd the Musical Lyrics
Sweeney Todd the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS The Ballad of Sweeney Todd No Place Like London The Barber and His Wife The Worst Pies in London Poor Thing My Friends The Ballad: "Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney!" Green Finch and Linnet Bird Ah, Miss Johanna Pirelli's Miracle Elixir Pirelli's Entrance The Contest The Ballad: "Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned" Wait The Ballad: "His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong" Johanna - Mea Culpa Kiss Me (Part 1) Ladies In Their Sensitivities Kiss Me (Part 2) Pretty Women Epiphany A Little Priest God, That's Good! Johanna (Reprise) By the Sea Wigmaker Sequence The Letter Not While I'm Around Parlour Songs The Ballad: "The Engine Roared, The Motor Hissed" City on Fire/ Searching The Judge's Return The Final Scene Epilogue
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