Epilogue: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Lyrics

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]


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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