Broadways Into The Woods-act Ii Prologue So Happy Lyrics

Into The Woods-act Ii Prologue So Happy Lyrics

NARRATOR

Once upon a time-

later-

CINDERELLA

I wish...

In that same far-off kingdom

More than anything...

Lived a young princess,

More than life... 

The lad Jack,

More than footmen...



JACK

I wish...

And the Baker with his family



BABY

Waaah!



JACK 

No, I miss...



CINDERELLA & BAKER

I wish...



BABY

Waaah!



JACK

More then anything...



CINDERELLA, JACK, BAKER

More than the moon...



BAKER'S WIFE

There, there...



CINDERELLA

I wish to sponsor a Festival



BABY

Waaah!



BAKER

More then life...



JACK

I miss...



CINDERELLA

The time has come for a Festival...



BABY

Waaah!



BAKER'S WIFE

Shh...



BAKER

More than riches...



CINDERELLA

And a ball...



JACK

I miss my kingdom up in the sky



CINDERELLA & BAKER

More than anything...



BAKER'S WIFE

I wish we had more room...



BAKER

Another room...



NARRATOR

But despite some minor inconveniences,

they were all quite content...



CINDERELLA

I never thought I'd wed a Prince...



CINDERELLA's PRINCE

I never thought I'd find perfection...



BOTH

I never thought I would be so happy!



CINDERELLA

Not an unhappy moment since...



JACK & MOTHER

I didn't think we'd be this rich...



CINDERELLA'S PRINCE

Not a conceivable objection...



BAKER & WIFE

I never thought we'd have a baby...



CINDERELLA, PRINCE, JACK, MOTHER

I didn't know I could be so happy!



BAKER & WIFE

I'm so happy!



STEPMOTHER

Happy now,

Happy hence,

Happy ever after-



FLORINDA, LUCINDA, STEPMOTHER

We're so happy you're so happy!

Just as long as you stay happy,

We'll stay happy!...



CINDERELLA & PRINCE

Not one row...



JACK'S MOTHER

Pots of pence...



JACK

With my cow...



BAKER & WIFE

Little gurgles....



CINDERELLA'S PRINCE

Darling, I must go now...



JACK'S MOTHER

We should really sell it



BAKER

Where's he cheesecloth?



ALL (except Baker)

Wishes may bring problems, 

Such that you regret them.



ALL

Better that, though,

Than to never get them...



CINDERELLA

I'm going to be a perfect wife!



JACK

I'm going to be a perfect son!



BAKER'S WIFE & JACK'S MOTHER

I'm going to be a perfect mother!



BAKER

I'm going to be a perfect father!

I'm so happy!



CINDERELLA, JACK, MOTHER, BAKER'S WIFE

I'm going to see that he/she

Is so happy!



ALL

I never though I'd love my life!

I would have settled for another!



CINDERELLA

Then to become a wife...



JACK & MOTHER

Then to be ste for life...



BAKER & WIFE

Then to beget a child...



ALL

That fortune smiled...

I'm so hap-!



(A loud rumbling noise is followed by an 

enormous crash. The Baler's house caves in.

He is caughtunderneath the rubble as 

his Wife runs forward with their baby.

The Witch enters.)



BAKER

Have you done this to our house?



WITCH

Always thinking of yourself! Look at my garden.



BAKER

Destroyed!



BAKER's WIFE

Who could do such a thing?



BAKER

Do you think it was a bear?



WITCH

A bear? Bears are sweet.

Besides, you ever see a bear with forty-foot feet?



BAKER'S WIFE

Dragon?



WITCH

No scorch marks,

Usually they're linked



BAKER

Manticore?



WITCH

Imaginary



BAKER & WIFE

Griffin?



WITCH

Extinct



BAKER

Giant?



WITCH

Possible.

Very, very, possible...



NARRATOR

More than possible. Their fears would 

prove to be well founded.



BAKER

Into the woods,

It's always when

You think at last

You're through, and then

Into the woods you go again

To take another journey



BAKER'S WIFE

Into the woods,

The weather's clear,

We've been before,

We've naught to fear...

Into the woods, away from here-



JACK

Into the woods to find a giant-!



LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Into the woods to Grandmother's house...



BAKER

Into the woods,

The path is straight,

No reason then

To hesitate-



BAKER'S WIFE

Into the woods,

It's not to late,

It's just another journey...



CINDERELLA

Into the woodsm

But not too long:

The skies are strange,

The winds are strong.

Into the woods to see what's wrong...



JACK

Into the woods-

To slay the giant!



BAKER'S WIFE

Into the woods-

To shield the child...



LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

To flee the winds...



BAKER

To find a future...



BAKER'S WIFE

To shield...



JACK

To slay...



LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

To flee...



BAKER

To find...



CINDERELLA

To fix...



BAKER'S WIFE

To hide...



LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

To move...



JACK

To battle...



CINDERELLA

To see what the trouble is...



(Rapunzel screams)