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Now everybody knows that walls have ears

ORPHEUS
Is it true

COMPANY
Is it true

HADES, spoken
What's that noise

HERMES, spoken
And the walls had heard what the boy was saying

ORPHEUS
Is it true

COMPANY
Is it true

HADES, spoken
It's the boy

HERMES
A million tons of stone and steel...

ORPHEUS
Is it true

COMPANY
Is it true

HERMES
Echoed his refrain

COMPANY
Low, keep your head, keep your head low
Oh, you gotta keep your head low
If you wanna keep your head
Oh, you gotta keep your head low
Keep your head, keep your head low
Oh, you gotta keep your head low
If you wanna keep your head
Oh, you gotta-
Why do we turn away when our brother is bleeding
Oh, keep your head-
Why do we build the wall and then call it freedom
Oh, keep your head-
If we're free
Tell me why
I can't look in my brother's eye
Keep your head-

HADES
Young man
Got to hand it to you
Guess you don't scare easy, do ya
Are you brave or stupid, son
Doesn't matter which one
'Cause it seems your song made quite a strong impression on my wife
But it takes more than singin' songs to keep a woman in your arms

Take it from a man no longer young
If you want to hold a woman, son
Hang a chain around her throat
Made of many carat gold
Shackle her from wrist to wrist
With sterling silver bracelets
Fill her pockets full of stones
Precious ones, diamonds
Bind her with a golden band
Take it from an old man

COMPANY
Ooohhh

ORPHEUS
If I raise my voice-

THE FATES
If I raise my voice
If I raise my voice

COMPANY
Keep your head low

EURYDICE
If I raise my head-

THE FATES
If I raise my head
If I raise my head

COMPANY
Keep your head low

EURYDICE
Could I change my fate

THE FATES and COMPANY
Could I change-
Could I change-
Could I change my fate Oh, you gotta keep your head low

ORPHEUS
If I raise my voice could I-

COMPANY
Keep your head low

ORPHEUS and EURYDICE
Could I change the way it is

COMPANY
Why do we turn away instead of standing with him
Low, keep your head-
Why are we digging our own graves for a living
Low, keep your head-
If we're free
Tell me why
We can't even stand upright
If we're free
Tell me when
We can stand with our fellow man
Keep your head-

HADES
Young man, I was young once too
Sang a song with love like you
Son, I too, was left behind
Turned on one too many times
Now I sing a different song
One I can depend upon
A simple tune, a steady beat
The music of machinery
Do you hear that heavy metal sound
The symphony of Hadestown
And in this symphony of mine
Of power cords and power lines
Young man, you can strum your lyre
I have strung the world in wire
Young man, you can sing your ditty
I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY

I'll tell you what, young man
Since my wife is such a fan
And since I'm going to count to three
And put you out of your misery
One-- give me one more song
One more song before I send you
Two-- to the great beyond
Where nobody can hear you singing
Three-- sing a song for me
Make me laugh, make me weep
Make the king feel young again
Sing for an old man