First Midnight

Lyrics

[BAKER, spoken] One midnight gone… [MYSTERIOUS MAN, spoken] No knot unties itself… [WITCH, spoken] Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched… [CINDERELLA'S PRINCE & RUPUNZEL'S PRINCE, spoken] The harder to get, the better to have… [CINDERELLA'S PRINCE, spoken] Agreed? [RUPUNZEL'S PRINCE, spoken] Agreed [FLORINDA, spoken] Never wear mauve at a ball… [LUCINDA, spoken] Or pink… [STEPMOTHER, spoken] Or open your mouth… [JACK, spoken] The difference between a cow and a bean Is a bean can begin an adventure… [JACK'S MOTHER, spoken] Slotted spoons don't hold much soup… [LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD, spoken] The prettier the flower, the farther from the path… [CINDERELLA'S FATHER, spoken] The closer to the family, the closer to the wine… [RAPUNZEL (offstage)] Ahhh... [WITCH, spoken] One midnight gone!… [GRANNY, spoken] The mouth of a wolf's not the end of the world… [STEWARD, spoken] A servant is not just a dog, to a Prince… [CINDERELLA, spoken] Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor… [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] You may know what you need But to get what you want Better see that you keep what you have [BAKER, spoken] One midnight gone… (The following lines overlap, or are spoken simultaneously) [WITCH, spoken] Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched… [CINDERELLA'S PRINCE & RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE, spoken] The harder to get, the better to have… [BAKER, spoken] One midnight gone… One midnight gone… [FLORINDA, spoken] Never wear mauve at a ball… [LUCINDA, spoken] Or pink… [JACK'S MOTHER, spoken] Slotted spoons don't hold much soup… [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] To get what you want better keep what you have… [LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD, spoken] The prettier the flower… [BAKER, WITCH, CINDERELLA, & LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD, spoken] One midnight gone… One midnight gone… [CINDERELLA'S FATHER, MYSTERIOUS MAN, & GRANNY, spoken] One midnight... One midnight... One midnight gone... [CINDERELLA'S PRINCE, RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE, STEPMOTHER, FLORINDA & LUCINDA, spoken] One midnight gone... [JACK'S MOTHER & BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] One midnight gone... [ALL, in unison] Into the woods Into the woods Into the woods, then out of the woods And home before—