Final Sequence

Lyrics

[COMPANY, variously] The engine roared, the motor hissed And who could see that the road would twist? In Sweeney's ledger the entries matched: A Beadle arrived, and a Beadle dispatched To satisfy the hungry god Of Sweeney Todd The demon barber of Fleet... Sweeney!... Street... Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney! [LUNATICS] City on fire! Rats in the grass And the lunatics yelling in the streets! It's the end of the world! Yes! City on fire! Hunchbacks dancing! Stirrings in the ground And the whirring of giant wings! Watch out! Look! Blotting out the moonlight Thick black rain falling on the City on fire! City on fire! City on fire! [JOHANNA] Will we be married on Sunday? That's what you promised Married on Sunday! That was last August... Kiss me! [LUNATICS] City on fire! Rats in the streets And the lunatics yelling at the moon! It's the end of the world! Yes! City on fire! Hunchbacks kissing! Stirrings in the graves And the screaming of giant winds! Watch out! Look! Crawling on the chimneys Great black crows screeching at the City on fire! City on fire! City on fire! [MRS. LOVETT] Toby! Where are you, love? [TODD] Toby! Where are you, lad? [MRS. LOVETT] Nothing's gonna harm you... [TODD] Toby! [MRS. LOVETT] Not while I'm around... [TODD] Toby! [MRS. LOVETT] Where are you hiding? Nothing's gonna harm you Darling... [TODD] Nothing to be afraid of, boy... [MRS. LOVETT] Not while I'm around [TODD] Toby... [MRS. LOVETT] Demons are prowling everywhere Nowadays... [TODD] Toby... [LUNATICS] City on fire! Rats in the streets And the lunatics yelling at the moon! It's the end of the world! Yes! [BEGGAR WOMAN] Beadle... Beadle!... No good hiding, I saw you! Are you in there still Beadle?... Beadle?... Get her, but watch it! She's a wicked one, she'll deceive you With her fancy gowns And her fancy airs And her Mischief! Mischief! Devil's work! Where are you, Beadle? Beadle... [LUNATICS] City on fire! Rats in the streets And the lunatics yelling at the moon! It's the end of the world! Yes! City on fire! Hunchbacks kissing! Stirrings in the graves And the screaming of giant winds! Watch out! Look! Crawling on the chimneys Great black crows screeching [ANTHONY, spoken] Mr. Todd? [JOHANNA, spoken] No one here. Where is this Mr. Todd? [ANTHONY, spoken] No matter. He'll be back in a moment, for I trust him as I trust my right arm. Now wait for him here, and I'll return with the coach in less than half an hour.� [JOHANNA, spoken] But they are after us still. What if they should trace us here? Oh, Anthony, please let me come with you.� [ANTHONY, spoken] No, my darling, there is no safety for you on the street.� [JOHANNA, spoken] But dressed in these sailor's clothes, who is to know it is I? [ANTHONY, spoken] No, the risk is too great.� (sung) Ah, miss Look at me, look at me, miss, oh Look at me please, oh Favor me, favor me with your glance Ah, miss Soon we'll be, soon we'll be gone And sailing the seas And happily, happily wed in France [JOHANNA & ANTHONY] And we'll sail the world And see its wonders From the pearls of Spain To the rubies of Tibet [ANTHONY] And then come home to London [JOHANNA] And then home [JOHANNA & ANTHONY] Some day [ANTHONY, spoken] And I'll be back before those lips have time to lose that smile.� [BEGGAR WOMAN] Beadle! Beadle! Where are you? Beadle, dear! Beadle! Beadle deedle deedle deedle deedle dumpling Beadle dumpling Be-deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle Deedle deedle deedle deedle dumpling... [TODD, spoken] You! What are you doing here? [BEGGAR WOMAN, spoken] Ah, evil is here, sir. The stink of evilfrom belowfrom her! (sung) Beadle dear, Beadle! [TODD, spoken] Out of here, woman [BEGGAR WOMAN] Oh, she's the devil's wife! Oh, beware her, sir. Beware of her. She with no pity in her heart.� [TODD, spoken] Out, I say! [BEGGAR WOMAN] Hey, don't I know you, mister? [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] Mr. Todd, sir! [TODD, spoken] The judge. I have no time.� [TODD kills the BEGGAR WOMAN and sends her to the cellar.] [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] Where is she? Where is the girl? [TODD, spoken] Below, your honor. With my neighbor, Mrs. Lovett. Thank heavens the sailor did not molest her. Thank heavens, too, she has seen the error of her ways.� [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] She has? [TODD, spoken] Oh yes, sir, your lesson was well learned. She speaks only of you, longing for forgiveness.� [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] And she shall have it. She'll be here soon, you say? [TODD, spoken] Shhh! (sung) I think I hear her now [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] Oh, excellent, my friend! [TODD] Is that her dainty footstep on the stair? [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] I hear nothing [TODD] Yes, isn't that her shadow on the wall? [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] Where? [TODD, spoken] There! (sung) Primping Making herself even prettier than usual [JUDGE TURPIN] Even prettier... [TODD] If possible [JUDGE TURPIN] Oh Pretty women! [TODD] Pretty women (spoken) Yes... [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] Quickly, sir, a splash of bay rum! [TODD, spoken] Sit, sir, sit.� [JUDGE TURPIN] Johanna, Johanna... [TODD] Pretty women... [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] Hurry, man! [TODD] Pretty women Are a wonder... [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] You're in a merry mood again today, Mr. Todd.� [TODD] Pretty women! [JUDGE TURPIN] What we do for Pretty women! Blowing out their candles Or combing out their hair Then they leave Even when they leave you And vanish, they somehow Can still remain There with you, there... [TODD] Pretty women! Blowing out their candles Or combing out their hair Even when they leave They still Are there They're there... [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] How seldom it is one meets a fellow spirit! [TODD, spoken] With fellow taste in women, at least.� [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] What? What's that? [TODD, spoken] Oh, sir, no doubt the years have changed me. But then, perhaps, the face of a barberthe face of a prisoner in the dockis not particularly memorable.� [JUDGE TURPIN, spoken] Benjamin Barker! [TODD, spoken] Benjamin Barker!!!!! [TODD kills the JUDGE and sends him to the cellar.] [TODD] Rest now, my friend Rest now forever Sleep now the untroubled Sleep of the angels [MRS. LOVETT, screaming] Agh! Agh! [COMPANY] Lift your razor high, Sweeney! Hear it singing, "Yes!" Sink it in the rosy skin Of righteousness! [MRS. LOVETT, spoken] Die! Die! God in heavendie! You! Can it be? How all the demons in hell are sent to torment me! Quick, into the oven with her.� [TODD, spoken] Why did you scream? Does the Judge live still? [MRS. LOVETT, spoken] He was clutching, holding on to my skirt, but now he's finished.� [TODD, spoken] No, don't worry about them. Open the oven doors.� [MRS. LOVETT, spoken] No! [TODD, spoken] Open the doors, I say! [MRS. LOVETT, spoken] No! Don't go near her! [TODD, spoken] What's the matter with you, woman? It's only a silly old beggar Oh no! Oh my God... "Don't I know you?" she said... You knew she lived.� From the moment I came into your shop you knew my Lucy lived! [MRS. LOVETT, spoken] I was only thinking of you! [TODD] Lucy [MRS. LOVETT, spoken] Your Lucy! A crazy hag picking bones and rotten spuds out of alley ash cans! Would you have wanted to know that she ended up like that? [TODD] You lied to me! [MRS. LOVETT] No, no, not lied at all No, I never lied! [TODD] Lucy... [MRS. LOVETT] Said she took the poisonshe did! Never said that she died! Poor thing! She lived [TODD] I've come home again [MRS. LOVETT] But it left her weak in the head All she did for months was just lie there in bed [TODD] Lucy... [MRS. LOVETT] Should've been in hospital Wound up in Bedlam instead Poor thing! [TODD] Oh, my God... [MRS. LOVETT] Better you should think she was dead Yes, I lied 'cause I love you! [TODD] Lucy... [MRS. LOVETT] I'd be twice the wife she was! I love you! [TODD] What have I done?... [MRS. LOVETT] Could that thing have cared for you like me? [TODD] Mrs. Lovett You're a bloody wonder Eminently practical and yet Appropriate as always As you've said repeatedly There's little point in dwelling on the past [MRS. LOVETT] Do you mean it? [TODD] No, come here, my love... Not a thing to fear My love... What's dead Is dead [MRS. LOVETT] Everything I did I swear I thought was only for the best Believe me! Can we Still be Married? [TODD] The history of the world, my pet [MRS. LOVETT] Oh, Mr. Todd Ooh, Mr. Todd Leave it to me... [TODD] Is learn forgiveness and try to forget [MRS. LOVETT] By the sea, Mr. Todd We'll be comfy-cozy By the sea, Mr. Todd Where there's no one nosy... [TODD] And life is for the alive, my dear So let's keep living it! Just keep living it Really living it! [MRS. LOVETT] We'll keep living it! Really living it! [TODD flings MRS. LOVETT into the oven and slams the door behind him. He moves back to the BEGGAR WOMAN.] [TODD] There was a barber and his wife And she was beautiful A foolish barber and his wife She was his reason and his life And she was beautiful And she was virtuous And he was Na�ve [TOBIAS, spoken] Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker man Bake me a cake No, no, bake me a pie To delight my eye And I will sigh If the crust be high! Mr. Todd Pat him and prick him and mark him with a B And put him in the oven for baby and me!