Chant II Original Cast of Hadestown (Ft. Amber Gray, Chris Sullivan, Damon Daunno, Nabiyah Be & Patrick Page)

[HERMES, spoken]
Now everybody knows the walls have ears

[ORPHEUS]
Is it true?

[COMPANY]
Is it true?

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

[ORPHEUS]
Is it true?

[COMPANY]
Is it true?

[HERMES]
A million tons of stone and steel...

[ORPHEUS]
Is it true?

[COMPANY]
Is it true?
[HERMES]
Echoed his refrain

[HADES]
(laughs)
When I was a young man like you
Son, I held a woman too
Held her in my naked hands
When I was a young man
Now you know how it feels
Women are as slick as eels
Woman, quicker than the asp
Always slipping from your grasp

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]
Low, keep your head, keep your head low
Oh, you gotta keep your head low
If you wanna keep your head