Why we build the wall behind closed doors lyrics

[HERMES, spoken]
Then Hades told Eurydice

[HADES, spoken]
There are papers to be signed
Step into my office

[HERMES, spoken]
And he closed the door behind

Now a lot can happen behind closed doors
That's for sure, brother, that's a fact
But a lot can happen on the factory floor
When the foreman turns his back
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Anybody want a drink?

Then Hades told Eurydice

There are papers to be signed
Step into my office

And he closed the door behind

Now a lot can happen behind closed doors
That's for sure, brother, that's a fact
But a lot can happen on the factory floor
When the foreman turns his back

Anybody want a drink?

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• Artist: Hadestown (Musical) •Featuring artist: André De Shields, Patrick Page, Amber Gray
• Album: Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Why We Build The Wall (”Behind closed doors...” [Outro]

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[HERMES, spoken]

Then Hades told Eurydice

[HADES, spoken]

There are papers to be signed

Step into my office

[HERMES, spoken]

And he closed the door behind

Now a lot can happen behind closed doors

That's for sure, brother, that's a fact

But a lot can happen on the factory floor

When the foreman turns his back

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]

Anybody want a drink?

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Lyrics for Why We Build the Wall ("Behind closed doors...") [Outro] by André De Shields

Then Hades told Eurydice There are papers to be signed Step into my office And he closed the door behind Now a lot can happen behind closed doors That′s for sure, brother, that's a fact But a lot can happen on the factory floor When the foreman turns his back Anybody want a drink?

Writer(s): Anais Mitchell

"Why We Build The Wall"
(from "Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. (Original Cast Recording)" soundtrack)

[Hades:]
Why do we build the wall
My children, my children?
Why do we build the wall?

[Company:]
Why do we build the wall?
We build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall
We build the wall to keep us free

[Hades:]
How does the wall keep us free
My children, my children?
How does the wall keep us free?

[Company:]
How does the wall keep us free?
The wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall
We build the wall to keep us free

[Hades:]
Who do we call the enemy
My children, my children?
Who do we call the enemy?

[Company:]
Who do we call the enemy?
The enemy is poverty
And the wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall
We build the wall to keep us free

[Hades:]
Because we have and they have not
My children, my children
Because they want what we have got

[Company:]
Because we have and they have not
Because they want what we have got
The enemy is poverty
And the wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall
We build the wall to keep us free

[Hades:]
What do we have that they should want
My children, my children?
What do we have that they should want?

[Eurydice:]
What do we have that they should want?
We have a wall to work upon
We have work and they have none

[Hades:]
And our work is never done!
My children, my children!
And the war is never won

[Hades & company:]
The enemy is poverty
And the wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall
We build the wall to keep us free
We build the wall to keep us free...

[Hermes:]
Then Hades told Eurydice:

[Hades:]
There are papers to be signed
Step into my office

[Hermes:]
And he closed the door behind
Now, a lot can happen behind closed doors; that's for sure, brother, that's a fact!
But a lot can happen on the factory floor, when the foreman turns his back

[Persephone:]
Anybody want a drink?

[HERMES, spoken]
Then Hades told Eurydice

[HADES, spoken]
There are papers to be signed
Step into my office

[HERMES, spoken]
And he closed the door behind

Now a lot can happen behind closed doors
That's for sure, brother, that's a fact
But a lot can happen on the factory floor
When the foreman turns his back
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Anybody want a drink?