Lyrics Into the Woods - Prologue

"Once upon a time..."
I wish...
"...in a far-off kingdom..."
More than anything...
"...lived a fair maiden..."
More than jewels.
"...a sad young lady..."

I wish...
"...and a childless baker..."
More than life...

I wish...
"...with his wife".
More than anything...

More than the moon...

I wish...

The King is giving a Festival.
More than life...
I wish...
I wish to go to the Festival.
More than riches...
I wish my cow would
Give us some milk.
More than anything...
I wish we had a child.

I want a child...
I wish to go to the Festival.
Squeeze, pal...
I wish you'd give us some
Milk or even cheese...
I wish...

I wish my son were not a fool.
I wish my house was not a mess.
I wish the cow was full of milk.
I wish the house was full of gold-
I wish a lot of things...

I wish...
It's not for me,
It's for my Granny in the woods.
A loaf of bread, please-
To bring my poor old hungry
Granny in the woods...
Just a loaf of bread, please...

Into the woods,
It's time to go,
I hate to leave,
I have to, though.
Into the woods-
It's time, and so
I must begin my journey.

Into the woods
And through the trees
To where I am
Expected ma'am,
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house.
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house.

You're certain of your way?

The way is clear,
The light is good,
I have no fear,
Nor no one should.
The woods are just trees,
The trees are just wood.
I sort of hate to ask it,
But do you have a basket?

Into the woods
And down the dell,
The path is straight,
I know it well.
Into the woods,
And who can tell
What's waiting on the journey?

Into the woods
To bring some bread
To Granny who
Is sick in bed.
Never can tell
What lies ahead.
For all that I know,
She's already dead.

But into the woods,
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house
And home before dark.

So into the woods
The time is now.
We have to live,
I don't care how.
Into the woods
To sell the cow,
You must begin the journey.
Straight to the woods
and don't delay-
You have to face
The marketplace.
Into the woods to journey's end.
Into the woods to sell a friend.

Into the woods,
It's time to go,
It may be all
In vain, you/I know.
Into the woods-
But even so,
I have to take the journey.

Into the woods,
The path is straight,
You know it well,
But who can tell...

Into the woods to sell the cow,
Into the woods to get the money,
Into the woods to lift the spell,
To make the potion,
To go to the Festival,
Into the woods to Grandmother's house...
Into the woods to Grandmother's house...

The way is clear,
The light is good,
I have no fear,
No no one should.
The woods are just trees,
The trees are just wood.
No need to be afraid there-
There's something in the glade there...

Into the woods,
Without delay,
But careful no
To lose the way.
Into the woods,
Who knows what may
Be lurking on the journey?

Into the woods
To get the thing
That makes it worth
The journeying
Into the wоods.

To see the King,
To sell the cow,
To make the potion.

To see,
To sell,
To get,
To bring,
To makе,
To lift,
To go to the Festival!

Into the woods,
Then out of the woods,
And home before dark!