Finale: Children Will Listen

The slotted spoon can catch the potato Every knot was once straight rope The harder to wake, the better to have The greater the good, the harder the blow When going to hide, know how to get there And how to get back And eat first The knife that is sharp today may be dull by tomorrow Ah Now we can all return home and let us hope there will be no more killing Where am I to go? I have no one to take care of me You'll have to take care of yourself now, Jack It's time No, it's not I'll take care of him You will? Yes, I'll be your mother now I don't want another mother, I want a friend, and a pet Well, of course, we have nowhere to go, so we'll move in with you Oh, no It'll be fun My house is in shambles and there is hardly room for Of course you can come home with us And you shall join us, too You'll not return to the castle? I'll gladly help you with your house There are times I actually enjoy cleaning How proud your wife would have been of you And how sad it is that my son will never know her Maybe I just wasn't meant to have children Don't say that Of course you were meant to have children But how can I go about being a father With no one to mother my child? Just calm the child Yes, calm the child Look, tell him the story Of how it all happened Be father and mother You'll know what to do Alone Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Do not let it grieve you No one leaves for good You are not alone No one is alone Hold him to the light now Let him see the glow Things will be alright now Tell him what you know Once upon a time In a far off kingdom There lived a sad young lad, a childless baker with his wife Careful the things you say (a young maiden) Children will listen (a sad young lad) Careful the things you do Children will see (and a childless baker) And learn (with his wife) Children may not obey But children will listen Children will look to you For which way to turn To learn what to be Careful before you say "Listen to me" Children will listen Careful the wish you make Wishes are children Careful the path they take Wishes come true Not free Careful the spell you cast Not just on children Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you Careful the tale you tell That is the spell Children will listen Though it's fearful Though it's deep, though it's dark And though you may lose the path Though you may encounter wolves You can't just act You have to listen You can't just act You have to think There are always wolves There are always spells There are always beans Or a giant dwells there, so Into the woods You go again You have to Every now and then Into the woods No telling when Be ready for the journey Into the woods But not too fast Or what you wish You lose at last Into the woods, but mind the past Into the woods, but mind the future Into the woods, but not to stray Or tempt the wolf Or steal from the giant The way is dark The light is dim But now there's you Me, her and him The chances look small The choices look grim But everything you learn there Will help when you return there The light is getting dimmer I think I see a glimmer Into the woods You have to grope But that's the way You learn to cope Into the woods To find there's hope Of getting through the journey Into the woods Each time you go There's more to learn Of what you know Into the woods, but not too slow Into the woods, it's nearing midnight Into the woods to mind the wolf To heed the witch To honor the giant To mind To heed To find To think To teach To join To go to the festival Into the woods Into the woods Into the woods Then out of the woods And happy ever after I wish --- Finale: Children Will Listen - Brian d'Arcy James, Sara Bareilles and Patina Miller