Lyrics Act I: A Very Nice Prince / First Midnight / Giants in the Sky - Stephen Sondheim

Act I: A Very Nice Prince / First Midnight / Giants in the Sky

And--?
And--
(sung)
It’s a very nice ball
And--?
And--
(sung)
When I entered, they trumpeted
And--?
The Prince--?
Oh, the Prince…
Yes, the Prince!
Well, he’s tall
Is that all?
(spoken)
Did you dance?
Is he charming?
They say that he’s charming
We did nothing but dance
Yes--?
And--?
And it made a nice change
No, the Prince!
Oh, the Prince…
Yes, the Prince
He has charm for a Prince, I guess…
Guess?
I don’t meet a wide range…
Did he bow?
Was he cold and polite?
And it’s all very strange…
Did you speak?
Did he flirt?
Could you tell right away he was royalty?
(sung)
Is he sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming,
as kind as he’s handsome, as wise as he’s rich, is he everything you’ve ever
wanted?
Would I know…
Well I know.
But how can you know what you want till you get what you want and you see if
you like it?
Would I know…
All I know is…
I never wish…
What I want most of all…
Just within reason
Is to know what I want
When you know you can’t have what you want
Where’s the profit in wishing?
He’s a very nice Prince…
What I wouldn’t give to be in your shoes
Will you look over there, an enormous beanstalk
Growing next to that little cottage!
I mean slippers as pure as gold!
I must get home!
I need your shoe!
Wait!
First Midnight
One midnight gone…
No knot unties itself…
Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched…
The harder to get, the better to have…
Agreed?
Agreed
Never wear mauve at a ball…
Or pink…
Or open your mouth…
The difference between a cow and a bean
Is a bean can begin an adventure…
Slotted spoons don’t hold much soup…
The prettier the flower, the farther from the path…
The closer to the family, the closer to the wine…
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah…
One midnight gone…
The mouth of a wolf’s not the end of the world…
A servant is not just a dog, to a Prince…
Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor…
You may know what you need
But to get what you want
Better see that you keep what you have
(All overlapping)
One midnight gone…
Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched…
The harder to get, the better to have…
Agreed?
Agreed
One midnight gone… one midnight gone…
Never wear mauve at a ball…
Or pink…
Slotted spoons don’t hold much soup…
To get what you want better keep what you…
The prettier the flower…
One midnight one midnight one midnight gone.
(sung)
Into the woods
Into the woods
Into the woods, then out of the woods
And home before--
Giants In the Sky
There are giants in the sky!
There are big, tall, terrible giants in the sky!
When you’re way up high, and you look below
At the world you’ve left and the things you know
Little more than a glance is enough to show
You just how small you are
When you’re way up high, and you’re on your own
In a world like none that you’ve ever known
Where the sky’s like lead, and the earth’s like stone
You’re free to do whatever pleases you
Exploring things you’d never dared
Cause you don’t care
When suddenly there’s
A big, tall, terrible giant at the door
A big, tall, terrible lady giant sweeping the floor
And she gives you food, and she gives you rest
And she draws you close to her giant breast
And you know things now, that you never knew before
Not 'til the sky
Only just when you’ve made a friend and all
And you know she’s big, but you don’t feel small
Someone bigger than her comes along the hall
To swallow you for lunch!
And your heart is lead, and your stomach’s stone
And you’re really scared, being all alone
And it’s then that you miss all the things you’ve known
And the world you’ve left, and the little you own;
The fun is done
You steal what you can, and run!
And you scramble down, and you look below
At the world you left, and the things you know.
The roof, the house, and your mother at the door
The roof, the house, and the world you’d never thought to explore
And you think of all of the things you’d seen
And you wish that you could live in-between
And you’re back again, only different than before
After the sky
There are giants in the sky!
There are big, tall, terrible, awesome, scary
Wonderful giants in the sky!