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

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!