Prologue: So Happy

(album: Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) - 2022)

Once upon a time
later

I wish...

-in that same far-off kingdom

More than anything...

-lived a young Princess

More than life...

-the lad Jack

More than footmen...

I wish...

-and the baker with his family

Waah!

No, I miss...

I wish...

Waah!

More than anything...

More than the moon...

There, there...

I wish to sponsor a Festival

Waah!

More than life...

I miss...

The time has come for a Festival...

Waah!

Shh...

More than riches...

And a Ball...

I miss my kingdom up in the sky

More than anything...

I wish we had more room...

Play, harp...

Another room...

But despite some minor inconveniences, they were all content...

I never thought I'd wed a Prince...

I never thought I'd find perfection...

I never thought I could be so happy!

Not an unhappy moment since...

I didn't think we'd be this rich...

Not a conceivable objection...

I never thought we'd have a baby...

I never thought I could be so happy!

I'm so happy!

Happy now
Happy hence
Happy ever after

We're so happy you're so happy!
Just as long as you stay happy
We'll stay happy!

Not one row...

Pots of pence...

With my cow...

Little gurgles...

Darling, I must go now...

We should really sell it

Where's the cheesecloth?

Wishes may bring problems
Such that you regret them

Better that, though
Than to never get them...

I'm going to be a perfect wife!

I'm going to be a perfect son!

I'm going to be a perfect mother!

I'm going to be a perfect father!
I'm so happy!

I'm going to see that he (she)
Is so happy!

I never thought I'd love my life!
I would have settled for another!

Then to become a wife...

Then to be set for life...

Then to beget a child...

That fortune smiled...
I'm so happy!

If only this cottage were a little larger

I will expand our quarters in due time

Why would we expand when we can simply move to another cottage?

We will not move. This was my father's house, now it will be my son's

You would raise your child alongside a Witch?

Why does he always cry when I hold him?

Babies cry. He's fine. You needn't hold him as if he were so fragile

He wants his mother. Here

I can't take care of him all of the time!

I'll care for him when he's older

We had to go through thick and thin

We had to lose a lot to win

I ventured out and saw within

I never thought
I'd be so much I hadn't been!
I'm so happy...

Oh, my goodness

Are you all right?

I think so

And the baby?

Yes, he's fine. Are you all right?

You! Have you done this to our house?

Always thinking of yourself! Look at my garden

What of your garden?

Look!

Destroyed

What has happened?

I was thrown to the ground. I saw nothing

What could do such a thing?

An earthquake

No earthquake! My garden has been trampled. Those are footprints!

Who could do such a thing?

Anything that leaves a footprint that large is no "who."

Do you think it was a bear?

A bear? Bears are sweet
Besides, you ever see a bear with forty-foot feet?

A dragon?

No scorch marks
Usually they're linked

Manticore?

Imaginary

Griffin?

Extinct

Giant?

Possible
Very, very possible...

More than possible. Their fears would prove to be well-founded

Into the woods
It's always when
You think at last
You're through, and then
Into the woods you go again
To take another journey

Into the woods
The weather's clear
We've been before
We've naught to fear...
Into the woods, away from here

Into the woods, to find a giant-!

Into the woods to Grandmother's house...

Into the woods
The path is straight
No reason then
To hesitate

Into the woods
It's not so late
It's just another journey...

Into the woods
But not too long:
The skies are strange
The winds are strong
Into the woods to see what's wrong...

Into the woods to slay the giant!

Into the woods

To shield the child...

To flee the winds...

To find a future...

To shield...

To slay...

To flee...

To find...

To fix...

To hide...

To move...

To battle...

To see what the trouble is...