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Papers (”You’re not from around here, son...”) [Intro] Lyrics by Patrick Page, Amber Gray, André De Shields, Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney

Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2019

[HADES, spoken]
Young man...
I don't think we’ve met before.​
You're not from around here, son.​
Don't know who the hell you are but I can tell you don’t belong.​
These are workin' people, son!
Law-abiding citizens.​
Go back to where you came from.​
You're on the wrong side of the fence.​
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Hades, I know this boy.​
[HADES, spoken]
One of the unemployed?
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
His name is Orpheus.​
[HADES, spoken]
You stay out of this.​
[HERMES, spoken]
Orpheus was a poor boy—
[HADES, spoken]
You hear me, son?
[HERMES, spoken]
You might say he was naive—
[HADES, spoken]
You better run!
[HERMES, spoken]
But this poor boy raised up his voice with his heart out on his sleeve.​
[EURYDICE, spoken]
No!
Orpheus, you should go.​
[ORPHEUS]
I'm not goin' back alone—
I came to take her home!
[HADES laughs.]
[HADES, spoken]
Who the hell do you think you are?
Who the hell you think you're talkin' to?
She couldn't go anywhere, even if she wanted to.​
You’re not from around here, son.​
If you were, then you would know:
That everything and everyone in Hadestown, I own.​
But I only buy what others choose to sell.​
Oh, you didn’t know?
She signed the deal herself.​
And now she—
[ORPHEUS, spoken]
It isn't true—
[HADES, spoken]
Belongs to me.​
[ORPHEUS, spoken]
It isn’t true—
What he said—
Eurydice—
[EURYDICE, spoken]
I did—
I do.​
[HADES, spoken]
As for you...
Everybody gather 'round!
Everybody look and see:
What becomes of trespassers with no respect for property!
Credits
Patrick Page

Patrick Page

Amber Gray

Amber Gray

André De Shields

André De Shields

Eva Noblezada

Eva Noblezada

Reeve Carney

Reeve Carney

About “Papers (”You’re not from around here, son...”) [Intro]” by Patrick Page

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"Papers (”You’re not from around here, son...”) [Intro]" is credited to Patrick Page, Amber Gray, André De Shields, Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Papers (”You’re not from around here, son...”) [Intro]" appears on "Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2019.

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