Ever After

And it came to pass, all that seemed wrong was now right

And those who deserved to were certain to live a long and happy life

Ever after (ever after)

Journey over, all is mended, and it's not just for today

But tomorrow and extended, ever after (ever after)

All the curses have been ended, the reverses wiped away

All is tenderness and laughter, for forever after

(Happy now, and happy hence, and happy ever after)

There were dangers (we were frightened) and confusions (but we hid it)

And the paths would often swerve (we did not)

There were constant (it's amazing) disillusions (that we did it)

But they never lost their nerve (not a lot)

And they reached the right conclusions

(And we got what we deserved)

Not a sigh and not a sorrow, tenderness and laughter

Joy today and bliss tomorrow, and forever after

I was greedy (I was vain), I was haughty (I was smug)

We were happy (it was fun), but we were blind

Then we went into the woods to get our wish, and now we're really blind

I was perfect, I had everything but beauty, I had power

And a daughter, like a flower, in a tower

Then I went into the woods to get my wish, and now I'm ordinary

(We're unworthy) lost my power and my flower

I'm unhappy now, unhappy hence, as well as ever after

Had we used our common sense, been worthy of our discontents

To be happy, and forever, you must see your wish come true

Don't be careful, don't be clever, when you see your wish, pursue

It's a dangerous endeavor, but the only thing to do

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 mustn't stop, you mustn't swerve

You mustn't ponder (though it's deep, though it's dark)

You have to act when you know your wish

If you want your wish, you can have your wish

But you can't just wish, no, to get your wish

You go into the woods, where nothing's clear

Where witches, ghosts and wolves appear

Into the woods, and through the fear

You have to take the journey

Into the woods and down the dell

In vain, perhaps, but who can tell?

Into the woods to lift the spell

Into the woods to lose the longing

Into the woods to have the child

To wed the Prince, to get the money

To save the house, to kill the Wolf

To find the father, to conquer the kingdom

To have, to wed, to get, to save

To kill, to keep, to go to the festival

Into the woods, into the woods

Into the woods, then out of the woods

And happy ever after