The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd

[Tobias:]
Attend the tale of sweeney todd
His skin was pale and his eye was odd
He shaved the faces of gentlemen
Who never thereafter were heard of again
He trod a path that few have trod
Did sweeney todd
The demon barber of fleet street.

He kept a shop in london town
Of fancy clients and good renown
And what if none of their souls were saved
They went to their maker impeccably shaved
By sweeney
By sweeney todd
The demon barber of fleet street.

Swing your razor wide, sweeney
Hold it to the skies
Freely flows the blood of those
Who moralize!

[Company:]
His needs are few, his room is bare
He hardly uses his fancy chair
The more he bleeds, the more he lives
He never forgets and he never forgives
Perhaps today you gave a nod
To sweeney todd
The demon barber of fleet street.

[WoMen:]
Sweeney wishes the world away
Sweeney's weeping for yesterday
Hugging the blade, waiting the years
Hearing the music that nobody hears
Sweeney waits in the parlor hall
Sweeney leans on the office wall.

No one can help, nothing can hide you
Isn't that sweeney there beside you
[Company:]
Sweeney wishes the world away
Sweeney's weeping for yesterday
Is sweeney
There he is, it's sweeney
Sweeney! Sweeney
There! There! There! There
There! There! There
There!

[Todd and Company:]
Attend the tale of sweeney todd
He served a dark and a hungry god!

[Todd:]
To seek revenge may lead to hell
[Mrs. Lovett:]
But everyone does it, and seldom as well

[Todd and mrs. Lovett:]
As sweeney,

[Company:]
As sweeney todd
The demon barber of fleet
. .. Street!