When The Chips Are Down – Hadestown Cast (from “Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. (Original Cast Recording)” soundtrack)
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[Hermes:] Songbird versus rattlesnake
[Eurydice:] What is it?
[Hermes:] Eurydice was a hungry young girl
[Hades:] Your ticket
[Hermes:] And Hades gave her a choice to make A ticket to the underworld!
[Fates:] Life ain’t easy Life ain’t fair A girl’s gotta fight for her rightful share
What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down
Help yourself To hell with the rest Even the one who loves you best
What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down
[Eurydice:] Oh, my aching heart…
[Fates:] What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down
Take if you can Give if you must Ain’t nobody but yourself to trust
What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down
Aim for the heart Shoot to kill If you don’t do it, then the other one will!
What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down
And the first shall be first And the last shall be last Cast your eyes to heaven You get a knife in the back! Nobody’s righteous Nobody’s proud! Nobody’s innocent Now that the chips are down
Now that the… Now that the… Now that the… Now that the… Now that the chips are down!