"First Midnight" is the 10th song of act I of Into The Woods. It is the 6th song in the Original Broadway Cast Recording, paired with First Midnight and Giants In The Sky.
- background
- sondheim comment
Lyrics[]
[BAKER, spoken]
One midnight gone…
[MYSTERIOUS MAN, spoken]
No knot unties itself…
[WITCH, spoken]
Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched…
[BOTH PRINCES, spoken]
The harder to get, the better to have…
[FLORINDA, spoken]
Never wear mauve at a ball…
[LUCINDA, spoken]
Or pink…
[STEPMOTHER, spoken]
Or open your mouth…
[JACK, spoken]
The difference between a cow and a bean
Is a bean can begin an adventure…
[JACK'S MOTHER, spoken]
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup…
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, spoken]
The prettier the flower, the farther from the path…
[CINDERELLA'S FATHER, spoken]
The closer to the family, the closer to the wine…
[RAPUNZEL]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah…
[WITCH, spoken]
One midnight gone!…
[GRANNY, spoken]
The mouth of a wolf's not the end of the world…
[STEWARD, spoken]
A servant is not just a dog to a prince…
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor…
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
You may know what you need
But to get what you want
Better see that you keep what you have.
[BAKER, spoken]
One midnight gone…
[WITCH, spoken]
Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched…
[PRINCES, spoken]
The harder to get, the better to have…
[BAKER, spoken]
One midnight gone… one midnight gone…
[FLORINDA, spoken]
Never wear mauve at a ball…
[LUCINDA, spoken]
Or pink…
[JACK'S MOTHER, spoken]
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup…
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
To get what you want better keep what you…
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, spoken]
The prettier the flower…
[ALL, spoken]
One midnight gone... one midnight gone…
(sung)
Into the woods
Into the woods
Into the woods, then out of the woods
And home before—!
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