Final Scene by Stephen Sondheim
Final Scene lyrics
Mrs. Lovett:Toby!
Where are you, love?
-[whisper]- �Where is he?�
Nothing�s gonna harm you--
Not while I�m around
Sweeney Todd:�Toby?� � �Toby?�
Mrs. Lovett:Nothing�s gonna harm you, darlin�
Not while I�m around
Sweeney Todd: �Toby?��
[Instrumental]
Anthony Hope: �Mr. Todd!
You wait for him here. I�ll return with the coach in
less
than half an hour. Don�t worry, no one will recognize
you.
You�re safe now.�
Johanna: �Safe? So we run away and then all our dreams
come true?�
Anthony Hope: �I hope so.�
Johanna: �I�ve never had dreams. Only nightmares.�
Anthony Hope: �Johanna, when we�re free of this place,
all the ghosts will go away.�
Johanna: �No, Anthony. They never go away.�
Anthony Hope: �I�ll be right back to you. Half an hour
and we�ll be free.�
[Instrumental]
Beggar Woman: Beadle!� Beadle!�
No good hidin�, I saw you!
Are you in there still?
Beadle!� Beadle!�
Beadle, dear, Beadle�
[Brief Instrumental]
Beggar Woman:Beadle-deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-
dumpling
Beadle, dumpling, Be-deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-
deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle�!
Sweeney Todd: �Who are you? What are you doing in
here!?�
Beggar Woman: �Evil this is, sir. The stink of evil--
from below--from her!
She�s the devil�s wife! Beware her, sir. She with no
pity
in her heart.�
Hey-- don�t I know you, mister?
Judge Turpin: �Mr. Todd?�
[Dramatic Instrumental]
Judge Turpin:�Where is she?�
Sweeney Todd: �Below, your honor. With my neighbour.
Thank heavens
the sailor did not molest her. Thank heavens too, she
has
seen the error of her ways.�
Judge Turpin: �She has?�
Sweeney Todd: �Oh yes, your lesson was well learned.
She speaks only of you, longing for forgiveness�
Judge Turpin: �Then she shall have it.
She�ll be here soon, you say?�
Sweeney Todd: �Yes.�
Judge Turpin: �Excellent, my friend.�
Sweeney Todd: �How �bout a shave? Sit, sir, sit.�
Judge Turpin: Ah� pretty women
Sweeney Todd: Pretty women, yes
Judge Turpin: Johanna, Johanna�
Sweeney Todd: Pretty women
Pretty women are a wonder
Pretty women
Judge Turpin: What we do for women!
Sweeney Todd: Pretty women
Blowing out their�
Judge Turpin:Blowing out their
BOTH: Candles
Sweeney Todd: Or-- combing out their�
Judge Turpin:Combing out their
BOTH: Hair
Judge Turpin: Then they leave
Sweeney Todd:Even when they leave�
[Simultaneously:]
Judge Turpin:Even when they leave you and vanish
They somehow can still remain
There with you
There
Sweeney Todd:They still
Are there
They�re there
Judge Turpin: �How seldom it is one meets a fellow
spirit!�
Sweeney Todd: �With fellow tastes-- in women, at
least.�
Judge Turpin: �What�s that?�
Sweeney Todd: �The years no doubt have changed me, sir.
But then, I suppose, the face of a barber-- the
face of a prisoner in the dock-- is not particularly
memorable.�
Judge Turpin: �Benjamin Barker!�
Sweeney Todd: �BENJAMIN BARKER!!!�
[Dramatic Instrumental]
Sweeney Todd:Rest now, my friend
Rest now - forever
Sleep now the untroubled
Sleep of the angels�
[Instrumental]
Sweeney Todd:�'Don�t I know you?' she said.
�You knew she lived.�
Mrs. Lovett:�I was only thinkin� of you!�
Sweeney Todd: �You lied to me.�
Mrs. Lovett: No, no, not lied at all
No, I never lied!
Sweeney Todd: Lucy�
Mrs. Lovett:Said she took the poison-- she did
Never said that she died
Sweeney Todd: I�ve come home again...
Mrs. Lovett:Poor thing!
She lived but it left her weak in the head
All she did for months was just lie there in bed--
Sweeney Todd: Lucy�
Mrs. Lovett:Should�ve been in a hospital
Wound up in Bedlam instead
Poor thing!
Sweeney Todd: Oh, my God�
Mrs. Lovett:Better you should think she was dead
Yes, I lied �cos I love you!
Sweeney Todd:Lucy�
Mrs. Lovett:I�d be twice the wife she was!
I love you!
Sweeney Todd: What have I done!?�
Mrs. Lovett:Could that thing have cared for you
like me?
Sweeney Todd:Mrs. Lovett
You�re a bloody wonder
Eminently practical and yet
Appropriate as always
As you�ve said repeatedly
There�s little point in dwelling on the past!
[Simultaneously:]
Sweeney Todd: Now come here, my love�
Not a thing to fear, my love�
What�s dead, is dead!
Mrs. Lovett:Do you mean it?
Everything I did
I swear I thought was only for the best
Believe me!
Can we
Still be
Married?
Sweeney Todd: The history of the world, my pet--
Mrs. Lovett:Oh, Mr. Todd
Oh, Mr. Todd
Leave it to me...
Sweeney Todd: Is learn forgiveness and try to forget
Mrs. Lovett:By the sea, Mr. Todd, we�ll be comfy-
cosy
By the sea, Mr. Todd, where there�s no one nosy
Sweeney Todd: And life is for the alive, my dear
So let�s keep living it--!
BOTH: Just keep living it!
Really living it--
Mrs. Lovett:AARRGHHHH!!
AARRGHHHHHHH!!
AARRGHHHHHHHHH!!
[Dramatic Instrumental]
Sweeney Todd: There was a barber and his wife
And she was beautiful
A foolish barber and his wife
She was his reason and his life
And she was beautiful
And she was virtuous
And he was--
[Instrumental to End]
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