Stephen Sondheim
I Love to Travel (Reprise)
[DIONYSOS]
Xanthias, bring the baggage. We go straight to the River Styx. And no wending
I love to travel --
[XANTHIAS]
Master, I hate to repeat myself, but --
[DIONYSOS]
Over verdant hillock --
[XANTHIAS]
I don't see why I have to go to Hades
[DIONYSOS]
And through leafy woodland --
[XANTHIAS]
When my number is up, from natural causes, sure, but why now?
[DIONYSOS]
Beside leaping brook
Along mossy lane --
[XANTHIAS]
I have hopes, dreams -- I wanna see Paris. I wanna have a ménage à trois. Is that pastry?
[DIONYSOS]
Through vale and valley --
[XANTHIAS]
I like earth
[DIONYSOS]
Ascending craggy rock
Descending deep ravine --
[XANTHIAS]
I've lived here since I was born
[DIONYSOS]
Exploring shady glade
And making merry with the wood nymphs --
I was raised by wood nymphs!
[XANTHIAS]
That explains a lot
[DIONYSOS]
Who finally point us in the right direction
[XANTHIAS]
We were going in the wrong direction?!
[DIONYSOS]
And now we travel
Due south
Along stony path
Across deep depression --
[XANTHIAS]
I'm in a deep depression
[DIONYSOS]
Until it's time to shimmy straight down!
I love to travel
I love to travel
I love to --
Good news. We've made it to the River Styx -- look. Oh Boatman! Boatman! Now where's the boatman?