Stephen Sondheim
Last Midnight
[The Witch]
It's the last midnight
It's the last wish
It's the last midnight
Soon it will be boom, squish

Told a little lie
Stole a little gold
Broke a little vow
Did you?

Had to get your prince
Had to get your cow
Had to get your wish
Doesn't matter how
Anyway
It doesn't matter now

It's the last midnight
It's the boom, splat
Nothing but a vast midnight
Everybody smashed flat

Nothing you can do
Not exactly true
You can always give her the boy
No?
No, of course, what matters is the blame
Someone you can blame
Fine if that's the thing you enjoy
Placing the blame
If that's the aim
Give me thе blame
(spoken)
Just give mе the boy

[Baker, Cinderella, Jack, Little Red Riding Hood]
(spoken)
No!

[The Witch]
(spoken)
No

(sung)
You're so pure
But stay here and in time
You'll mature
And grow up to be them
So let's fly
You and I
Far away

I'm the hitch
I'm what no one believes
I'm the Witch
They're all liars and thieves like your father
Just like you will be, too, oh why bother
They'll just do what they do
It's the last midnight
So goodbye, all
Coming at you fast, midnight
Soon you'll see the sky fall

(spoken)
Jack, you want a bean?
Have another bean!
(sung)
Beans were made for making you rich

Plant them and they'll soar
Here, you want some more?
Listen to the roar
Giants by the score
Oh, well you can blame another witch

It's the last midnight
It's the last verse
Now before its past midnight
I'm leaving you my last curse

I'm leaving you alone
Squirming in the mess that you've made
Fix it on your own
Time for me to go, I'm afraid
Back to what I know
Back to long ago
Safe inside the world that I'm from
Better ugly and spurned with my powers returned
And I fear midnight's here
Time to disappear

Mother, here I come!
[scream]