Anaïs Mitchell
Any Way the Wind Blows
[FATES]
Ooooh…
Ooooh…
Ooooh…
Ooooh…
[HERMES, spoken]
Eurydice was a hungry young girl
A runaway from everywhere she'd ever been
She was no stranger to the world
No stranger to the wind
[EURYDICE]
The weather ain't the way it was before
Ain't no spring or fall at all anymore
It's either blazing hot or freezing cold
Any way the wind blows
[CLOTHO, FATES]
And there ain't a thing that you can do
[LACHESIS, FATES]
When the weather takes a turn on you
[FATES]
'Cept for hurry up and hit the road
Any way the wind blows
Wind comes up
Ooooh…
[EURYDICE]
Do you hear that sound?
[FATES]
Wind comes up
Mooove…
[EURYDICE]
Move to another town
Ain't nobody gonna stick around
[EURYDICE & FATES]
When the dark clouds roll
Any way the wind blows
[HERMES, spoken]
You met The Fates
Remember them?
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Anybody got a match?
[HERMES, spoken]
Always singing in the back of your mind
[EURYDICE, spoken]
Gimme that
[HERMES, spoken]
Wherever it was this young girl went
The Fates were close behind
[EURYDICE]
People turn on you just like the wind
Everybody is a fair weather friend
In the end, you're better off alone
Any way the wind blows
[LACHESIS, FATES]
When your body aches to lay it down
[CLOTHO, FATES]
When you're hungry and there ain't enough to go round
[FATES]
Ain't no length to which a girl won't go
Any way the wind blows
Wind comes up
Ooooh…
[EURYDICE]
And sometimes you think
[FATES]
Wind comes up
Youuuu…
[EURYDICE]
You would do anything
Just to fill your belly full of food
Find a bed that you could fall into
Where the weather wouldn't follow you
[EURYDICE & FATES]
Wherever you go
Any way the wind blows
[HERMES, spoken]
Now Orpheus was the son of a Muse
And you know how those Muses are
[HERMES]
Sometimes they abandon you
[HERMES, spoken]
And this poor boy, he wore his heart out on his sleeve
You might say he was naïve to the ways of the world
[HERMES]
But he had a way with words
And the rhythm and the rhyme
And he sang just like a bird up on a line
[HERMES, spoken]
And it ain't because I'm kind
[HERMES]
But his Mama was a friend of mine
[HERMES, spoken]
And I liked to hear him sing
[HERMES]
And his way of seeing things
[HERMES, spoken]
So I took him underneath my wing
And that is where he stayed
Until one day...