Act II: Any Moment / Moments in the Woods
Anything can happen in the woods
May I kiss you?
Any moment we could be crushed
Don't feel rushed
This is ridiculous
What am I doing here?
I'm in the wrong story!
Wait just one moment
We can't do this!
You have a Princess!
Of course, you're right
How foolish
Foolishness can happen in the woods
Once again, please
Let your hesitations be hushed
Any moment, big or small
Is a moment after all
Seize the moment
Skies may fall
Any moment
(But this is not right!)
Right and wrong don't matter in the woods
Only feelings
Let us meet the moment unblushed
Life is often so unpleasant
You must know that, as a peasant
Best to take the moment present
As a present for the moment
I must leave you
(Will we find each other in the woods again?)
This was just a moment in the woods
Our moment
Shimmering and lovely and sad
Leave the moment
Just be glad for the moment that we had
Every moment is of moment
When you're in the woods
What was that?
Was that me? Was that him?
Did a Prince really kiss me?
And kiss me and kiss me?
And did I kiss him back?
Was it wrong?
Am I mad?
Is that all?
Does he miss me?
Was he suddenly getting bored with me?
Wake up
Stop dreaming
Stop prancing about the woods
It's not beseeming
What is it about the woods?
Back to life
Back to sense
Back to child
Back to husband
No one lives in the woods
There are vows
There are ties
There are needs
There are standards
There are shouldn'ts and shoulds
Why not both instead?
There's the answer, if you're clever
Have a child for warmth
And a Baker for bread
And a Prince for - whatever
Never!
It's these woods
Face the facts
Find the boy
Join the group
Stop the giant
Just to get out of these woods
Was that him? Yes it was
Was that me? No it wasn't
Just a trick of the woods
Just a moment
One peculiar passing moment
Must it all be either less or more?
Either plain or grand
Is it always "or"?
Is it never "and"?
That's what woods are for
For those moments in the woods
Oh, if life were made of moments
Even now and then a bad one
But if life were only moments
Then you'd never know you had one
First a witch
Then a child
Then a Prince
Then a moment
Who can live in the woods?
And to get what you wish
Only just for a moment
These are dangerous woods
Let the moment go
Don't forget it for a moment, though
Just remembering you've had an "and"
When you're back to "or"
Makes the "or" mean more
Than it did before
Now I understand
And it's time to leave the woods!
May I kiss you?
Any moment we could be crushed
Don't feel rushed
This is ridiculous
What am I doing here?
I'm in the wrong story!
Wait just one moment
We can't do this!
You have a Princess!
Of course, you're right
How foolish
Foolishness can happen in the woods
Once again, please
Let your hesitations be hushed
Any moment, big or small
Is a moment after all
Seize the moment
Skies may fall
Any moment
(But this is not right!)
Right and wrong don't matter in the woods
Only feelings
Let us meet the moment unblushed
Life is often so unpleasant
You must know that, as a peasant
Best to take the moment present
As a present for the moment
I must leave you
(Will we find each other in the woods again?)
This was just a moment in the woods
Our moment
Shimmering and lovely and sad
Leave the moment
Just be glad for the moment that we had
Every moment is of moment
When you're in the woods
What was that?
Was that me? Was that him?
Did a Prince really kiss me?
And kiss me and kiss me?
And did I kiss him back?
Was it wrong?
Am I mad?
Is that all?
Does he miss me?
Was he suddenly getting bored with me?
Wake up
Stop dreaming
Stop prancing about the woods
It's not beseeming
What is it about the woods?
Back to life
Back to sense
Back to child
Back to husband
No one lives in the woods
There are vows
There are ties
There are needs
There are standards
There are shouldn'ts and shoulds
Why not both instead?
There's the answer, if you're clever
Have a child for warmth
And a Baker for bread
And a Prince for - whatever
Never!
It's these woods
Face the facts
Find the boy
Join the group
Stop the giant
Just to get out of these woods
Was that him? Yes it was
Was that me? No it wasn't
Just a trick of the woods
Just a moment
One peculiar passing moment
Must it all be either less or more?
Either plain or grand
Is it always "or"?
Is it never "and"?
That's what woods are for
For those moments in the woods
Oh, if life were made of moments
Even now and then a bad one
But if life were only moments
Then you'd never know you had one
First a witch
Then a child
Then a Prince
Then a moment
Who can live in the woods?
And to get what you wish
Only just for a moment
These are dangerous woods
Let the moment go
Don't forget it for a moment, though
Just remembering you've had an "and"
When you're back to "or"
Makes the "or" mean more
Than it did before
Now I understand
And it's time to leave the woods!
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim
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Other Album Tracks
- Act I, Prologue: Into the Woods
- Act I: Cinderella at the Grave
- Act I: Hello, Little Girl
- Act I: I Guess This Is Goodbye / Maybe They're Magic
- Act I: Our Little World
- Act I: I Know Things Now
- Act I: A Very Nice Prince / First Midnight / Giants in the Sky
- Act I: Agony
- Act I: It Takes Two
- Act I: Stay with Me
Altri album
- Here We Are (Original Cast Recording)
- Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends: A Celebration (Live at the Sondheim Theatre)
- Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3
- Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 2
- Assassins (The 2022 Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
- Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 1
- Anyone Can Whistle (First Complete Recording) [with Arthur Laurents]
- Anyone Can Whistle (First Complete Recording)
- Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream
- Company (2018 London Cast Recording)
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