Prologue: So Happy

Once upon a time, later
I wish (in the same far-off kingdom)
More than anything, more than life (lived a young princess)
(The lad Jack) More than footmen
I wish (and the baker and his family)
No I miss (I wish)
More than anything (more than the moon)
There, there
I wish to sponsor a festival
More than life (I miss)
The time has come for a festival
(More than riches) and a ball
I miss my kingdom up in the sky (more than anything)
I wish we had more room (Play, harp)
Another room

But despite some minor inconveniences, they were all content
I never thought I'd wed a prince
I never thought I'd find perfection
I never thought I could be so happy
Not an unhappy moment since (I didn't think we'd be this rich)
Not a conceivable objection (I never thought we'd have a baby)
I never thought I could be so happy
Happy now, happy hence, happy ever after
We're so happy you're so happy
Just as long as you stay happy, we'll stay happy
Not one row
Pots of pence
With my cow
Little gurgles
Darling, I must go now
We should really sell it
Where's the cheesecloth
Wishes may bring problems such that you regret them
Better that though than to never get them
I'm going to be a perfect wife (I'm going to be a perfect son)
I'm going to be a perfect mother (I'm going to be a perfect father)
I'm going to see she is so happy (I'm going to see he is so happy)
I never thought I'd love my life
I would have settled for another
Then to become a wife
Then to set for life
Then to beget a child
That fortune smiled, I'm so happy

If only this cottage were a little larger
I will expand our quarters in due time
Why would we expand when we could simply move to another cottage?
We will not move. This was my father's house, now it will be my son's
You would raise your child alongside a witch?
Why does he always cry when I hold him?
Babies cry, he's fine. You needn't hold him as if he were so fragile
He wants his mother. Here
I can't take care of him all the time
I'll care for him when he's older

We had to go through thick and thin
We had to lose a lot to win
I ventured out and saw within
I never thought I'd be so much I hadn't been
I'm so happy

Oh my goodness
Are you alright?
I think so
And the baby?
Yes, he's fine. Are you alright?
You. Have you done this to our house?
Always thinkin' of yourself. Look at my garden
What of your garden?
Look!
Destroyed
What has happened?
I was thrown to the ground, I saw nothing
What could do such a thing?
An earthquake
No earthquake. My garden has been trampled, those are footprints
Who could do such a thing?
Anything that leaves a footprint that large is no who
Do you think it was a bear?
A bear? Bears are sweet
Besides you ever see a bear with 40-foot feet?
A dragon?
No scorch marks, usually they're linked
Manticore?
Imaginary
Griffin?
Extinct!
Giant?
Possible. Very very possible
More than possible, their fears would prove to be well-founded

Into the woods, it's always when
You think, at last, you're through and then
Into the woods, you go again to take another journey
Into the woods, the weather's clear,
We've been before we've naught to fear
Into the woods away from here
Into the woods to find a giant
Into the woods to Grandmother's house
Into the woods, the path is straight, no reason then to hesitate
Into the woods, it's not so late, it's just another journey
Into the woods, but not too long
The skies are strange, the winds are strong
Into the woods to see what's wrong
Into the woods to slay the giant
Into the woods to shield the child
To flee the winds
To find a future
To shield, to slay, to flee, to find
To fix, to hide, to move
To battle, to see what the trouble is