NARRATOR   And it came to pass, all that seemed wrong   was now right, and those who deserved to    were certain to live a long and happy life.      Ever after...      COMPANY   Ever after!      NARRATOR   Journey over, all is mended,   And it's not just for today,   But tomorrow, and extended   Ever after!      COMPANY   Ever after!      NARRATOR   All the curses have been ended,   The reverses wiped away.   All is tenderness and laughter   For forever after!      COMPANY   Happy now and happy hence   And happy ever after!      NARRATOR   There were dangers-      COMPANY   We were frightened-      NARRATOR   And confusions-      COMPANY   But we hid it-      NARRATOR   And the paths would often swerve.      COMPANY   We did not.      NARRATOR   There were constant-      COMPANY   It's amazing-      NARRATOR   Disillusions-      COMPANY   That we did it.      NARRATOR   But they never lost they're nerve.      COMPANY   Not a lot.      NARRATOR AND COMPANY   And they/we reached the right conclusions   And they/we got what they/we deserved!      ALL   Not a sigh and not a sorrow,   Tenderness and laughter.   Joy today and bliss tomorrow,   And forever after!      FLORINDA   I was greedy.      LUCINDA   I was vain.      FLORINDA   I was haughty.      LUCINDA   I was smug.      BOTH   We were happy.      LUCINDA   It was fun.      FLORINDA   But we were blind.      BOTH   Then we went into the woods   To get our wish,   And now we're really blind.      WITCH   I was perfect.   I had everything but beauty.   I had power,    And a daughter like a flower,    In a tower.   Then I went into the woods   To get my wish,   And now I'm ordinary.   Lost my power and my flower.      FLORINDA AND LUCINDA   We're unworthy.      FLORINDA, LUCINDA, WITCH   We're/I'm unhappy now, unhappy hence,   As well as ever after.   Had we used our common sense,   Been worthy of our discontents,   We'd be happy.      ALL   To be happy, and forever,   You must see your wish come true.   Don't be careful, don't be clever.   When you see your wish, pursue.   It's a dangerous endeavor,   But the only thing to do-      Though it's fearful,   Though it's deep, though it's dark,   And though you may lose your path,   Though you may encounter wolves,   You mustn't stop,   You mustn't swerve,   You musn't ponder,   You have to act!   When you know your wish,   If you want your wish,   You can have your wish,-   No, to get youy wish      You go into the woods,   Where nothing's clear,   Where witches, ghosts   And wolves appear.   Into the woods   And through the fear,   You have to take the journey.      Into the woods   And down the dell,   In vain, perhaps,   But who can tell?      Into the woods to lift the spell,   Into the woods to lose the longing,   Into the woods to have the child,   To wed the Prince,   To get the money,   to save the house,   To kill the Wolf,   To find the father,   To conquer the kingdom,   To have, to wed,    To get, to save,   To kill, to keep,   To go to the festival!      Into the woods,   Into the woods,   Into the woods,   Then out of the woods      NARRARATOR   To be continued!      COMPANY   And happy ever after!