Stephen Sondheim - Hymn to Dionysos (Reprise) lyrics

[SHAKESPEARE] [to PLUTO] Farewell, my liege. Now no way can I stray save back to earth [to DIONYSOS] I pray you lead the way [ARIADNE] Dionysos Dionysos Dionysos Bring the sound of poets In a blaze of words to a heedless earth Evoe! Alalai! Alalai! Evoe! Alalalalalalai! [DIONYSIANS] Dionysos Bring the taste of wisdom In a feast of words to a hungry earth Evoe! Alalai! Alalai! Evoe! Alalalalalalai! Dionysos Bring the taste of words Bring the sounds of wit Bring a sense of purpose Bring the feel of pa**ion Bring the glow of thought To a darkening earth Evoe! Alalai! Alalai! Evoe! Alalalalalalalalai! Evoe! Alalai! Alalai! Evoe! Alalalalalalai! [DIONYSOS] The frogs are quiet tonight [CHARON] Maybe you scared them off [DIONYSOS] I doubt that [CHARON] Say, isn't that William Shakespeare? [DIONYSOS] Why yes, it is [CHARON] The ride's on me [DIONYSOS] Thank you, Charon Say something [SHAKESPEARE] Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise, three-piled hyperbole? [DIONYSOS] Well... [SHAKESPEARE] Remember, sir, words are not deeds [DIONYSOS] Yet do they ease the heart [SHAKESPEARE] Aye sir, yet a new beginning calls for a new play The weight of this sad time we must obey Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say [DIONYSOS] Yes, speak what we feel [To the Audience] Dare I say it -- what have we learned? We must participate or prepare to be burned Frogs will be frogs and life's for the living Man must use his brain or there'll be much misgiving I've taken a chance, I've brought back a poet Let's take charge of the world before it's gone as we know it