Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - A little priest lyrics

MRS. LOVETT That's all very well, but what we gonna do about him? SWEENEY TODD Later on when it's dark, we'll take it to some secret place and bury him LOVETT Oh yeah. Of course we could do that I don't 'spose he's got any relatives gonna come pokin' 'round lookin' for him Seems a downright shame... TODD Shame? LOVETT Seems an awful waste... Such a nice, plump frame Wot's 'is name has... Had... Has Nor it can't be traced... Bus'ness needs a lift Debts to be erased... Think of it as thrift As a gift If you get my drift Seems an awful waste... I mean, with the price of meat What it is When you get it If you get it... TODD Ah! LOVETT Good, you got it! Take, for instance, Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop! Bus'ness never better using only p**ycats and toast! Now a p**y's good for maybe six or seven at the most! And I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste! [Simultaneously] TODD Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion LOVETT Well, it does seem a waste... TODD Eminently practical And yet appropriate as always! LOVETT Think about it... TODD Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived Without you all these years, I'll never know! How delectable! Also undetectable! LOVETT Lots of other gentlemen'll Soon be comin' for a shave Won't they? Think of All them Pies! TODD How choice! How Rare! For what's the sound of the world out there? LOVETT What, Mr. Todd? What, Mr. Todd? What is that sound? TODD Those crunching noises pervading the air! LOVETT Yes, Mr. Todd! Yes, Mr. Todd! Yes, all around! TODD It's man devouring man, my dear! BOTH: And/Then who are we to deny it in here? TODD (spoken) These are desperate times Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for! LOVETT Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven! TODD What is that? LOVETT: It's priest. Have a little priest TODD Is it really good? LOVETT Sir, it's too good, at least! Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh So it's pretty fresh TODD Awful lot of fat LOVETT Only where it sat TODD Haven't you got poet, or something like that? LOVETT No, y'see, the trouble with poet is 'Ow do you know it's deceased? Try the priest! Lawyer's rather nice TODD If it's for a price LOVETT Order something else, though, to follow Since no one should swallow it twice! TODD Anything that's lean? LOVETT Well, then, if you're British and loyal You might enjoy Royal Marine! Anyway, it's clean Though of course, it tastes of wherever it's been! TODD Is that squire, on the fire? LOVETT Mercy no, sir, look closer You'll notice it's grocer! TODD Looks thicker More like vicar! LOVETT No, it has to be grocer -- It's green! TODD The history of the world, my love -- LOVETT Save a lot of graves Do a lot of relatives favors! TODD Is those below serving those up above! LOVETT Ev'rybody shaves So there should be plenty of flavors! TODD How gratifying for once to know BOTH That those above will serve those down below! TODD What is that? LOVETT It's fop Finest in the shop And we have some shepherd's pie peppered With actual shepherd on top! And I've just begun -- Here's the politician, so oily It's served with a doily Have one! TODD Put it on a bun Well, you never know if it's going to run! LOVETT Try the friar Fried, it's drier! TODD No, the clergy is really Too coarse and too mealy! LOVETT Then actor It's compacter! TODD Ah but always arrives overdone! (spoken) I'll come again when you have judge on the menu! (singing) Have charity towards the world, my pet! LOVETT Yes, yes, I know, my love! TODD We'll take the customers that we can get! LOVETT High-born and low, my love! TODD We'll not discriminate great from small! No, we'll serve anyone Meaning anyone BOTH And to anyone At all!