A Little Priest Lyrics
| Song | A Little Priest |
| Artist | Stephen Sondheim |
| Album | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2005 Broadway Revival Cast - With New Orchestrations by Sarah Travis) |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Seems a downright shame… | |
| TODD (spoken): | |
| Shame? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Seems an awful waste… | |
| Such a nice plump frame | |
| Wots his name has | |
| Had…has… | |
| Nor he can’t be traced | |
| Business needs a lift | |
| Debts to be erased | |
| Think of it as thrift, as a gift | |
| If you get my drift | |
| Seems and awful waste | |
| I mean...with the price of meat wot it is | |
| When you get it, if you get it | |
| TODD: | |
| Ah… | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Good you got it | |
| Take for instance Ms. Mooney and her pie shop | |
| Business never better using only pussy cats and toast | |
| Now a pussy’s good for maybe six or seven at the most | |
| And I’m sure they can’t compare as far as taste | |
| (simultaneously) | |
| TODD: | |
| Ms. Lovett, what a charming notion | |
| Eminently practical | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Well it does seem a waste! | |
| TODD: | |
| And yet appropriate as always | |
| Ms. Lovett, how I’ve lived without you all these years | |
| I’ll never know! | |
| How delectable! | |
| Also undetectable! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Think about it | |
| Lots of other gentlemen’ll soon be coming in 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? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| What Mr. Todd, what Mr. Todd | |
| What is that sound? | |
| TODD: | |
| Those crunching noises pervading the air! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes Mr. Todd | |
| Yes all around | |
| TODD: | |
| It’s man devouring man, my dear! | |
| BOTH: | |
| Then who are we to deny it in here? | |
| TODD (spoken): | |
| These are desperate times, Ms. Lovett | |
| And desperate measures are called for | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Here we are. Hot out of the oven | |
| TODD: | |
| What is that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Its priest | |
| Have a little priest | |
| TODD: | |
| Is it really good? | |
| MS. 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 | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Only where it sat | |
| TODD: | |
| Haven’t you got poet or something like that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| No you see the trouble with poet | |
| Is how do you know it’s deceased? | |
| Try the priest! | |
| Lawyer’s rather nice | |
| TODD: | |
| If it’s for a price | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Order something else, though, to follow | |
| Since no one should swallow it twice | |
| TODD: | |
| Anything that’s lean? | |
| MS. 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? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Mercy no, sir, look closer | |
| You’ll notice its grocer! | |
| TODD: | |
| Looks thicker, more like vicar | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| No, it has to be grocer | |
| It’s green! | |
| TODD: | |
| The history of the world, my love | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Save a lot of graves | |
| Do a lot of relatives favors | |
| TODD: | |
| Is those below serving those up above! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Everybody 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 (spoken): | |
| What is that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| It’s fop | |
| Finest in the shop | |
| Or we have some shepherds pie peppered | |
| With actual shepherd on top! | |
| And I’ve just begun | |
| Is 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! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Try the friar! | |
| Fried, it’s drier! | |
| TODD: | |
| No! | |
| The clergy is really too coarse and too mealy! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Then actor! | |
| It’s compacter! | |
| TODD: | |
| Ah, but always arrives overdone | |
| (spoken) I’ll come again when you have judge on the menu | |
| Have charity towards the world, my pet! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Yes, yes, I know, my love | |
| TODD: | |
| We’ll take the customers that we can get! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| High-born and low, my love! | |
| TODD: | |
| We’ll not discriminate great from small | |
| No, we’ll serve anyone | |
| (simultaneously) | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| We’ll serve anyone! | |
| TODD: | |
| Meaning anyone! | |
| BOTH: | |
| And to anyone | |
| At all! |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Seems a downright shame | |
| TODD spoken: | |
| Shame? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Seems an awful waste | |
| Such a nice plump frame | |
| Wots his name has | |
| Had has | |
| Nor he can' t be traced | |
| Business needs a lift | |
| Debts to be erased | |
| Think of it as thrift, as a gift | |
| If you get my drift | |
| Seems and awful waste | |
| I mean... with the price of meat wot it is | |
| When you get it, if you get it | |
| TODD: | |
| Ah | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Good you got it | |
| Take for instance Ms. Mooney and her pie shop | |
| Business never better using only pussy cats and toast | |
| Now a pussy' s good for maybe six or seven at the most | |
| And I' m sure they can' t compare as far as taste | |
| simultaneously | |
| TODD: | |
| Ms. Lovett, what a charming notion | |
| Eminently practical | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Well it does seem a waste! | |
| TODD: | |
| And yet appropriate as always | |
| Ms. Lovett, how I' ve lived without you all these years | |
| I' ll never know! | |
| How delectable! | |
| Also undetectable! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Think about it | |
| Lots of other gentlemen' ll soon be coming in 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? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| What Mr. Todd, what Mr. Todd | |
| What is that sound? | |
| TODD: | |
| Those crunching noises pervading the air! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes Mr. Todd | |
| Yes all around | |
| TODD: | |
| It' s man devouring man, my dear! | |
| BOTH: | |
| Then who are we to deny it in here? | |
| TODD spoken: | |
| These are desperate times, Ms. Lovett | |
| And desperate measures are called for | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Here we are. Hot out of the oven | |
| TODD: | |
| What is that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Its priest | |
| Have a little priest | |
| TODD: | |
| Is it really good? | |
| MS. 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 | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Only where it sat | |
| TODD: | |
| Haven' t you got poet or something like that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| No you see the trouble with poet | |
| Is how do you know it' s deceased? | |
| Try the priest! | |
| Lawyer' s rather nice | |
| TODD: | |
| If it' s for a price | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Order something else, though, to follow | |
| Since no one should swallow it twice | |
| TODD: | |
| Anything that' s lean? | |
| MS. 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? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Mercy no, sir, look closer | |
| You' ll notice its grocer! | |
| TODD: | |
| Looks thicker, more like vicar | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| No, it has to be grocer | |
| It' s green! | |
| TODD: | |
| The history of the world, my love | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Save a lot of graves | |
| Do a lot of relatives favors | |
| TODD: | |
| Is those below serving those up above! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Everybody 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 spoken: | |
| What is that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| It' s fop | |
| Finest in the shop | |
| Or we have some shepherds pie peppered | |
| With actual shepherd on top! | |
| And I' ve just begun | |
| Is 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! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Try the friar! | |
| Fried, it' s drier! | |
| TODD: | |
| No! | |
| The clergy is really too coarse and too mealy! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Then actor! | |
| It' s compacter! | |
| TODD: | |
| Ah, but always arrives overdone | |
| spoken I' ll come again when you have judge on the menu | |
| Have charity towards the world, my pet! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Yes, yes, I know, my love | |
| TODD: | |
| We' ll take the customers that we can get! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Highborn and low, my love! | |
| TODD: | |
| We' ll not discriminate great from small | |
| No, we' ll serve anyone | |
| simultaneously | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| We' ll serve anyone! | |
| TODD: | |
| Meaning anyone! | |
| BOTH: | |
| And to anyone | |
| At all! |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Seems a downright shame | |
| TODD spoken: | |
| Shame? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Seems an awful waste | |
| Such a nice plump frame | |
| Wots his name has | |
| Had has | |
| Nor he can' t be traced | |
| Business needs a lift | |
| Debts to be erased | |
| Think of it as thrift, as a gift | |
| If you get my drift | |
| Seems and awful waste | |
| I mean... with the price of meat wot it is | |
| When you get it, if you get it | |
| TODD: | |
| Ah | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Good you got it | |
| Take for instance Ms. Mooney and her pie shop | |
| Business never better using only pussy cats and toast | |
| Now a pussy' s good for maybe six or seven at the most | |
| And I' m sure they can' t compare as far as taste | |
| simultaneously | |
| TODD: | |
| Ms. Lovett, what a charming notion | |
| Eminently practical | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Well it does seem a waste! | |
| TODD: | |
| And yet appropriate as always | |
| Ms. Lovett, how I' ve lived without you all these years | |
| I' ll never know! | |
| How delectable! | |
| Also undetectable! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Think about it | |
| Lots of other gentlemen' ll soon be coming in 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? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| What Mr. Todd, what Mr. Todd | |
| What is that sound? | |
| TODD: | |
| Those crunching noises pervading the air! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes Mr. Todd | |
| Yes all around | |
| TODD: | |
| It' s man devouring man, my dear! | |
| BOTH: | |
| Then who are we to deny it in here? | |
| TODD spoken: | |
| These are desperate times, Ms. Lovett | |
| And desperate measures are called for | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Here we are. Hot out of the oven | |
| TODD: | |
| What is that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Its priest | |
| Have a little priest | |
| TODD: | |
| Is it really good? | |
| MS. 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 | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Only where it sat | |
| TODD: | |
| Haven' t you got poet or something like that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| No you see the trouble with poet | |
| Is how do you know it' s deceased? | |
| Try the priest! | |
| Lawyer' s rather nice | |
| TODD: | |
| If it' s for a price | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Order something else, though, to follow | |
| Since no one should swallow it twice | |
| TODD: | |
| Anything that' s lean? | |
| MS. 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? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Mercy no, sir, look closer | |
| You' ll notice its grocer! | |
| TODD: | |
| Looks thicker, more like vicar | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| No, it has to be grocer | |
| It' s green! | |
| TODD: | |
| The history of the world, my love | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Save a lot of graves | |
| Do a lot of relatives favors | |
| TODD: | |
| Is those below serving those up above! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Everybody 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 spoken: | |
| What is that? | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| It' s fop | |
| Finest in the shop | |
| Or we have some shepherds pie peppered | |
| With actual shepherd on top! | |
| And I' ve just begun | |
| Is 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! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Try the friar! | |
| Fried, it' s drier! | |
| TODD: | |
| No! | |
| The clergy is really too coarse and too mealy! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Then actor! | |
| It' s compacter! | |
| TODD: | |
| Ah, but always arrives overdone | |
| spoken I' ll come again when you have judge on the menu | |
| Have charity towards the world, my pet! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Yes, yes, I know, my love | |
| TODD: | |
| We' ll take the customers that we can get! | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| Highborn and low, my love! | |
| TODD: | |
| We' ll not discriminate great from small | |
| No, we' ll serve anyone | |
| simultaneously | |
| MS. LOVETT: | |
| We' ll serve anyone! | |
| TODD: | |
| Meaning anyone! | |
| BOTH: | |
| And to anyone | |
| At all! |
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