| Song | Hey, Little Songbird |
| Artist | Anaïs Mitchell |
| Album | Hadestown |
| [00:01.47] | Hey, little songbird, give me a song |
| [00:06.13] | I’m a busy man and I can’t stay long |
| [00:11.62] | I got clients to call, I got orders to fill |
| [00:18.38] | I got walls to build, I got riots to quell |
| [00:24.24] | And they’re giving me hell back in Hades |
| [00:29.98] | Hey, little songbird, cat got your tongue? |
| [00:35.39] | Always a pity for one so pretty and young |
| [00:41.49] | When poverty comes to clip your wings |
| [00:48.62] | And knock the wind right out of your lungs |
| [00:53.14] | Hey, nobody sings on empty |
| [00:58.95] | Strange is the call of this strange man |
| [01:04.63] | I want to fly down and feed at his hand |
| [01:10.45] | I want a nice soft place to land |
| [01:15.93] | I wanna lie down forever |
| [01:19.68] | Hey, little songbird, you got something fine |
| [01:24.35] | You’d shine like a diamond down in the mine |
| [01:29.79] | And the choice is yours if you’re willing to choose |
| [01:35.70] | Seeing as you’ve got nothing to lose |
| [01:42.50] | And I could use a canary |
| [01:48.00] | Suddenly nothing is as it was |
| [01:53.68] | Where are you now, Orpheus? |
| [01:59.34] | Wasn’t it always the two of us |
| [02:05.01] | Weren’t we birds of a feather? |
| [02:08.27] | Hey, little songbird, let me guess |
| [02:12.94] | He’s some kind of poet and he’s penniless |
| [02:18.59] | Give him your hand, he’ll give you his hand-to-mouth |
| [02:26.23] | He’ll write you a poem when the power’s out |
| [02:30.87] | Hey, why not fly south for the winter? |
| [02:36.76] | Hey, little songbird, look all around you |
| [02:42.20] | See how the vipers and vultures surround you |
| [02:48.10] | They’ll take you down, they’ll pick you clean |
| [02:54.42] | If you stick around such a desperate scene |
| [03:00.25] | See, people get mean when the chips are down |
| [00:01.47] | Hey, little songbird, give me a song |
| [00:06.13] | I' m a busy man and I can' t stay long |
| [00:11.62] | I got clients to call, I got orders to fill |
| [00:18.38] | I got walls to build, I got riots to quell |
| [00:24.24] | And they' re giving me hell back in Hades |
| [00:29.98] | Hey, little songbird, cat got your tongue? |
| [00:35.39] | Always a pity for one so pretty and young |
| [00:41.49] | When poverty comes to clip your wings |
| [00:48.62] | And knock the wind right out of your lungs |
| [00:53.14] | Hey, nobody sings on empty |
| [00:58.95] | Strange is the call of this strange man |
| [01:04.63] | I want to fly down and feed at his hand |
| [01:10.45] | I want a nice soft place to land |
| [01:15.93] | I wanna lie down forever |
| [01:19.68] | Hey, little songbird, you got something fine |
| [01:24.35] | You' d shine like a diamond down in the mine |
| [01:29.79] | And the choice is yours if you' re willing to choose |
| [01:35.70] | Seeing as you' ve got nothing to lose |
| [01:42.50] | And I could use a canary |
| [01:48.00] | Suddenly nothing is as it was |
| [01:53.68] | Where are you now, Orpheus? |
| [01:59.34] | Wasn' t it always the two of us |
| [02:05.01] | Weren' t we birds of a feather? |
| [02:08.27] | Hey, little songbird, let me guess |
| [02:12.94] | He' s some kind of poet and he' s penniless |
| [02:18.59] | Give him your hand, he' ll give you his handtomouth |
| [02:26.23] | He' ll write you a poem when the power' s out |
| [02:30.87] | Hey, why not fly south for the winter? |
| [02:36.76] | Hey, little songbird, look all around you |
| [02:42.20] | See how the vipers and vultures surround you |
| [02:48.10] | They' ll take you down, they' ll pick you clean |
| [02:54.42] | If you stick around such a desperate scene |
| [03:00.25] | See, people get mean when the chips are down |