Sweeney Todd [OST] - A Little Priest

[Mrs Lovett:]

Seems a downright shame...

[Sweeney Todd:]

Shame?

[Mrs 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...

[Sweeney Todd:]

Hah!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Good, you got it!

Take, for instance,

Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop!

Bus'ness never better using only pussycats and toast!

And a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most!

And I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste!

[Sweeney Todd:]

Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion

[Mrs Lovett:]

Well, it does seem a waste...

[Sweeney Todd:]

Eminently practical

And yet appropriate as always!

[Mrs Lovett:]

It's an idea...

[Sweeney Todd:]

Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived

Without you all these years,

I'll never know!

How delectable!

Also undetectable!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Think about it!

Lots of other gentlemen'll

Soon be comin' for a shave,

Won't they?

Think of all them pies!

[Sweeney Todd:]

How choice!

How rare!

[Sweeney Todd:]

For what's the sound of the world out there?

[Mrs Lovett:]

What, Mr. Todd?

What, Mr. Todd?

What is that sound?

[Sweeney Todd:]

Those crunching noises pervading the air!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Yes, Mr. Todd!

Yes, Mr. Todd!

Yes, all around!

[Sweeney Todd:]

It's man devouring man, my dear!

[Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett:]

And who are we to deny it in here?

[Sweeney Todd:]

These are desperate times, Mrs Lovett

And desperate measures are called for!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven!

[Sweeney Todd:]

What is that?

[Mrs Lovett:]

It's priest. Have a little priest.

[Sweeney Todd:]

Is it really good?

[Mrs Lovett:]

Sir, it's too good, at least!

Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh,

So it's pretty fresh.

[Sweeney Todd:]

Awful, lot of fat.

[Mrs Lovett:]

Only where it sat.

[Sweeney Todd:]

Haven't you got poet, or something like that?

[Mrs Lovett:]

No, y'see, the trouble with poet is

How do you know it's deceased?

Try the priest!

Lawyer's rather nice.

[Sweeney Todd:]

If it's for a price.

[Mrs Lovett:]

Order something else, though, to follow,

Since no one should swallow it twice!

[Sweeney Todd:]

Anything that's lean.

[Mrs 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!

[Sweeney Todd:]

Is that squire, on the fire?

[Mrs Lovett:]

Mercy no, sir, look closer,

You'll notice it's grocer!

[Sweeney Todd:]

Looks thicker, more like vicar!

[Mrs Lovett:]

No, it has to be grocer -- It's green!

[Sweeney Todd:]

The history of the world, my love

[Mrs Lovett:]

Save a lot of graves,

Do a lot of relatives favors!

[Sweeney Todd:]

Is those below serving those up above!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Ev'rybody shaves,

So there should be plenty of flavors!

[Sweeney Todd:]

How gratifying for once to know

[Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett:]

That those above will serve those down below!

[Sweeney Todd:]

What is that?

[Mrs 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!

[Sweeney Todd:]

Put it on a bun.

Well, you never know if it's going to run!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Try the friar,

Fried, it's drier!

[Sweeney Todd:]

No, the clergy is really

Too coarse and too mealy!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Then actor,

That's compacter!

[Sweeney Todd:]

Ah but always arrives overdone!

I'll come again when you have judge on the menu!

Have charity towards the world, my pet!

[Mrs Lovett:]

Yes, yes, I know, my love!

[Sweeney Todd:]

We'll take the customers that we can get!

[Mrs Lovett:]

High-born and low, my love!

[Sweeney Todd:]

We'll not discriminate great from small!

No, we'll serve anyone,

Meaning anyone,

[Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett:]

And to anyone

At all!