A Very Nice Prince / First Midnight / Giants in the Sky

He's a very nice prince

And

And?

It's a very nice ball

And?

And

When I entered, they trumpeted

And, the prince?

Oh, the prince?

Yes, the prince

Well, he's tall

Is that all?

Did you dance? Is he charming?

They say that he's charming

We did nothing but dance

Yes, and?

And it made a nice change

No, the prince

Oh, the prince

Yes, the prince

He has charm for a prince, I guess

Guess?

I don't meet a wide range

Did he bow? Was he cold and polite?

And it's all very strange

Did you speak? Did he flirt?

Could you tell right away he was royalty?

Is he sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming

As kind as he's handsome

As wise as he's rich?

Is he everything you've ever wanted?

Would I know?

Well, I know

But how can you know what you want

Till you get what you want

And you see if you like it?

Would I know?

All I know is

I never wish

What I want most of all

Just within reason

Is to know what I want

When you know you can't have what you want

Where's the profit in wishing?

He's a very nice prince

What I wouldn't give to be in your shoes

Will you look over there?

An enormous beanstalk growing next to that little cottage

I mean, slippers as pure as gold

I must get home

I need your shoe

Wait!

One midnight gone

No knot unties itself

Sometimes the things you most wish for

Are not to be touched

The harder to get, the better to have

Never wear mauve to a ball, or pink

Or open your mouth

The difference between a cow and a bean

Is a bean can begin an adventure

Slotted spoons don't hold much soup

The prettier the flower, the farther from the path

The closer to the family, the closer to the wine

One midnight gone!

The mouth of a wolf's not the end of the world

A servant is not just a dog to a prince

Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor

You may know what you need, but you get what you want

Better see that you keep what you have

One midnight gone

Sometimes the things you most wish for

The harder to get, the better to have

One midnight gone

Are not to be touched

Never wear mauve at a ball, or pink

The prettier the flower

One midnight gone, one midnight gone

Into the woods

Into the woods

Into the woods, then out of the woods

And home before

There are giants in the sky

There are big, tall, terrible giants in the sky

When you're way up high, and you look below

At the world you left and things you know

Little more than a glance is enough to show you

Just how small you are

When you're way up high, and you're on your own

In a world like none that you've ever known

Where the sky is lead, and the earth is stone

You're free to do whatever pleases you

Exploring things you'd never dare

'Cause you don't care when suddenly there's

A big, tall, terrible giant at the door

A big, tall, terrible lady giant sweeping the floor

And she gives you food and she gives you rest

And she draws you close to her giant breast

And you know things now that you never knew before

Not till the sky

Only just when you've made a friend and all

And you know she's big, but you don't feel small

Someone bigger than her comes along the hall

To swallow you for lunch

And your heart is lead and your stomach's stone

And you're really scared being all alone

And it's then that you miss all the things you've known

And the world you left, and the little you own

The fun is done, you steal what you can and run

And you scramble down and you look below

And the world you know begins to grow

The roof, the house, and your mother at the door

The roof, the house, and the world you never thought to explore

And you think of all of the things you've seen

And you wish that you could live in between

And you're back again, only different than before

After the sky

There are giants in the sky

There are big, tall, terrible, awesome, scary

Wonderful giants in the sky