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Poor Thing
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Soundtrack
Poor Thing was released on September 8, 2023 by Arts Music Reprise as a part of the album Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023 Broadway Cast Recording)
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Release DateSeptember 8, 2023
LabelArts Music Reprise
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM67

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Annaleigh Ashford
Annaleigh Ashford
Performer
Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Vocals
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Performer
Fred Lassen
Fred Lassen
Conductor
David Lai
David Lai
Orchestra Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
Emily Grishman
Emily Grishman
Copyist
Jonathan Tunick
Jonathan Tunick
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Thomas Kail
Thomas Kail
Co-Producer
Brian Lucey
Brian Lucey
Mastering Engineer
Jason LaRocca
Jason LaRocca
Mixing Engineer
Alex Lacamoire
Alex Lacamoire
Music Supervisor
Derik Lee
Derik Lee
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Isn't that a room up there over the shop?
If times are so hard, why don't you rent it out? That should bring in something
Up there? Oh, no one will go near it, people think it's haunted
You see, years ago, something happened up there, something not very nice
[Verse 1]
There was a barber and his wife
And he was beautiful
A proper artist with a knife
But they transported him for life
And he was beautiful
Barker, his name was, Benjamin Barker
[Verse 2]
Transported? What was his crime?
Foolishness
He had this wife, you see, ah
Pretty little thing
Silly little nit
Had her chance for the moon on a string
Poor thing
Poor thing
[Verse 3]
There were these two, you see, oof
Wanted her like mad
One of 'em a judge
T'other one his beadle
Every day they'd nudge and they'd wheedle
But she wouldn't budge from her needle
Too bad
Pure thing
[Verse 4]
So they merely shipped the poor blighter off south, they did
Leaving her with nothing but grief and a year-old kid
Did she use her head even then? Oh no, God forbid
Poor fool
Ah, but there was worse yet to come
Poor thing
[Verse 5]
Johanna, that was the baby's name, pretty little Johanna
Go on
My, you do like a good story, don't you?
[Verse 6]
Well, beadle calls on her, all polite
Poor thing
Poor thing
The judge, he tells her, is all contrite
He blames himself for her dreadful plight
She must come straight to his house tonight
Poor thing
Poor thing
[Verse 7]
Of course when she goes there, poor thing, poor thing
They're having this ball all in masks
There's no one she knows there, poor dear, poor thing
She wanders tormented and drinks, poor thing
The judge has repented, she thinks, poor thing
"Oh, where is Judge Turpin?" she asks
He was there, all right
Only not so contrite
[Verse 8]
She wasn't no match for such craft, you see
And everyone thought it so droll
They figured she had to be daft, you see
So all of them stood there and laughed, you see
Poor soul
Poor thing
[Outro]
No! Would no one have mercy on her?
So it is you, Benjamin Barker
Written by: Stephen Sondheim
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