The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Finale)

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd

His skin was pale and his eye was odd

He shaved the faces of gentlemen

Who never thereafter were heard of again

He trod a path that few have trod

Did Sweeney Todd

The demon barber of Fleet Street

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He kept a shop in London town

Of fancy clients and good renown

And what if none of their souls were saved?

They went to their maker impeccably shaved

By Sweeney

By Sweeney Todd

The demon barber of Fleet Street

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Swing your razor wide, Sweeney!

Hold it to the skies!

Freely flows the blood of those

Who moralise!

His needs are few, his room is bare

He hardly uses his fancy chair

The more he bleeds, the more he lives

He never forgets and he never forgives

Perhaps today you gave a nod

To Sweeney Todd

The demon barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney wishes the world away

Sweeney's weeping for yesterday

Hugging the blade, waiting the years

Hearing the music that nobody hears

Sweeney waits in the parlour hall

Sweeney leans on the office wall

No one can help, nothing can hide you-

Isn't that Sweeney there beside you?

Sweeney wishes the world away

Sweeney's weeping for yesterday

No one can help, nothing can hide you—

Isn't that Sweeney there beside you?

Sweeney wishes the world away

Sweeney's weeping for yesterday

Is Sweeney!

There he is, it's Sweeney!

Sweeney! Sweeney!

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There!

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!

He served a dark and a hungry god!

To seek revenge may lead to Hell

But everyone does it, though seldom as well

As Sweeney

As Sweeney Todd

The demon barber of Fleet Street!