Wife: Sometimes people leave you
Halfway through the wood.
Do not let it grieve you,
Hold him to the light now,
Things will be all right now.
Careful the things you say,
Careful the things you do,
Guide them along the way,
Children will look to you
Company: (SLOW)Careful the wish you make,
Careful the path they take,
Careful the spell you cast,
Sometimes the spell may last
Company (FAST): Though it′s fearful,
Though it′s deep, though it's dark
And though you may lose the path,
Though you may encounter wolves,
Or a giant dwells there.{unison]
So into the woods you go again,
You have to every now and then.
Into the woods, no telling when,
Be ready for the journey.
Into the woods, but not too fast
Or what you wish, you lose at last.
Into the woods, but mind the past.
Into the woods, but mind the future.
Into the woods, but not to stray,
Or tempt the wolf, or steal from the giant--
But now there's you, me, her, and him.
But everything you learn there
Will help when you return there.
All: Into the woods--you have to grope,
But that′s the way you learn to cope.
Into the woods to find there's hope
Of getting through the journey.
Into the woods, each time you go,
There's more to learn of what you know.
Into the woods, but not too slow--
Into the woods, it′s nearing midnight--
Into the woods to mind the wolf,
To heed the witch, to honor the giant,
To mind, to heed, to find, to think, to teach, to join, to go to the Festival!