WITCH
Shhhhhhh!
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT.
IT'S THE LAST WISH.
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
SOON IT WILL BE BOOM--/ SQUISH!
TOLD A LITTLE LIE,
STOLE A LITTLE GOLD,
BROKE A LITTLE VOW,/ DID YOU?
HAD TO GET YOUR PRINCE,
HAD TO GET YOUR COW,
HAD TO GET YOUR WISH, DOESN'T MATTER HOW--
ANYWAY IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW.
She thrusts the BABY into the BAKER'S arms.
WITCH (CONT'D)
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
IT'S THE BOOM--/ SPLAT!
NOTHING BUT A VAST MIDNIGHT,
EVERYBODY SMASHED FLAT!
NOTHING WE CAN DO--
NOT EXACTLY TRUE:
WE CAN ALWAYS GIVE HER THE BOY.
She lunges for JACK, but LRRH and CINDERELLA put themselves in her path.
WITCH (CONT'D)
NO?/ NO, OF COURSE WHAT REALLY MATTERS
IS THE BLAME,
SOMEONE YOU CAN BLAME.
FINE, IF THAT'S THE THING YOU ENJOY,
PLACING THE BLAME,
IF THAT'S THE AIM,/ GIVE ME THE BLAME--
JUST GIVE ME THE BOY.
LRRH/CINDERELLA
NO!
WITCH
No?
YOU'RE SO NICE.
YOU'RE NOT GOOD,/ YOU'RE NOT BAD,
YOU'RE JUST NICE.
I'M NOT GOOD,/ I'M NOT NICE,/
I'M JUST RIGHT.
I'M THE WITCH.
YOU'RE THE WORLD.
I'M THE HITCH,
I'M WHAT NO ONE BELIEVES,
I'M THE WITCH.
YOU'RE ALL LIARS AND THIEVES,
LIKE HIS FATHER,
LIKE HIS SON WILL BE, TOO--
OH, WHY BOTHER?
YOU'LL JUST DO WHAT YOU DO.
(ominous)
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
SO GOODBYE, ALL.
COMING AT YOU FAST, MIDNIGHT--
SOON YOU'LL SEE THE SKY FALL.
She pulls out some BEANS from her satchel and THROWS them to the ground where they flash upon impact. She knows that losing the beans will be her end. The OTHERS scramble to pick them up.
WITCH (CONT'D)
HERE, YOU WANT A BEAN?
HAVE ANOTHER BEAN.
BEANS WERE MADE FOR MAKING YOU RICH!
PLANT THEM AND THEY SOAR--
HERE, YOU WANT SOME MORE?
LISTEN TO THE ROAR: GIANTS BY THE SCORE--!
OH WELL, YOU CAN BLAME ANOTHER WITCH.
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
IT'S THE LAST VERSE.
NOW, BEFORE IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT,
I'M LEAVING YOU MY LAST CURSE:
I'M LEAVING YOU ALONE.
YOU CAN TEND THE GARDEN, IT'S YOURS
SEPARATE AND ALONE,
EVERYBODY DOWN ON ALL FOURS.
ALL RIGHT, MOTHER, WHEN?
LOST THE BEANS AGAIN!
PUNISH ME THE WAY YOU DID THEN!
GIVE ME CLAWS AND A HUNCH,
JUST AWAY FROM THIS BUNCH
AND THE GLOOM
AND THE DOOM
AND THE BOOM
The ground swells beneath her lifting her upwards. Then suddenly, the earth deflates into a sinkhole that sucks the WITCH to its core, swallowing her up as she lets out her final cry.
WITCH (CONT'D)
CRUUUUNCH!
Shhhhhhh!
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT.
IT'S THE LAST WISH.
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
SOON IT WILL BE BOOM--/ SQUISH!
TOLD A LITTLE LIE,
STOLE A LITTLE GOLD,
BROKE A LITTLE VOW,/ DID YOU?
HAD TO GET YOUR PRINCE,
HAD TO GET YOUR COW,
HAD TO GET YOUR WISH, DOESN'T MATTER HOW--
ANYWAY IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW.
She thrusts the BABY into the BAKER'S arms.
WITCH (CONT'D)
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
IT'S THE BOOM--/ SPLAT!
NOTHING BUT A VAST MIDNIGHT,
EVERYBODY SMASHED FLAT!
NOTHING WE CAN DO--
NOT EXACTLY TRUE:
WE CAN ALWAYS GIVE HER THE BOY.
She lunges for JACK, but LRRH and CINDERELLA put themselves in her path.
WITCH (CONT'D)
NO?/ NO, OF COURSE WHAT REALLY MATTERS
IS THE BLAME,
SOMEONE YOU CAN BLAME.
FINE, IF THAT'S THE THING YOU ENJOY,
PLACING THE BLAME,
IF THAT'S THE AIM,/ GIVE ME THE BLAME--
JUST GIVE ME THE BOY.
LRRH/CINDERELLA
NO!
WITCH
No?
YOU'RE SO NICE.
YOU'RE NOT GOOD,/ YOU'RE NOT BAD,
YOU'RE JUST NICE.
I'M NOT GOOD,/ I'M NOT NICE,/
I'M JUST RIGHT.
I'M THE WITCH.
YOU'RE THE WORLD.
I'M THE HITCH,
I'M WHAT NO ONE BELIEVES,
I'M THE WITCH.
YOU'RE ALL LIARS AND THIEVES,
LIKE HIS FATHER,
LIKE HIS SON WILL BE, TOO--
OH, WHY BOTHER?
YOU'LL JUST DO WHAT YOU DO.
(ominous)
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
SO GOODBYE, ALL.
COMING AT YOU FAST, MIDNIGHT--
SOON YOU'LL SEE THE SKY FALL.
She pulls out some BEANS from her satchel and THROWS them to the ground where they flash upon impact. She knows that losing the beans will be her end. The OTHERS scramble to pick them up.
WITCH (CONT'D)
HERE, YOU WANT A BEAN?
HAVE ANOTHER BEAN.
BEANS WERE MADE FOR MAKING YOU RICH!
PLANT THEM AND THEY SOAR--
HERE, YOU WANT SOME MORE?
LISTEN TO THE ROAR: GIANTS BY THE SCORE--!
OH WELL, YOU CAN BLAME ANOTHER WITCH.
IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT,
IT'S THE LAST VERSE.
NOW, BEFORE IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT,
I'M LEAVING YOU MY LAST CURSE:
I'M LEAVING YOU ALONE.
YOU CAN TEND THE GARDEN, IT'S YOURS
SEPARATE AND ALONE,
EVERYBODY DOWN ON ALL FOURS.
ALL RIGHT, MOTHER, WHEN?
LOST THE BEANS AGAIN!
PUNISH ME THE WAY YOU DID THEN!
GIVE ME CLAWS AND A HUNCH,
JUST AWAY FROM THIS BUNCH
AND THE GLOOM
AND THE DOOM
AND THE BOOM
The ground swells beneath her lifting her upwards. Then suddenly, the earth deflates into a sinkhole that sucks the WITCH to its core, swallowing her up as she lets out her final cry.
WITCH (CONT'D)
CRUUUUNCH!