Letra de A little priest

Performed by

Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter)
Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp)



Mrs. Lovett: ?That?s all very well, but what are we going to do about him??

Sweeney Todd: ?Later on, when it´s dark, we´ll take him to some secret place
and bury him.?

Mrs. Lovett: ?Oh yeah, of course we could do that. I don´t suppose he´s got
any relatives going to come poking around looking for him.?

Seems a downright shame...

Sweeney Todd: ?Shame??

Mrs. Lovett: Seems an awful waste
Such a nice, plump frame
Wot´s-his-name has--
Had--
Has!
Nor it can?t be traced

Bus?ness needs a lift
Debts to be erased
Think of it as thrift
As a gift!
If you get my drift

Seems an awful waste...
I mean, with the price of meat what it is
When you get it...
If you get it...

Sweeney Todd: ?Ah!?

Mrs. Lovett: Good, you got it!

Take, for instance, Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop
Bus?ness never better, using only pussycats and toast
Now a pussy?s good for maybe six or seven at the most
And I?m sure they can?t compare - as far as taste

Sweeney Todd: Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion

Mrs. Lovett: Well, it does seem a waste...

Sweeney Todd: Eminently practical
And yet appropriate as always!
Mrs. Lovett, how I did without you all these years
I?ll never know!
How delectable!
Also undetectable!

Mrs. Lovett: Think about it!
Lots of other gentlemen?ll
Soon be comin? for a shave
Won?t they?
Think of
All them
Pies!

Sweeney Todd: How choice!
How rare!

For what?s the sound of the world out there?

Mrs. Lovett: What, Mr. Todd?
What, Mr. Todd?
What is that sound?

Sweeney Todd: Those crunching noises pervading the air?

Mrs. Lovett: Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, all around!

Sweeney Todd: It?s man devouring man, my dear

Sweeney Todd: And who are we to deny it in here?
Mrs. Lovett: Then who are we to deny it in here?

Sweeney Todd: ?These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate
measures are called for.?

Mrs. Lovett: ?Here we are, hot out of the oven.?

Sweeney Todd: ?What is that??

Mrs. Lovett: It?s priest
Have a little priest

Sweeney Todd: Is it really good?

Mrs. Lovett: Sir, it?s too good, at least!
Then again, they don?t commit sins of the flesh
So it?s pretty fresh

Sweeney Todd: Awful lot of fat

Mrs. Lovett: Only where it sat

Sweeney Todd: Haven?t you got poet?
Or something like that?

Mrs. Lovett: No, you see, the trouble with poet is
How do you know it?s deceased?
Try the priest!

Lawyer?s rather nice

Sweeney Todd: If it?s for a price

Mrs. Lovett: Order something else, though, to follow
Since no one should swallow it twice!

Sweeney Todd: Anything that?s lean?

Mrs. Lovett: Well, then, if you?re British and loyal
You might enjoy Royal Marine!
Anyway, it?s clean
Though of course, it tastes of wherever it?s been!

Sweeney Todd: Is that squire
On the fire?

Mrs. Lovett: Mercy no, sir
Look closer
You?ll notice it?s grocer!

Sweeney Todd: Looks thicker
More like vicar

Mrs. Lovett: No, it has to be grocer-- it?s green!

Sweeney Todd: The history of the world, my love --

Mrs. Lovett: Save a lot of graves
Do a lot of relatives favours

Sweeney Todd: -- Is those below serving those up above

Mrs. Lovett: Ev?rybody shaves
So there should be plenty of flavours!

Sweeney Todd: How gratifying for once to know

ambos: That those above will serve those down below!

Sweeney Todd: What is that?

Mrs. Lovett: It?s fop
Finest in the shop
Or we have some shepherd?s pie peppered
With actual shepherd on top!
And I?ve just begun--

?Ere?s a politician, so oily
It?s served with a doily
?Ave one?

Sweeney Todd: Put it on a bun
Well, you never know if it?s going to run!

Mrs. Lovett: Try the friar
Fried, it?s drier!

Sweeney Todd: No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy!

Mrs. Lovett: Then actor
It?s compacter!

Sweeney Todd: Yes and always arrives overdone
I?ll come again when you have Judge on the menu

Have charity towards the world, my pet

Mrs. Lovett: Yes, yes, I know, my love!

Sweeney Todd: We?ll take the customers that we can get!

Mrs. Lovett: High-born and low, my love

Sweeney Todd: We?ll not discriminate great from small
No, we?ll serve anyone--
Meaning anyone--

Mrs. Lovett: We?ll serve anyone--

ambos: And to anyone
At all!