All I’ve Ever Known (”In spite of herself...”) [Intro] lyrics
by Hadestown Original Broadway Cast
[HERMES, spoken]
Orpheus was a poor boy,
But he had a gift to give.
He could make you see how the world could be:
(sung)
In spite of the way that it is
(spoken)
And Eurydice was a young girl,
But she'd seen how the world was.
When she fell, she fell in spite of herself,
In love with Orpheus.