Nellie Lovett: [singing] But... You know me. Sometimes ideas just pop into me head and I keep thinking... Seems a downright shame...
Sweeney Todd: Shame?
Nellie Lovett: Seems an awful waste... Such a nice plump frame wot's-his-name has... had... Has... Nor it can't be traced. Business needs a lift - Debts to be erased - Think of it as thrift, as a gift... If you get my drift...
[Todd stares blankly]
Nellie Lovett: No? Seems an awful waste. I mean, with the price of meat what it is, when you get it, IF you get it...
Sweeney Todd: [Getting the idea] Ha!
Nellie Lovett: Good, you got it.

Sweeney Todd: [singing] For what's the sound of the world out there?
Nellie Lovett: [singing] What, Mr. Todd, what, Mr. Todd, what is that sound?
Sweeney Todd: [singing] Those crunching noises pervading the air?
Nellie Lovett: [singing] Yes, Mr. Todd, yes, Mr. Todd, yes, all around...
Sweeney Todd: [singing] It's man devouring man, my dear,
Todd, Mrs. Lovett: [singing] And who are we to deny it in here?

Sweeney Todd: [singing] What is that?
Nellie Lovett: [singing] It's priest. Have a little priest.
Sweeney Todd: [singing] Is it really good?
Nellie Lovett: [singing] Sir, it's too good, at least. Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh, so it's pretty fresh.
Sweeney Todd: [singing] Awful lot of fat.
Nellie Lovett: [singing] Only where it sat.
Sweeney Todd: [singing] Haven't you got... poet, or something like that?
Nellie Lovett: [singing] No, you see the trouble with poet is how do you know it's deceased... try the priest!

Nellie Lovett: Now then, this might be a bit stringy, but then of course it's a fiddle player!
Sweeney Todd: No, no. This isn't fiddle player- it's PICCOLO player.
Nellie Lovett: How can you tell?
Sweeney Todd: It's PIPING hot.
Nellie Lovett: Then BLOW on it first!

Nellie Lovett: Since marine doesn't appeal to you, how about Rear Admiral?
Sweeney Todd: No, no. It's too salty. I prefer... General.
Nellie Lovett: With or without 'is privates? "With," is extra!

[last lines]
Sweeney Todd: [singing] Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd...
Company: [singing] Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd...
Sweeney Todd: [singing] He served a dark and a hungry god...
Company: [singing] He served a dark and a hungry god...
Sweeney Todd: [singing] To seek revenge may lead to Hell...
Nellie Lovett: [singing] But everyone does it, and seldom as well as Sweeney...
Company: [singing] As Sweeney Todd...
All: [singing] The demon barber of Fleet... Street...

Sweeney Todd: [singing] Have charity towards the world, my pet.
Nellie Lovett: [singing] Yes, yes, I know, my love.
Sweeney Todd: [singing] We'll take the customers that we can get.
Nellie Lovett: [singing] High-born and and low, my love.
Sweeney Todd: [singing] We'll not discriminate great from small. No, we'll serve anyone...
Sweeney Todd, Nellie Lovett: [singing together] - meaning anyone, and to anyone, at all!

Sweeney Todd: [during a sit-down in the parlor] There must be a way to the judge.
Nellie Lovett: Bloody ol' judge, always harpin' on the bloody ol' judge. 'ere we've got a nice respectable business goin'!

Nellie Lovett: Lawyer's rather nice.
Sweeney Todd: It is for a price.
Nellie Lovett: Order something else, though, to follow since no one should swallow it twice.
Sweeney Todd: Anything that's lean...
Nellie 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?
Nellie Lovett: Mercy, no sir, look closer, you'll notice it's grocer!
Sweeney Todd: It looks thicker, more like vicar.
Nellie Lovett: No, it has to be grocer - it's green!

Nellie 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 - that's a politician so oily it's served with a doily, not one.
Sweeney Todd: Put it on a bun. Well, you never know if it's going to run!

forget your name
forget your fear
the night starts here