Sweeney Todd (musical): A little priest

Seems a downright shame...
- Shame?
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...
Seems an awful waste.
I mean,
with the price of meat what it is,
When you get it,
If you get it...
Ah-
Good, you got it.
Take, for instance,
Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop.
Business never better,
using only pussycats and toast.
And a pussy's good for maybe
six or seven at the most.
And I'm sure they can't
compare as far as taste-
- Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion,
eminently practical and yet appropriate as always.
Well, it does seem a waste!
- Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived without you
all these years I'll never know!
Think about it...
- How delectable!
Also undetectable!
Lots of other gentlemen'll
soon be coming for a shave.
- How choice! How rare!
Won't they? Think of all them - Pies!
- For what's the sound of the world out there?
What, Mr. Todd, What, Mr. Todd,
what is that sound?
- Those crunching noises pervading the air?
Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes, Mr. Todd,
yes, all around.
- It's man devouring man, my dear,
And who are we to deny it in here?
- Ah, these are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett,
and desperate measures are called for.
Here we are now, hot out of the oven...
- What is that?
It's priest.
Have a little priest.
- Is it really good?
Sir, it's too good, at least.
Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh,
so it's pretty fresh.
- Awful lot of fat.
Only where it sat.
- Haven't you got poet|or something like that?
No, you see the trouble with poet is,
how do you know it's deceased?
Try the priest.
Lawyer's rather nice.
- If it's for a price.
Order something else, though, to follow,
since no one should swallow it twice.
- Anything thats lean.
Well, then, if youre British and loyal,
you might enjoy Royal Marine.
Anyway, it's clean.
Though, of course, it tastes of wherever it's been.
- Is that squire on the fire?
Mercy no, sir, look closer,
you'll notice it's grocer.
- Looks thicker. More like vicar.
No, it has to be grocer - it's green.
- The history of the world, my lamb
Save a lot of graves, do a lot of relatives favors...
- Is those below serving those up above.
Everybody shaves, so there should be plenty of flavors...
- How gratifying for once to know-
That those above will serve those down below!
- What is that?
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.
Here's a politician - so oily,
it's served with a doily - Have one?
- Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know if it's going to run.
Try the friar. Fried, it's drier.
- No, the clergy is really|too coarse and too mealy.
Then actor - That's compacter.
- Yes, and always arrives overdone.
I'll come again when you|have Judge on the menu...
- Have charity towards the world, my pet-
Yes, yes, I know, my love
- We'll take the customers that we can get.
High,born and low, my love.
- We'll not discriminate|great from small.
No, we'll serve anyone-
Well serve anyone-
And to anyone
at all!