MRS. LOVETT 
That's all very well, 
But what we gonna do about him? 

SWEENEY TODD 
Later on when it's dark, 
We'll take it to some secret place 
And bury him 

LOVETT 
Oh, yeah. 
Of course we could do that. 
I don't 'spose he's got any relatives 
 [bad word] pokin' 'round lookin' for him. 

Seems a downright shame... 

TODD 
Shame? 

LOVETT 
Seems an awful waste... 
Such a nice, plump frame 
Wot's 'is 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... 

TODD 
Ah! 

LOVETT 
Good, you got it! 

Take, for instance, 
Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop! 
Business never better 
Using only pussycats and toast! 
Now a [bad word] #39;s good for 
Maybe six or seven at the most! 
And I'm sure they can't 
 [bad word] as far as taste! 

[Simultaneously] 

TODD 
Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion… 

LOVETT 
Well, it does seem a waste... 

TODD 
Eminently practical 
And yet appropriate as always! 

LOVETT 
Think about it... 

TODD 
Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived 
Without you all these years, 
I'll never know! 
How delectable! 
Also undetectable! 

LOVETT 
Lots of other gentlemen'll 
Soon [bad word] #39; for a shave, 
Won't they? 
Think of 
All them 
Pies! 

TODD 
How choice! 
How 
Rare! 
For what's the sound 
Of the world out there? 

LOVETT 
What, Mr. Todd? 
What, Mr. Todd? 
What is that sound? 

TODD 
Those [bad word] noises 
Pervading the air! 

LOVETT 
Yes, Mr. Todd! 
Yes, Mr. Todd! 
Yes, all around! 

TODD 
It's man devouring man, my dear! 

BOTH: 
(And)Then who are we to deny it in here? 

TODD (spoken) 
These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, 
And desperate measures are called for! 

LOVETT 
Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven! 

TODD 
What is that? 

LOVETT: 
It's priest. 
Have a little priest. 

TODD 
Is it really good? 

LOVETT 
Sir, it's too good, at least! 
Then again, they [bad word] sins of the flesh, 
So it's pretty fresh. 

TODD 
Awful lot of fat. 

LOVETT 
Only where it sat. 

TODD 
Haven't you got poet or something like that? 

LOVETT 
No, y'see, the trouble with poet is. 
'Ow do you know it's deceased? 
Try the priest! 

Lawyer's rather nice. 

TODD 
If it's for a price. 

LOVETT 
Order something else, though, to follow, 
Since no one should swallow it twice! 

TODD 
Anything that's lean? 

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! 

TODD 
Is that squire, on the fire? 

LOVETT 
Mercy no, sir, look closer, 
You'll notice it's grocer! 

TODD 
Looks thicker, 
More like vicar! 

LOVETT 
No, it has to be grocer -- 
It's green! 

TODD 
The history of the world, my love… 

LOVETT 
Save a lot of graves, 
Do a lot of relatives favors! 

TODD 
Is those below serving those up above! 

LOVETT 
Everybody shaves, 
So there should be plenty of flavors! 

TODD 
How gratifying for once to know 

BOTH 
That those above will serve those down below! 

TODD 
What is that? 

LOVETT 
It's fop, 
Finest in the shop. 
And we have some shepherd's pi