Newsies - Carrying The Banner Lyrics
That's my cigarYou'll steal anotherHey bummers we got work to doSince when did you become me motherAh stop your bawlingHey, who asked you?!Try Bottle Alley or the harborTry Central Park it's guaranteedTry any bank or bum or barberThey almost all knows how to read!I smell moneyYou smell foulMet this girl last nightMove your elbowPass the towelFor a buck I mightAint it a fine lifeCarrying the banner through it allA mighty fine life, carrying the banner tough and tallEvery morning we goes where we wishesWes as free as fishesSure beats washing dishesWhat a fine life, carrying the banner home-free allIt takes a smile as sweet as butterThe kind that ladys can't resistIt takes an orphan with a stutterWho aint afraid to use his FISTSummer stinks and winters waitingWelcome to New YorkBoy aint nature fascinatingWhen yous gotta walkSo it's a fine life carrying the banner with me chumsIts a fine life carrying the banner with me chumsA mighty fine life, blowin' every nickel as it fallsA mighty fine life, blowin' every nickel as it fallsI'm no snoozerSitting makes me ancyI likes livin' chancyHarlen to DelanceyWhat a fine lifeCarrying the banner through the slumsBlessed childrenThough you wander lost and depravedJesus loves you, you shall be safe(The two next are sang together)Patrick?Darling?Since you left me I am undoneMother loves you, god save my sonJust gimme half a cupSomething to wake me upI gotta find an angleI gotta sell more papesPapers is all I gotWish I could catch a breezeSure hope the headline's hotAll I can catch is fleasGod, help me if it's notSomebody help me, pleaseIf I hate the headlinesI'll make up the headlineAnd I'll say anything I have to'Cause at two for a pennyIf I take too manyWeasel just makes me eat 'em afterLook! They're puttin' up the headlineWhat's it sayYou call that a headlineThat won't payI get better storiesFrom the copper on the beatSo where's your spotI was gonna start at twentyGod, it's hotNow a dozen'll be plentyWill ya tell meTell me, how'm I gonna make ends meetWe need a good assassinationWe need an earthquake or a warHow 'bout a crooked politicianHey stupid that aint news no moreUptown to Grand Central StationDown to City HallWe improves our circulationWalking till we fall(The next two are sung together )Still we'll be out thereCarrying the banner man to man!We'll be out thereSoakin' every sucker that we can!See the headline:Newsies on a mission!Kill the competitionSell the next editionWhile we're out thereCarrying the banner is theLook, they're puttin' up the headlineThey call that a headline?The idiot who wrote itMust be workin' for the Sun!Did ya hear about the fire?(Next two sang together)It's a fine lifeCarrying the banner through it allA mighty fine lifeCarrying the banner tough and tallSee the headlineNewsies on a missionKill the competitionSell the next editionWhat a fine lifeCarrying the bannerIt's a fine lifeCarrying the bannerIt's a fine lifeCarrying the bannerIt's a fine lifeCarrying the bannerIt's a fine lifeCarrying the bannerIt's aGo!Would you look at that headlineYou call that a headlineI get better storiesFrom the copper on the beatI was gonna start with twentyNow a dozen'll be plentyWould you tell me how'm I everGonna make ends meetHitched it on a trolleyMeetcha Forty-fourth and SecondLittle Italy's a secretBleecker's further than I reckonedBy the courthouseNear the stablesOn the corner someone beckoned!Go get 'em CowboyYou got 'em now, boyGo get 'em, CowboyYou got 'em now, boyGo!SARAH B
