Newsies - Once And For All Lyrics
Music by Alan Menken.Lyrics by Jack Feldman.DENTON:This is the story you wanted to writeWell, tonight is the night that you canJACK:Just get this done and by dawn's early lightYou can finish the fight you beganDAVID:This time we're in it to staySARAH:Think about seizing the dayJACK:Think of that trainAs she rolls into old Santa FeTell 'em I'm on my wayMORE NEWSIES:See old man Pulitzer snug in his bedHe don't care if we're dead or aliveThree satin pillows are under his headWhile we're beggin' for bread to surviveJoe, if you're still countin' sheepWake up and read 'em and weepYou got your thugsWith their sticks and their slugsYeah, but we got a promise to keepOnce and for allSomething tells me the tide'll be turnin'Once and for allThere's a fire inside meThat won't stop burnin'Now that the choices are clearNow that tomorrow is hereWatch how the mighty will fallFor once and for allMORE NEWSIES:This is for kids shinin' shoes in the streetWith no shoes on their feet every dayThis is for guys sweatin' blood in the shopsWhile the bosses and cops look awayThis is to even the scoreThis ain't just newsies no moreThis ain't just kids with some pie in the skyThis is do it or dieThis is war!Once and for allWe'll be there to defend one anotherOnce and for allEvery kid is our friendEvery friend a brotherFive thousand fists in the skyFive thousand reasons to tryWe're goin' over the wallBetter to die than to crawlEither we stand or we fallFor onceOnce and for all
