Alan Menken - Carrying The Banner Lyrics
Racetrack:That's my cigarSnipeshooter:You'll steal anudderKid Blink:Hey, bummersWe got work tah doSpecs:Since when did you become me mudder?Crutchy:Ah, stop yer bawling!Newsies:Hey! Who ast you??Mush:Try Bottle Alley or the harborRacetrack:Try Central Park, it's guaranteedJack:Try any banker, bum, or barber ...Skittery:They almost all knows how to read!Kid Blink:I smell moneyCrutchy:You smell foul!Mush:Met this goyl last night ...Crutchy:Move your elbow!Racetrack:Pass the towel!Skittery:For a buck, I might!Newsies:Ain't it a fine lifeCarrying the banner through it all?A mighty fine lifeCarrying the banner tough and tallEvery morningWe goes where we wishesWe's as free as fishesSure beats washing dishesWhat a fine lifeCarrying the banner home-free all!Jack:It takes a smile as sweet as butterCrutchy:The kind that ladies can't resistRacetrack:It takes an orphan with a stutterJack:Who ain't afraid ta use hisKid Blink:Fist!Newsies:Summer stinks and winter's waitingWelcome to New Yawk!Boy, ain't nature fascinatingWhen youse gotta walk?Still, it's a fine lifeCarrying the banner with me chums!A mighty fine lifeBlowing every nickel as it comesCrutchy:I'm no snoozerSitting makes me antsyI likes living chancyNewsies:Harlem tah DelanceyWhat a fine lifeCarrying the banner through the slumsNuns:Blessed childrenThough you wander lost and depravedJesus loves youYou shall be saved!SUNG IN COUNTERPOINT:Patrick's MotherPatrick, darling,Since you left me I am undoneMother loves you!God, save my son!Racetrack:Just gimme half a cupKid Blink:Something ta wake me upMush:I gotta find an angleCrutchy:I gotta sell more papesVarious Newsies:Papers is all I gotWish I could catch a breezeSure hope the headline's hotAll I can catch is fleasGod, help me if it's not!Somebody help me, please ...Newsies:If I hate the headlinesI'll make up the headlineAnd I'll say anything I hafta'Cause at two for a pennyIf I take too manyWeasel just makes me eat 'em aftaSUNG IN COUNTERPOINT1. Look! They're putting up a headlineThey call that a headline?I get better storiesFrom the copper on the beat!I was gonna start at twentyNow a dozen'll be plentyTell me, how'm I gonna make ends meet?2. What's it say?That won't pay!So where's your spot?God, it's hot!Will ya tell meHow'm I gonna make ends meet?Newsies:We need a good assassination!We need an earthquake or a war!Snipeshooter:How 'bout a crooked politician?Newsies:Hey, stupidThat ain't news no more!Uptown to Grand Central StationDown to City HallWe improves our circulationWalking till we fallSUNG IN COUNTERPOINT:1. Still we'll be out thereCarrying the banner man to man!We'll be out thereSoaking 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 the--2. Look, they're putting up a headlineThey call that a headline?The idiot who wrote itMust be working for the Sun!Didja hear about the fire?3. Heard it killed old man Maguire!2. Heard the toll was even higher3.Why do I miss all the fun? 2. Hitched it on a trolley3. Meetcha Forty-fourth and Second2. Little Italy's a secret3. Bleecker's further than I reckoned2. By the courthouse3. Near the stables2. On the corner someone beckoned! and I ...1. It's a fine lifeCarrying the banner through it all?A mighty fine lifeCarrying the banner tough and tallSee the headlineNewsies on a missionKill the competitionSell the next editionWhat a fine life,Carrying the banner!...2. Would you look at that headline?You call that a headline?I get better storiesFrom the copper on the beat!I was gonna start with twentyNow a dozen'll be plentyWould you tell me how'm I everGonna make ends meet?Hitched 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 Cowboy ...You got 'em now, boy
