Music by Alan Menken.

Lyrics by Jack Feldman.



DENTON:

This is the story you wanted to write

Well, tonight is the night that you can



JACK:

Just get this done and by dawn's early light

You can finish the fight you began



DAVID:

This time we're in it to stay



SARAH:

Think about seizing the day



JACK:

Think of that train

As she rolls into old Santa Fe

Tell 'em I'm on my way



MORE NEWSIES:

See old man Pulitzer snug in his bed

He don't care if we're dead or alive

Three satin pillows are under his head

While we're beggin' for bread to survive

Joe, if you're still countin' sheep

Wake up and read 'em and weep

You got your thugs

With their sticks and their slugs

Yeah, but we got a promise to keep



Once and for all

Something tells me the tide'll be turnin'

Once and for all

There's a fire inside me

That won't stop burnin'

Now that the choices are clear

Now that tomorrow is here

Watch how the mighty will fall

For once and for all



MORE NEWSIES:

This is for kids shinin' shoes in the street

With no shoes on their feet every day

This is for guys sweatin' blood in the shops

While the bosses and cops look away

This is to even the score

This ain't just newsies no more

This ain't just kids with some pie in the sky

This is do it or die

This is war!



Once and for all

We'll be there to defend one another

Once and for all

Every kid is our friend

Every friend a brother



Five thousand fists in the sky

Five thousand reasons to try

We're goin' over the wall

Better to die than to crawl

Either we stand or we fall

For once

Once and for all








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