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Ragtime Soundtrack lyrics
The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square lyrics EMMA GOLDMAN I have just arrived from Lawrence, Massachusetts where, eight weeks ago, the workers there went on strike. They are starving, their children are dying but they are holding firm and we must support them. YOUNGER BROTHER It was winter in New York As the snow began to fall. And the workmen's hall had not a seat to spare. When a young man stepped inside, Just to warm himself, was all, The night that Goldman spoke at Union Square. EMMA What is happening in Lawrence is happening everywhere. Let us at last make this the land of opportunity for all people, not just the owners. The land of opportunity for Tateh and his little girl. We cannot rest! YOUNGER BROTHER She was speaking loud and fast Through a haze of noise and heat And the smell of sweat and anger in the air. The police were standing by But the crowd was on it's feet The night that Goldman spoke at Union Square. EMMA You! YOUNGER BROTHER He thought he heard her say... EMMA What brings you here today? EMMA, RALLYERS Poor young rich boy! EMMA Masturbates for a Vaudeville tart! What a waste of a fiery heart, Dear! YOUNGER BROTHER He thought she said... EMMA, RALLYERS Poor young bourgeois! EMMA There are things that you've never thought. Come to Emma and you'll be taught Here! YOUNGER BROTHER His head was spinning! EMMA, RALLYERS People feathered and tarred, my friend. Unions broken and why for? Children laboring, women still enslaved! Leave you little backyard my friend. There are causes to die for! RALLYERS Strike! YOUNGER BROTHER In the gutters of the city I have tried to find some meaning. RALLYERS Strike! YOUNGER BROTHER In the arms of fallen women. In the thought of suicide. RALLYERS Strike! YOUNGER BROTHER EMMA Like a firework unexploded, Wanting life but never knowing how... My brother, Life had meaning RALLYERS Strike! I'll show you how! YOUNGER BROTHER Till now! My brother, you are With us now! He was calling out her name, Shouting what, he did not know And he found that he was standing on a chair With a heart as clean and new As the frshly fallen snow, The night that Goldman spoke... EMMA I've been waiting for you. YOUNGER BROTHER At Union Square. WORKERS Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! ORGANIZER Put the children on the train! Get them out of here! TATEH I hate you, goddamned America! LITTLE GIRL Tateh! Tateh! Other Ragtime Soundtrack lyrics: Prologue: Ragtime lyrics Goodbye My Love lyrics Journey on lyrics The Crime of the Century lyrics What Kind of Woman lyrics A Shtetl iz Amerike lyrics Success lyrics His Name Was Coalhouse Walker lyrics The Gettin' Ready Rag lyrics Henry Ford lyrics Nothing Like the City lyrics Your Daddy's Son lyrics The Courtship lyrics New Music lyrics Wheels of a Dream lyrics Make Them Hear You lyrics |