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1996 concept cast of ragtime - he wanted to say lyrics

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[younger brother, spoken]
i should very much like to speak to mr. coalhouse walker, jr.

[coalhouse follower, spoken]
try turning around and going back where you came from, cracker.

[coalhouse]
what is it you want?

[younger brother, spoken]
uh… i… i… i… i want to… i know that if… oh…

[emma goldman]
he wanted to say
i am sick of the injustices
he wanted to say
i have passion in my heart
in a world of callous strangers
let your dangers be my dangers
let this be the battle in which
i was born to take part

he wanted to say

[younger brother]
i reject the world’s complacency
[emma goldman]
he wanted to say

[younger brother]
give me something to believe

[emma goldman & younger brother]
in my soul i am your brother
we are bound to one another
angered by the darkness in life
and the lies we perceive

[emma goldman]
but all he said was—

[younger brother, spoken]
i know how to blow things up.

[emma goldman & others]
he wanted to say

[younger brother]
i am not who i appear to be

[emma goldman & others]
he wanted to say
[younger brother]
do not blame me for my past

[emma goldman, younger brother & others]
every day i wake up knowing
something’s lost and something’s owing
this was deep inside me
and you helped me find it at last!

[lights come up on the others: mexican revolutionaries, goldman followers, poor people, workers.]

[emma goldman]
we are comrades in the struggle
that goes on across the earth

[younger brother & others]
all across the earth

[emma goldman]
comrades in the struggle
brothers, you and i

[younger brother & others]
brothers, you and i

[emma goldman]
in the cause of justice
brothers
[all]
we must fight
for all we’re worth
with dynamite
and wire
and sheer desire
we’ll light
the heavens
and show
the b+st+rds

[emma goldman & younger brother]
fire in the sky

[others]
fire in the sky!

[all]
fire in the sky!

[coalhouse’s men]
he wanted to say

[coalhouse]
how i envy you your innocence

[coalhouse’s men]
he wanted to say

[coalhouse]
you’re a fool as well as brave

[coalhouse & all except younger brother]
in my soul i am your brother
we are bound to one another
angered by the darkness in life
and this trip to the grave

[coalhouse]
one last trip to the grave

[coalhouse’s men]
but all he said was—

[coalhouse, spoken]
we have rules here.

[younger brother, spoken]
i’ll follow them.

[coalhouse, spoken]
there is no turning back.

[younger brother, spoken]
none.

[coalhouse nods his acceptance.]

[younger brother, spoken]
what do you call yourselves?

[coalhouse, spoken]
we are all righteous men. we call ourselves coalhouse.

[younger brother, spoken]
coalhouse.

[coalhouse’s followers]
coalhouse.

[younger brother, coalhouse, men]
now we’re all coalhouse.

[huge explosion.]

- 1996 concept cast of ragtime lyrics

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