, 'Till We Reach That Day Lyrics from "Ragtime"
, 'Till We Reach That Day Lyrics from "Ragtime" |
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'Till We Reach That Day Lyricsby . From Ragtime 'Till We Reach That Day by (The CROWD, MORGAN, THE CANDIDATE and POLICEMEN disappear. COALHOUSE enters and rushes to SARAH'S lifeless body.) COALHOUSE Noooooo!!! (People lift SARAH up. The dirge begins.) MOURNERS Oh... Oh... Oh... (We are now at Sarah's funeral. To the slow rhythm of a drum, a processional enters bearing SARAH'S coffin.) SARAH'S FRIEND There's a day of hope May I live to see, When our hearts are happy And our souls are free Let the new day dawn Oh, Lord, I pray We'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day OTHER MOURNERSIt's a day of peace.A day of prideA day of justiceWe have been deniedWhen a man can liveAnd a child can playWe'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day SARAH'S FRIENDA day of prideIt's been denied COALHOUSE What they did to her What they took from her She had life in her Lord, she had my baby! Look what they left of her Left of her, left of my girl! EMMAShe was nothing to themShe was a woman.MOTHER & EMMANothing and no one to them COALHOUSEMy girl. EMMA, MOTHER & COALHOUSE So they beat her And beat her and beat her and... MOURNERSA day of peaceA day of prideA day of justiceWe have been deniedLet the new day dawnOh Lord... COALHOUSEThere was blood on the groundCOALHOUSE, EMMA, MOTHERShe was only a girlCOALHOUSE, EMMA, YOUNGER BROTHER, MOTHER, FATHERIt will happen againABOVE, PLUS IMMIGRANTS, HARLEMIt will happen againAnd again and again TATEH Why does nobody care? YOUNGER BROTHER, EMMA There is blood in the air! WOMEN We have voices and souls! COALHOUSE, MOTHER, EMMA, YOUNGER BROTHER What is wrong with this country? IMMIGRANTS She was somebody's child! HARLEM MEN There are Negroes out there! IMMIGRANTS, BLACKS, WOMEN with EMMA (shouting over) There are people out there! ALL Give the people A day of peace A day of pride A day of justice We have been denied Let the new day dawn Oh, Lord, I pray... We'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day [Thanks to Yehuda Alexander for lyrics]
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