[intro] 
       

Jack:
            
 There's chang

         
e coming once 

and for all
    
You makes the 

front page
            
and man,you is

         
 major news


Jack and Davey:
             
Tomorrow they'

   
ll see what we

 are


Jack, Davey and Katherine:
     
And sure as a 

star,
            
we ain't come 

             
this far... to

   
 lose


Race(spoken):
Here they come!!


Ensemble:

This is the st

ory we needed 

to write

as we're kept out of sight, but no more

In a few hours

 by dawns earl

y light

we'll be ready to fight us a war

This time we'r

e in it to sta

y,
             
talk about sei

          
zing the day


Jack:
             
Write it in in

        
k or in blood,
              
it's the same 

       
either way
    N.C.
They're gonna damn well pay!


Ensemble:
            
See old man Pu

       
litzer snug in

 his bed,
         
he don't care 

if we're dead 

or alive

Three satin pi

llows are unde

r his head,
           
while we's beg

ging for bread

 to survive


Joe, you can s

top counting s

heep,

we're gonna si

ng ya to sleep

You've got you

r thugs

with their sticks and their slugs, Yeah!

But we got a p

romise to keep

!


Jack:

Once and for a

ll if they don

't
              
find their man

            
ners, we'll bl

eed 'em!
(Bleed 'em!)


Race:
            
Once and for a

            
ll we won't ca

rry no
             
banners that d


on't spell fre

edom!


Ensemble:

Finally we's r

aising the sta

kes
            
This time what

                
ever it takes!

This time the 

union awakes,
              
once and for a

  
ll!


Jack(spoken):
Come on, boys!
(Yeah!!)

Ensemble:

This is for ki

ds shining sho

es on the stre

et

with no shoes on their feet everyday

This is for gu

ys sweating bl

ood in the sho

ps

while their bosses and cops look away


I'm seeing kid

s standing tal

l,

glaring and ra

ring a brawl

Armies of guys

 who are sick 

of the lies

getting ready 

to rise to the

 call!


Once and for a

ll there'll be

 blood
              
on the wall if

      
 they doubt us
            
They think the

              
y're running t

    
his town,
              
but this town 

          
will shut down

 without us


Ten thousand k

ids in the squ

are

(ten thousand kids in the square),

ten thousand f

ists in the ai

r!

(ten thousand 

fists)

Joe, you is go

nna play fair,
             
once and for a

    
ll!


Once and for a

ll! (once and 

for all)

Once and for a

ll!! (once and

 for all)

Once and for a

ll!!! (once an

d for all)
            
 There's chang

           
e coming once 

        
and for all
       
You're getting

 too old,
             
too weak to ke

           
ep holding on
             
A new world is

          
 gunning for y

ou,
    
and Joe, we is

 too!
             
Til once and f

              
or all you're 


gone!


Davey:

Once and for a

ll!


Jack:

Once and for a

ll!!


Ensemble:
             
Once and for a


ll!

Jack:

  Once and for

 all!!

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