Newsies - Santa Fe - Misc Musicals
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Folks, we fina
lly got our he
/
adline
"Newsies Crush
ed as Bulls At
tack"
Crutchie's cal
/
ling me, Dumb
crip's just to
o damn slow
Guys are fight
in', bleedin'
fallin'
Thanks to good
ole' Captain
Jack
Captain Jack j
ust wants to c
lose his eyes
and go
[Verse 2]
Let me go, Far
away.
Somewhere they
won't ever fi
nd me, and tom
orrow won't re
mind me of tod
ay
And the cit
y's finally sl
eepin'
And the moon l
ooks old and g
rey
I get on a tra
in thats bound
for Santa Fe
[Verse 3]
And I'm gon
e, And I'm don
e
No more runnin
g, No more lyi
ng
No more fat ol
d men denying
me my pay
Just a moo
n so big and y
ellow, it turn
s night right
into day
Dreams come tr
ue, Yeah they
do, In Santa F
e
[Bridge]
Where does it
say you gotta
live and die h
ere
Where does it
say a guy can'
t catch a brea
k
Why should you
only take wha
t you're given
Why should you
spend your wh
/
ole life livin
g
Trapped where
there ain't no
future
Even at sevent
een
Breaking your
back for someo
ne else's sake
If the life do
n't seem to su
it you, how 'b
out a change o
f scene
Far from the l
ousy headlines
and the deadl
ines in betwee
n
[Verse 4]
Santa Fe, m
y old friend
I can't spend
my whole life
dreaming
Though I know
that's all I s
eem inclined t
o do
I ain't gettin
g any younger,
And I wanna s
tart brand new
I need space,
And fresh air
Let 'em laugh
in my face, I
don't care
Save my place,
I'll be there
[Verse 5]
Just be real i
s all I'm aski
ng
Not some paint
ing in my head
Cause I'm dead
if I can't co
/
unt on you tod
ay
I got nothing
if I ain't got
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Santa Fe