Newsies movie - Once and for All lyrics

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Music by Alan Menken.<br>

Lyrics by Jack Feldman.<br>

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DENTON:<br>

This is the story you wanted to write<br>

Well, tonight is the night that you can <br>

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JACK:<br>

Just get this done and by dawn's early light<br>

You can finish the fight you began <br>

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DAVID:<br>

This time we're in it to stay <br>

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SARAH:<br>

Think about seizing the day <br>

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JACK:<br>

Think of that train<br>

As she rolls into old Santa Fe<br>

Tell 'em I'm on my way <br>

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MORE NEWSIES:<br>

See old man Pulitzer snug in his bed<br>

He don't care if we're dead or alive<br>

Three satin pillows are under his head<br>

While we're beggin' for bread to survive<br>

Joe, if you're still countin' sheep<br>

Wake up and read 'em and weep<br>

You got your thugs<br>

With their sticks and their slugs<br>

Yeah, but we got a promise to keep <br>

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Once and for all<br>

Something tells me the tide'll be turnin'<br>

Once and for all<br>

There's a fire inside me<br>

That won't stop burnin'<br>

Now that the choices are clear<br>

Now that tomorrow is here<br>

Watch how the mighty will fall<br>

For once and for all <br>

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MORE NEWSIES:<br>

This is for kids shinin' shoes in the street<br>

With no shoes on their feet every day<br>

This is for guys sweatin' blood in the shops<br>

While the bosses and cops look away<br>

This is to even the score<br>

This ain't just newsies no more<br>

This ain't just kids with some pie in the sky<br>

This is do it or die<br>

This is war! <br>

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Once and for all<br>

We'll be there to defend one another<br>

Once and for all<br>

Every kid is our friend<br>

Every friend a brother <br>

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Five thousand fists in the sky<br>

Five thousand reasons to try<br>

We're goin' over the wall<br>

Better to die than to crawl<br>

Either we stand or we fall<br>

For once<br>

Once and for all<br>

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