Ragtime movie - He Wanted to Say lyrics
rate me<br>
(SARAH disappears. The sound of the elevated train overhead. We are at COALHOUSE's hideout. COALHOUSE sits behind a table.<br>
With him are his MEN. Everyone is well-dressed in starched shirts with stick pins and ties. Silence. They all seem to be<br>
waiting for something. One of the FOLLOWERS begins to whistle.)<br>
<br>
COALHOUSE<br>
I said, no music.<br>
<br>
(The FOLLOWER that YOUNGER BROTHER followed enters.)<br>
<br>
COALHOUSE FOLLOWER<br>
He's here.<br>
<br>
COALHOUSE<br>
Bring him in. <br>
<br>
(YOUNGER BROTHER is led in, blindfolded. The blindfold is removed.) <br>
<br>
COALHOUSE<br>
What is it you want?<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER (flustered, there is so much he wants to say)<br>
I...I...I want to...I know that if... <br>
<br>
(Lights come up suddenly, magically on EMMA GOLDMAN at the side of the stage.)<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
He wanted to say:<br>
I am here because I have to be.<br>
He wanted to say:<br>
I am here for what is right.<br>
Every day I wake up knowing<br>
What you've lost and what is owing<br>
I would shed this skin if I could<br>
To stand with you and fight.<br>
He wanted to say:<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
I am not who I appear to be.<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
He wanted to say:<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
Do not blame me for my past.<br>
<br>
BOTH<br>
We have different lives and faces<br>
But our hearts have common places<br>
This was deep inside me<br>
And you helped me find it at last <br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
Two men meeting<br>
For a moment in the darkness<br>
<br>
COALHOUSE<br>
One turning from...<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
One waking to...<br>
<br>
ALL THREE<br>
...America!<br>
Two men finding<br>
For a moment in the darkness...<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER & COALHOUSE<br>
They're the same.<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
They're the same. <br>
<br>
COALHOUSE'S MEN<br>
He wanted to say:<br>
<br>
COALHOUSE<br>
How I envy you your innocence.<br>
<br>
EMMA & COALHOUSE'S MEN<br>
He wanted to say:<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
By your side I could be brave<br>
If there's such a thing as justice<br>
Let me help you find your justice<br>
This I do for you and for Sarah<br>
Who lies in her grave...<br>
<br>
EMMA & MEN<br>
But all he said was...<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
I know how to blow things up.<br>
<br>
EMMA GOLDMAN, MEN<br>
Two men meeting<br>
For a moment<br>
In the darkness.<br>
For a moment<br>
In the darkness.<br>
<br>
(There is an enormous explosion, very present, very terrifying, visceral. The theatre should shake.)<br>
<br>
[Thanks to Yehuda Alexander for lyrics]<br>
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