Ragtime movie - The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square lyrics
rate me<br>
EMMA GOLDMAN<br>
I have just arrived from Lawrence, Massachusetts where,<br>
eight weeks ago, the workers there went on strike. They are<br>
starving, their children are dying but they are holding firm<br>
and we must support them.<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
It was winter in New York<br>
As the snow began to fall.<br>
And the workmen's hall had not a seat to spare.<br>
When a young man stepped inside,<br>
Just to warm himself, was all,<br>
The night that Goldman spoke at Union Square.<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
What is happening in Lawrence is happening everywhere.<br>
Let us at last make this the land of opportunity for<br>
all people, not just the owners. The land of opportunity<br>
for Tateh and his little girl. We cannot rest!<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
She was speaking loud and fast<br>
Through a haze of noise and heat<br>
And the smell of sweat and anger in the air.<br>
The police were standing by<br>
But the crowd was on it's feet<br>
The night that Goldman spoke at Union Square.<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
You!<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
He thought he heard her say...<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
What brings you here today?<br>
<br>
EMMA, RALLYERS<br>
Poor young rich boy!<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
Masturbates for a Vaudeville tart!<br>
What a waste of a fiery heart, <br>
Dear!<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
He thought she said...<br>
<br>
EMMA, RALLYERS<br>
Poor young bourgeois!<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
There are things that you've never thought.<br>
Come to Emma and you'll be taught<br>
Here!<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
His head was spinning!<br>
<br>
EMMA, RALLYERS<br>
People feathered and tarred, my friend.<br>
Unions broken and why for?<br>
Children laboring, women still enslaved!<br>
Leave you little backyard my friend.<br>
There are causes to die for!<br>
<br>
RALLYERS<br>
Strike!<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
In the gutters of the city<br>
I have tried to find some meaning.<br>
<br>
RALLYERS<br>
Strike!<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
In the arms of fallen women.<br>
In the thought of suicide.<br>
<br>
RALLYERS<br>
Strike!<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER EMMA<br>
Like a firework unexploded, <br>
Wanting life but never<br>
knowing how...<br>
My brother,<br>
Life had meaning<br>
RALLYERS<br>
Strike! <br>
I'll show you how!<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
Till now!<br>
My brother, you are<br>
With us now!<br>
He was calling out her name,<br>
Shouting what, he did not know<br>
And he found that he was standing on a chair<br>
With a heart as clean and new<br>
As the frshly fallen snow,<br>
The night that Goldman spoke...<br>
<br>
EMMA<br>
I've been waiting for you.<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
At Union Square.<br>
<br>
WORKERS<br>
Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! <br>
<br>
ORGANIZER<br>
Put the children on the train! Get them out of here!<br>
<br>
TATEH<br>
I hate you, goddamned America!<br>
<br>
LITTLE GIRL<br>
Tateh! Tateh!<br>
<br>
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