Ragtime movie - 'Till We Reach That Day lyrics
rate me<br>
(The CROWD, MORGAN, THE CANDIDATE and POLICEMEN disappear. COALHOUSE enters and rushes to SARAH'S lifeless body.) <br>
<br>
COALHOUSE<br>
Noooooo!!! <br>
<br>
(People lift SARAH up. The dirge begins.) <br>
<br>
<br>
MOURNERS<br>
Oh...<br>
Oh...<br>
Oh... <br>
<br>
(We are now at Sarah's funeral. To the slow rhythm of a drum, a processional enters bearing SARAH'S coffin.) <br>
<br>
SARAH'S FRIEND<br>
There's a day of hope<br>
May I live to see,<br>
When our hearts are happy<br>
And our souls are free<br>
Let the new day dawn<br>
Oh, Lord, I pray<br>
We'll never get to heaven<br>
Till we reach that day<br>
<br>
OTHER MOURNERSIt's a day of peace.A day of prideA day of justiceWe have been deniedWhen a man can liveAnd a child can<br>
playWe'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day SARAH'S FRIENDA day of prideIt's been denied<br>
<br>
COALHOUSE<br>
What they did to her<br>
What they took from her<br>
She had life in her<br>
Lord, she had my baby!<br>
Look what they left of her<br>
Left of her, left of my girl!<br>
<br>
EMMAShe was nothing to themShe was a woman.MOTHER & EMMANothing and no one to them COALHOUSEMy girl.<br>
<br>
EMMA, MOTHER & COALHOUSE<br>
So they beat her<br>
And beat her and beat her and... <br>
<br>
MOURNERSA day of peaceA day of prideA day of justiceWe have been deniedLet the new day dawnOh Lord... COALHOUSEThere was<br>
blood on the groundCOALHOUSE, EMMA, MOTHERShe was only a girlCOALHOUSE, EMMA, YOUNGER BROTHER, MOTHER, FATHERIt will happen<br>
againABOVE, PLUS IMMIGRANTS, HARLEMIt will happen againAnd again and again<br>
<br>
TATEH<br>
Why does nobody care?<br>
<br>
YOUNGER BROTHER, EMMA<br>
There is blood in the air!<br>
<br>
WOMEN<br>
We have voices and souls!<br>
<br>
COALHOUSE, MOTHER, EMMA, YOUNGER BROTHER<br>
What is wrong with this country?<br>
<br>
IMMIGRANTS<br>
She was somebody's child!<br>
<br>
HARLEM MEN<br>
There are Negroes out there!<br>
<br>
IMMIGRANTS, BLACKS, WOMEN with EMMA (shouting over)<br>
There are people out there!<br>
<br>
ALL<br>
Give the people <br>
A day of peace<br>
A day of pride<br>
A day of justice<br>
We have been denied<br>
Let the new day dawn<br>
Oh, Lord, I pray... <br>
We'll never get to heaven<br>
Till we reach that day<br>
<br>
[Thanks to Yehuda Alexander for lyrics]<br>
<br>
