Once And For All

"Once And For All" is the seventeenth song from the musical Newsies. It is sung by Jack, Davey, Katherine, and the ensemble.
==Lyrics==
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Movie Version=
Denton: This is the story you wanted to write,
Well tonight is the night that you can
Jack: Just get this done and by dawn's early light
You can finish the fight you began
David: This time we're in it to stay
Sarah: Think about seizing the day
Jack: Think of that train as she rolls into old Santa Fe
Tell 'em I'm on my way
Newsies: See old man Pulitzer's snug in his bed
He don't care if we're dead or alive
Three satin pillows are under his head
While we're begging for bread to survive
Joe, if you're still counting sheep
Wake up and read 'em and weep
You got your thugs
With their sticks and their slugs
Yeah but we got a promise to keep
Once and for all
Something tells me the tide will be turnin'
Once and for all
There's a fire inside me
That won't stop burnin'
Now that the choices are clear
Now that tomorrow is here
Watch how the mighty will fall
For once and for all
This is for kids shinin' shoes in the streets
With no shoes on their feet everyday
This is for guys sweatin' blood in the shops
While the bosses and cops look away
This is to even the score
This ain't just newsies no more
This ain't just kids with some pie in the sky
This is do it or die
This is WAR!
Once and for all
We'll be there to defend on another
Once and for all
Every kid is our friend
Every friend a brother
Five thousand fists in the sky (Five thousand fist in the sky)
Five thousand reasons to try (Five thousand reasons to try)
Going over the wall
Better to die than to crawl
Either we stand or we fall
For once,
Once and for all
|-|Broadway Version=
Jack:
There's change coming once and for all
You makes the front page and man, you is major news
Jack and Davey:
Tomorrow they'll see what we are
Jack, Davey and Katherine:
And sure as a star, we ain't come this far... to lose
Race:
Here they come!!
Ensemble:
This is the story we needed to write as we're kept out of sight, but no more
In a few hours by dawns early light we'll be ready to fight us a war
This time we're in it to stay, talk about seizing the day
Jack:
Write it in ink or in blood, it's the same either way.
They're gonna damn well pay!
Ensemble:
See old man Pulitzer snug in his bed, he don't care if we're dead or alive
Three satin pillows are under his head, while we's begging for bread to survive
Joe, you can stop counting sheep, we're gonna sing ya to sleep
You've got your thugs with their sticks and their slugs, Yeah!
But we got a promise to keep!
Jack:
Once and for all if they don't find their manners, we'll bleed 'em! (Bleed 'em!)
Race:
Once and for all we won't carry no banners that don't spell freedom!
Ensemble:
Finally we's raising the stakes
This time whatever it takes!
This time the union awakes, once and for all!
Jack:
Come on, boys!
Ensemble:
Yeah!!
This is for kids shining shoes on the street with no shoes on their feet everyday
This is for guys sweating blood in the shops while their bosses and cops look away
I'm seeing kids standing tall, glaring and raring a brawl
Armies of guys who are sick of the lies getting ready to rise to the call!
Once and for all there'll be blood on the wall if they doubt us
They think they're running this town, but this town will shut down without us
Ten thousand kids in the square (ten thousand kids in the square), ten thousand fists in the air! (ten thousand fists)
Joe, you is gonna play fair, once and for all!
Once and for all! (once and for all)
Once and for all!! (once and for all)
Once and for all!!! (once and for all)
There's change coming once and for all
You're getting too old, too weak to keep holding on
A new world is gunning for you, and Joe, we is too!
Til once and for all you're gone!
Davey:
Once and for all!
Jack:
Once and for all!!
Ensemble:
Once and for all!
Jack:
(Once and for all!!)
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Category:Songs
Category:Newsies songs
Category:Group songs