Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman - Dialogue and Script

Act One SANTA FE (PROLOGUE) JACK (spoken): Them streets down there, they sucked the life right outta my old man. Well they ain't doin' that to me. CRUTCHIE (spoken): But everyone wants to come to New York. JACK (spoken): You keep your small life in the big city. Give me a big life in a small town. (sung) They say folks is dyin' to get here. Me, I'm dyin' to get away, to a little town out west that's spankin' new. And while I ain't never been there, I can see it clear as day. If you want, I bet'cha you could see it, too. Close your eyes... Come with me, Where it's clean and green and pretty. And they went and made a city outta clay. Why, the minute that you get there, Folks'll walk right up and say, "Welcome home, son, welcome home to Santa Fe!" Plantin' crops, Splittin' rails, Swappin' tales around the fire, 'cept for Sunday when you lie around all day. Soon your friends are more like family, and they's beggin' you to stay! Ain't that neat? Livin' sweet in Santa Fe. (spoken) Hey, no one worries about no gimp leg in Santa Fe. You just hop a Palomino, you'll ride in style! CRUTCHIE (spoken): Picture me, ridin' in style. JACK (spoken): Hey, I bet a few months of clean air, you could toss that crutch for good! JACK & CRUTCHIE: Santa Fe, you can bet. We won't let them *** beat us. We won't beg no one to treat us fair and square. There's a life that's worth the livin', and I'm gonna do my share. JACK: Work the land. Chase the sun. JACK & CRUTCHIE: Swim the whole Rio Grande just for fun! CRUTCHIE: Watch me stand! Watch me run... JACK (spoken): Hey, hey... (sung) Don't you know that we's a family? Would I let you down? No way. Just hold on, kid, till that train makes Santa Fe. CARRYING THE BANNER RACE: Hey! That's my cigar! ALBERT: You'll steal another SPECS: Hey, look, it's bath time at the zoo! HENRY: I thought that I'd surprise my mother ALBERT: If you can find her NEWSIES: Who asked you?! RACE: From Bottle Alley to the harbor There's easy pickin's guaranteed FINCH: Try any banker, bum or barber They almost all knows how to read JACK: It's a crooked game we're playing One we'll never lose Long as suckers don't mind Payin' just to get bad news NEWSIES: Ain't it a fine life Carrying the banner through it all A mighty fine life Carrying the banner tough and tall When that bell rings We goes where we wishes We's as free as fishes Sure beats washin' dishes What a fine life Carrying the banner home free all FINCH Hey, Crutchie, what’s your leg say? Gonna rain? CRUTCHIE: (shakes his leg) No rain. Partly cloudy. Clear by evening. RACE: Ha! And the limp sells fifty papes a week all by itself! CRUTCHIE: I don’t need the limp to sell papes. I got personality. It takes a smile that spreads like butter The kind that turns a lady's head RACE: It takes an orphan with a stutter FINCH: Who's also blind... ALBERT: And mute... ELMER: And dead! CRUTCHIE, BUTTONS & JO JO: Summer stinks and winter's freezin' When you works outdoors JACK, TOMMY BOY, CRUTCHIE, BUTTONS & JO JO: Start out sweatin' End up sneezin' In between it pours! NEWSIES: Still it's a fine life Carrying the banner with me chums A bunch of big shots Tossin' out a freebie to the bums FINCH: Hey! What's the hold up? Waitin' makes me antsy I likes living chancey NEWSIES: Harlem to Delancey What a fine life Carrying the banner through the... NUNS: Blessed children Though you wander Lost and depraved Jesus loves you You shall be saved RACE: Curdled  coffee Concrete doughnuts Sprinkled with mold Homemade  biscuits Just two years old NUNS: Blessed  children ah Jesus  loves you ah ELMER: Just gimme half a cup HENRY: Something to wake me up ROMEO: I gotta find an angle TOMMY BOY: It's gettin' bad out there MUSH: Papers is all I got SPECS: It's eighty-eight degrees JO JO: Jack say to change my spot SNIPER: Wish I could catch a breeze FINCH: Maybe it's worth a shot BUTTONS: All I can catch is fleas JACK: If I hate the headline I'll make up a headline JACK & CRUTCHIE: And I'll say anything I have'ta 'Cause at two for a penny JACK, CRUTCHIE, RACE & ROMEO: If I take too many Weasel just makes me eat 'em afta NEWSIES GROUP 1: Got a feelin' bout the headline! I smells me a headline! Papes are gonna sell like we was givin' 'em away! Betcha dinner it's a doozy 'bout a piston-packin' *** Who knows how to make a newsie's day! NEWSIES GROUP 2: I do, too! So it must be true! What a switch! Soon we'll all be rich! Don't know  any better way to make a newsie's day! NEWSIES: You wanna move the next edition? Give us an earthquake or a war ELMER: How 'bout a crooked politician? NEWSIES: Ya nitwit, that ain't news no more! Uptown to Grand Central station Down to City Hall We improves our circulation Walkin' till we fall! NEWSIES GROUP 1: But we'll be out there Carrying the banner  man to man We're always out there Soakin' ev'ry sucker that we can Here's the headline: Newsies on a mission! Kill the competition! Sell the next edition! We'll be out there Carrying the banner! See us out there Carrying the banner! Always out there Carrying the banner! NEWSIES GROUP 2: Got a feelin' bout the headline! I smells me a headline! Papes are gonna sell like We was givin' 'em away! Betcha dinner it's a doozy 'bout a pistol-packin' ***! Don't know any better way to make a newsie's day I was stakin' out the circus And then someone said that Coney's really hot But when I got there There was Spot with all his cronies Heck, I'm gonna take what little dough I got and play with the ponies! We at least deserves a headline for the hours that they work us Jeez, I bet if I just stayed  a little longer at the circus... NEWSIES: We'll all be out there Carrying the banner Man to man We're always out there Soakin' ev'ry sucker That we can Here's the headline: Newsies on a mission! Kill the competition! Sell the next edition! We'll be out there Carrying the banner! See us out there Carrying the banner! Always out there Carrying the banner! Ah, ah, ah, go! THE BOTTOM LINE PULITZER: Gentlemen, we need to sell more papers. There's an answer right before your eyes, but you're just not thinking this through. Nunzio knows when, He's cutting my hair, Trim a bit here and then Trim a bit there. Just a modest adjustment Can fatten the bottom line. BUNSEN: What if we cut back personnel? SEITZ: How about a few salary trims? BUNSEN: We could lower the price of the paper. PULITZER: Bankrupting me even faster! Let me try again Shaving is tricky:  The razor should float Shave me too close and you May slit my throat. It's the simplest solutions That bolster the bottom line BUNSEN: I've got it! If we charge the Newsies sixty cents per hundred instead of fifty... SEITZ: ...they'd have to sell ten more papers just to earn the same amount as always. PULITZER: My thought exactly. It’s genius. HANNAH: It's gonna be awfully rough on those children. PULITZER: They'll be learning a real life lesson in economics. I couldn't offer them a better education if they were my own. Give me a week and I'll train them to be Like an army that’s Marching to war. Proud of themselves and so Grateful to me, They'll be begging to pay even more! When there's dirt On our shoes, boys, For God's sake, relax! Why throw them out? All we need is some wax Listen well to these barbershop lessons, For they'll see you through. EMPLOYEES: When you're stuck in the muck you'll be fine. You'll erase any trace of decline. SEITZ: With a trim HANNAH: And a snip BUNSEN: And a shine! PULITZER: And the pow'r of the press, Yes! Once again is mine! The price for the Newsies goes up in the morning! Just a few common cents, Gents, that's the bottom line! EMPLOYEES: Every new outcome It's income for you, Thanks to that bottom line! THAT'S RICH MEDDA: I'm doing alright for myself, folks: I'm healthy, I'm wealthy, I'm wise. My investments and such Have all gone up so much Seems whatever I touch Starts to rise. I've got men, I've got money And yet The thing I want most... I can't get. I live in a mansion on Long Island sound. I pulled up a weed, They found oil in the ground. But you telling me you don’t Want me around- Now, honey, that's rich. Some guys give me ermine chincilla and mink Some guys give me diamonds As big as a sink, But you wouldn't give me so Much as a wink- Now, baby, that's rich. I get brandy from Andy And candy from Scott. Oh, and Frank and Eduardo Chipped in for a yacht. I get stares from the fellas And prayers from the pope, But I ran out my luck Getting stuck on some dope! Hey baby, I was just talking about you. Now, listen, sport, This life's too short To waste it on you. It may be rough, But soon enough I'll learn to make do with The mansion, the oil well, The diamonds, the yacht, With Andy, Eduardo, The pontiff and Scott And Frank. Ooo! And my bank! So spill no tears for me, 'Cause there's one thing you ain't, that I’ll always be, And honey, Yeah, that’s right, That's rich! That's rich! That's rich! That's rich! I NEVER PLANNED ON YOU / DON'T COME A-KNOCKING JACK: Well, hello again. KATHERINE: Please go away. I'm working. JACK: A smart girl, eh? Beautiful. Smart. Independent. I got no use for moonlight Or sappy poetry. Love at first sight's For suckers, At least it used to be. Look, girls are nice, Once or twice, Till I find someone new But I never planned on Someone like you. JACK: I got no use  for moonlight Or sappy  poetry. Love at first sight's  for suckers, At least it used  to be. BOWERY BEAUTIES: Don't come a-knocking on my door. You aren't welcome here no more. I should have known you Stunk like yesterday's trash The night you stole my heart Plus forty dollars in cash Turns out my beau is Just some bum Turns out that love Ain't blind, it's dumb. You never told the truth or Worked a day in your life. In fact, you're so revoltin', I feel bad for your wife. KATHERINE: What are you doing? BOWERY BEAUTIES: I won't be shaving your back Anymore, no señor. JACK: Quiet down. There's a show going on. BOWERY BEAUTIES: Don't come a-knocking On my door! KATHERINE: You are the most impossible boy ever. BOWERY BEAUTIES: Don't come a-knocking On my door! JACK: Shh! No, I never planned on Someone like you. BOWERY BEAUTIES: Don't come a-knocking On my door! THE WORLD WILL KNOW JACK: Pulitzer and Hearst, they think we're nothin'. Are we nothin'? NEWSIES: No! JACK: Pulitzer and Hearst, they think they got us. Do they got us? NEWSIES: No! JACK: Even though we ain't got hats or badges, we're a union just be sayin' so... And the world will know! What's it gonna take to stop the wagons? Are we ready? NEWSIES: Yeah! JACK: What's it gonna take to stop the scabbers? Can we do it? NEWSIES: Yeah! JACK: We'll do what we gotta do until we break the will of mighty Bill and Joe NEWSIES: And the world will know! And the Journal, too! JACK & DAVEY: Mr. Hearst and Pulitzer, have we got news for you! NEWSIES: See, the world don't know, but they gonna pay. JACK & DAVEY: 'Stead of hawkin' headlines we'll be makin' 'em today. NEWSIES: And our ranks will grow CRUTCHIE: And we'll kick their rear! NEWSIES: And the world will know that we've been here! JACK: When the circulation bell starts ringin', will we hear it? NEWSIES: No! JACK: What if the Delancys come out swingin', will we hear it?! NEWSIES: No! When you got a hundred voices singin', who can hear a lousy whistle blow? And the world will know! That this ain't no game. And we got a ton of rotten fruit and perfect aim. So they gave their word? Well it ain't worth beans! Now they gonna see what "Stop the presses" really means. And the old will weep, and go back to sleep. And we got no choice but to see it through RACE: And we found our voice. NEWSIE: And I lost my shoe! NEWSIES: And the world will-- Yeah! JACK: Pulitzer may own the World, but he don't own us. NEWSIES: Pulitzer may own the World, but he don't own us! JACK: Pultizer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us. NEWSIES: Pultizer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us! And the world will know We've been keepin' score. Either they gives us our rights or we gives them a war. We've been down too long, and we paid our dues. CRUTCHIE: And the things we do today will be tomorrow's news. NEWSIES: And the die is cast, and the torch is passed, and the roar will rise, from the streets below, and our ranks will grow and grow and grow and so the world will feel the fire and finally know! Pulitzer may own the World, but he don't own us! JACK: Pulitzer may own the World, but he don't own us! NEWSIES: Pulitzer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us! JACK: Pulitzer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us! NEWSIES: So the world says no? Well the kids do too. Try to walk all over us, we'll stomp all over you. CRUTCHIE: Can they kick us out? Take away our vote? NEWSIES: Will we let 'em stuff this crock of garbage down our throat? No! Everyday we wait, is a day we lose, and this ain't for fun, and it ain't for show, and we'll fight 'em toe to toe to toe and Joe your world will feel the fire and finally, finally know! WATCH WHAT HAPPENS KATHERINE: "Write what you know" so they say, all I know is I don't know what to write or the right way to write it. This is big, lady, don't screw it up, This is not some little vaudeville I'm reviewing. Poor little kids versus rich greedy sour pusses Ha! It's a cinch! It could practically write itself-- And let's pray it does, cause as I may have mentioned, I have no clue what I'm doing. Am I insane? This is what I've been waiting for. Well that, plus the screaming of ten angry editors. A girl? It's a girl! How the hell? Is that even legal? Look, just go and get her! Not only that, there's a story behind the story: Thousands of children, exploited, invisible. Speak up, take a stand, and there's someone to write about it. That's how things get better. Give life's little guys some ink, and when it dries just watch what happens. Those kids will live and breathe right on the page and once they're center stage, you watch what happens. And who's there with her camera and her pen as boys turn into men they'll storm the gates and then just watch what happens when they do. Picture a handsome, heroically charismatic plain spoken, know nothing, skirt-chasing, cocky little son of a... lie down with dogs and you wake up with a raise and a promotion. So, he's a flirt, a complete ego maniac. The fact is he's also the face of the strike-- What a face-- face the fact, that's a face that could save us all from sinking in the ocean. Like someone said, "Power tends to corrupt" and absolute power wait, wait corrupts? Absolutely, that is genius! But give me some time, I'll be twice as good as that six months from never. Just look around at the world we're inheriting and think of the one we'll create. Their mistake is they got old, that is not a mistake we'll be making. No sir, we'll stay young forever! Give those kids and me the brand new century and watch what happens. It's David and Goliath do or die the fight is on and I can't watch what happens. But all I know is nothing happens if you just give in. It can't be any worse than how it's been. And it just so happens that we just might win, so whatever happens, let's begin! SEIZE THE DAY DAVEY: Now is the time to seize the day Stare down the odds and seize the day Minute by minute that's how you win it We will find a way But let us seize the day Courage cannot erase our fear Courage is when we face our fear Tell those with power safe in their tower We will not obey! DAVEY & JACK: Behold the brave battalion that stands side by side Too few in number and too proud to hide Then say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you DAVEY, JACK, and CRUTCHIE: Now is the time to seize the day Stare down the odds and seize the day NEWSIES: Once we've begun If we stand as one Someday becomes somehow And a prayer becomes a vow JACK: And this strike starts right damn now! DAVEY: Now is the time to seize the day NEWSIES: Now is the time to seize the day DAVEY: Answer the call and don't delay NEWSIES: Answer the call and don't delay DAVEY & NEWSIES: Wrongs will be righted If we're united Let us seize the day JACK: Now let 'em hear it loud and clear NEWSIES: Now let 'em hear it loud and clear JACK: Like it or not we're drawing near NEWSIES: Like it or not we're drawing near JACK & NEWSIES: Proud and defiant We'll slay the giant Judgement day is here Houston to Harlem, look what's begun One for all and all for one! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Now is the time to seize the day They're gonna see there's hell to pay Nothing can break us No one can make us quit before we're done One for all and all for One for all and all for One for all and all for one! SANTA FE JACK: Folks, we finally got our headline. "Newsies Crushed as Bulls Attack" Crutchie's calling me, Dumb crip's just too damn slow. Guys are fightin', bleedin', fallin' thanks to good ole' Captain Jack. Captain Jack just wants to close his eyes and go Let me go Far away Somewhere they won't ever find me, and tomorrow won't remind me of today And the city's finally sleepin' And the moon looks old and grey I get on a train that's bound for Santa Fe And I'm gone And I'm done No more running, no more lying No more fat old man denying me my pay Just a moon so big and yellow, it turns night right into day Dreams come true. Yeah, they do in Santa Fe Where does it say you gotta live and die here? Where does it say a guy can't catch a break? Why should you only take what you're given? Why should you spend your whole life living trapped where there ain't no future Even at 17. Breaking your back for someone else's sake If the life don't seem to suit you, how about a change of scene? Far from the lousy headlines and the deadlines in between Santa Fe: my old friend. I can't spend my whole life dreaming Though I know that's all I seem inclined to do I ain't getting any younger And I wanna start brand new I need space ad fresh air Let them laugh in my face, I don't care Save my place, I'll be there Just be real is all I'm asking Not some painting in my head Cause I'm dead if I can't count on you today I got nothing if I ain't got Santa Fe Act Two KING OF NEW YORK MUSH: Ya don't need money when you're famous, they gives ya whatever ya want gratis! NEWSIE: Such as...? MUSH: A pair of new shoes with matchin' laces! ROMEO: A permanent box at the Sheepshead Races! HENRY: Pastrami on rye with a sour pickle! FINCH: My personal *** on a wooden nickel! RACE: Look at me! I'm the king of New York! Suddenly I'm respectable Starin' right at ya, Lousy with stature! NEWSIE: Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks I'm blowin' my dough and goin' deluxe! RACE: And there I be! Ain't I pretty? NEWSIES: It's my city I'm the king of New York! NEWSIE: A solid gold watch with a chain to twirl it! LES: My very own bed and an indoor terlit! NEWSIES: A barbershop haircut that costs a quarter! DAVEY: A regular beat for the star reporter! NEWSIE: Amscray punk! She's the king of New York! KATHERINE: Who'da thunk? I'm the king of New York! NEWSIES: We was sunk, pale, and pitiful! KATHERINE: Buncha wet noodles! KATHERINE & NEWSIES: Pulitzer's poodles! LES: Almost about to drown in the drink NEWSIES: When she fished us out And drowned us in ink! KATHERINE: So let's get drunk!  Not with liquor! Fame works quicker! When you're king of New York! NEWSIES: I gotta be either dead or dreamin' 'Cause look at that pape with my face beamin' Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it But I was a star for one whole minute! Look at me! I'm the king of New York! Wait and see! This is gonna make both the Delanceys Pee in their pantsies! Flashpots are shootin' bright as a sun I'm one highfalutin' son of a gun! I guarantee! Though I dropped out, I ain't tapped out! I'm the king of New... Friends may flee Let 'em ditch us Snap one picture You're the king of New... History! Front page story Guts and glory I'm the king... of New York! WATCH WHAT HAPPENS (REPRISE) JACK: There's no way I am putting them kids back in danger. DAVEY: Tell me how quitting does Crutchie any good. JACK: Doesn't. DAVEY: Exactly So here's how it goes once we win  And we will be winning Make no mistake JACK: We'll be what? DAVEY: We're already winning JACK: Right DAVEY: And we'll tell them straight out They let Crutchie go or they keep getting pounded JACK: Dave, what the hell? did they bust up your brains or somethin'? As I recall, Dave, we all got our *** kicked They won. DAVEY: Won the battle. JACK: Oh come on. DAVEY: Jack-y think about it, we got them surrounded. JACK: Here's what I think: Joe's a jerk He's a rattle snake DAVEY: You're right - and you know why a snake starts to rattle? JACK: No, why? DAVEY: 'Cause he's scared. JACK: Sure. DAVEY: Go and look it up.  The poor guy's head is spinning Why would he send for the goons, an entire army? Dozens of goons and the cops and... JACK: You know, you may be right. DAVEY: Thank you, God! JACK: If he wasn't afraid - DAVEY: Exactly - JACK & DAVEY: He knows we're winning JACK, DAVEY, KATHERINE & LES: Get those kids to see we're circling victory And watch what happens.  We're doing something no one's even tried And, yes, we're terrified But watch what happens JACK: You can't undo the past DAVEY: So just move on DAVEY & KATHERINE: and stay on track (stay on track) JACK, DAVEY, KATHERINE & LES: 'Cause humpty dumpty is about to crack KATHERINE: We've got faith! DAVEY: We've got the plan! LES: And we've got Jack! JACK, DAVEY, KATHERINE & LES: So just watch what happens We're back! LES: And I've gotta date! THE BOTTOM LINE (REPRISE) PULITZER: Time's running out, kid So what do you say? Cowboy or convict I win either way Your abject surrender Was always the bottom line Gentlemen, escort our guest to the cellar so he might reflect in solitude. Too bad you've no job, Jack But you did resign Too bad you've no family But you can't have mine Be glad you're alive boy I'd say that's the bottom line SEITZ: Like the Pier Piper you knew what to say PULITZER: Till those kids all believed you were right MAYOR: Lucky for them all but one got away PULITZER: They might not be so lucky tonight BROOKLYN'S HERE BROOKLYN NEWSIES: Newsies need our help today (Newsies need our help today) Tell 'em, Brooklyn's on the way (Tell 'em, Brooklyn's on the way) We're from (Brooklyn) We are (newsies) We are Brooklyn newsies Just got word that our buddies is hurtin' Facing total disaster for certain That's our cue, boys, it's time to go slummin' Hey Manhattan, the calvary's comin'! Have no fear (you know we've got your back from way back) Brooklyn's here (we'll get your pay back and some payback) We're the boys from the beaches of Brighton Prospect Park and the navy yard pier Strikes ain't fun, but they sure is exciting Loud and clear - Brooklyn's here! SPOT CONLON: Borough what gave me birth BROOKLYN NEWSIES: Friendliest place on earth Pay us a visit, you'll see what we means And when you do (when you do) We'll kick you halfway to Queens Now them soakers is in for a soakin' What a sad way to end a career They's a joke, but if they thinks we're jokin' Loud and clear NEWSIE GROUPS: Manhattan's here Flushing's here Richmond's here Woodside's here So's the Bronx Brooklyn's here ALL: Loud and clear, we is here! SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN KATHERINE: Till the moment I found you I thought I knew what love was Now I'm learning what is true That love will do what it does The world finds ways to sting you And then one day decides to bring you Something to believe in For even a night One night may be forever But that's all right That's all right And if you're gone tomorrow What was ours still will be I have something to believe in Now that I know you believed in me JACK: We was never meant to meet And then we meet Who knows why One more stranger on the street Just someone sweet passing by An angel come to save me Who didn't even know she gave me  Something to believe in For even a day One day may be forever But that's okay That's okay And if I'm gone tomorrow What was ours still will be I have something to believe in Now that I know you believed in me BOTH: Do you know what I believe in Look into my eyes and see JACK: If things were different KATHERINE: If you weren't going to Santa Fe JACK: And if you weren't an heiress And if your father wasn't after my head KATHERINE: You're not really scared of my father JACK: No, but I'm pretty scared of you KATHERINE: Don't be JACK: And if I'm gone tomorrow KATHERINE: What was ours still will be BOTH: I have something to believe in now that I know you believed in me JACK: I have something to believe in BOTH: Now that I know you believed in me ONCE AND FOR ALL JACK: There's change coming once and for all You makes the front page and man, you is major news JACK & DAVEY: Tomorrow they'll see what we are JACK, DAVEY & 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 dawn's 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 to 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! FINALE JACK: With the strike settled, I should probably be hittin' the road. DAVEY: I don't get it. What's Santa Fe got that New York ain't? KATHERINE: Or better yet, what's New York got that Santa Fe ain't? CRUTCHIE: New York's got us, and we're family KATHERINE: And you've got one more ace up your sleeve JACK: What would that be? KATHERINE: Me. Wherever you go, I'm there right by your side. JACK: For sure? KATHERINE: For sure. JACK: Don't take much to be a dreamer All you do is close your eyes But some made-up world is all you ever see Now my eyes is finally open And my dreams, they's average-size But they don't much matter if you ain't with me NEWSIES: We'll all be out there Carrying the banner man to man We're always out there Soakin' ev'ry sucker that we can Here's the headline: Newsies on a mission Kill the competition Sell the next edition We'll be out there Carrying the banner See us out there Carrying the banner Always out there Carrying the banner Look at me! I'm the king of New York! Suddenly I'm respectable Starin' right at ya, Lousy with stature! Glory be! I'm the king of New York! Victory! Front page story Guts and glory I'm the king of New York!