Brian Stokes Mitchell feat. Marin Mazzie, Mark Jacoby, Ragtime Ensemble, Steven Sutcliffe, Larry Daggett, Anne Kanengeiser, Jeffrey Kuhn, Audra McDonald & Bruce Winant - Justice Lyrics

Lyrics Justice - Audra McDonald , Brian Stokes Mitchell , Marin Mazzie , Ragtime Ensemble



Come on, Coalhouse. It doesn't matter
We'll see justice, Sarah
And plenty of men who will stand up and give us our due
Well, you can't sign another complaint, Mr. Walker
The volunteer firemen are not municipal employees
And therefore do not come under the jurisdiction of
The city, I'm sorry
I'm still tracing your first complaint, Mr. Walker
Are you sure you filed it with this office?
Oh! Let me look again!
Justice, Sarah
This is America
(I'm ashamed that our community is represented in
His mind by that bunch of toughs)
(Let me talk to my lawyer.)
(That's all it will be, talk! Talk! TALK!)
The law's the law, the law's been broken
Why should I turn the other cheek
What about justice?
The bureaucrats and bunglers
The attornies who smile
My advice? Recover your car and forget the whole matter!
The clerks and the officials
And the forms that were filed
This to get a place on the court calendar
This for change of venue
So many roads to justice around the bend!
I want justice for our people, so bad I can taste it!
Bur I won't waste my time on a mere case of
Vandalism when I have real injustices to take to the courts!
And every road a new dead end
I will not move from where I'm standing
Til what's mine is restored to me
I'm not some fool, I'm not their nigger
I will have what's fairly owed me
And til then I will not marry!
We understand Mr. Walker's outrage
We share it, all decent people do!
(He said "Wheels are turning for us, girl")
But I'm sure there's some way to settle this affair
Without calling off the wedding
(He said "Times are starting to roll")
To be so close to the happiness you both
Deserve and have it come to this!
Well I know he'll get where he wants to
'Cause he's got that fire in his soul
Said, "There's justice, Sarah
And plenty of men who will stand up
And give us our due!
Well, you'll have your due, Coalhouse!
Yes, you'll have your due!



Writer(s): Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Charles Flaherty


Brian Stokes Mitchell feat. Marin Mazzie, Mark Jacoby, Ragtime Ensemble, Steven Sutcliffe, Larry Daggett, Anne Kanengeiser, Jeffrey Kuhn, Audra McDonald & Bruce Winant - Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)l

1 Prologue: Ragtime
2 Goodbye, My Love
3 Journey On
4 The Crime of the Century
5 What Kind of Woman
6 A Shtetl Iz Amereke
7 Success
8 His Name Was Coalhouse Walker
9 Gettin' Ready Rag
10 Henry Ford
11 Nothing Like the City
12 Your Daddy's Son
13 The Courtship
14 New Music
15 Wheels of a Dream
16 The Night that Goldman Spoke at Union Square
17 Gliding
18 The Trashing of the Car
19 Justice
20 President
21 Till We Reach That Day
22 Entr'acte
23 Harry Houdini, Master Escapist
24 Coalhouse's Soliloquy
25 Coalhouse Demands
26 What a Game
27 Fire in the City
28 Atlantic City
29 Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.
30 Our Children
31 Harlem Nightclub
32 Sarah Brown Eyes
33 He Wanted to Say
34 Back to Before
35 Look What You've Done
36 Make Them Hear You
37 Epilogue: Ragtime (Reprise) / Wheels of a Dream (Reprise)



Attention! Feel free to leave feedback.