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