Lyrics He Wanted to Say - Brian Stokes Mitchell , Ragtime Ensemble
I...
I...
I
want
to...
I
know
that
if
He
wanted
to
say
I
am
here
because
I
have
to
be
He
wanted
to
say
I
am
here
for
what
is
right
Every
day
I
wake
up
knowing
What
you've
lost
and
what
is
owing
I
would
shed
this
skin
if
I
could
To
stand
with
you
and
fight
He
wanted
to
say
I
am
not
who
I
appear
to
be
He
wanted
to
say
Do
not
blame
me
for
my
past
We
have
different
lives
and
faces
But
our
hearts
have
common
places
This
was
deep
inside
me
And
you
helped
me
find
it
at
last
Two
men
meeting
For
a
moment
in
the
darkness
One
turning
from
One
waking
to
...America!
Two
men
finding
For
a
moment
in
the
darkness
They're
the
same
They're
the
same
He
wanted
to
say
I
envy
you
your
innocence
He
wanted
to
say
By
your
side
I
would
be
brave
If
there's
such
a
thing
as
justice
Let
me
help
you
find
you
justice
This
I
do
for
you
and
for
Sarah
Who
lies
in
her
grave
But
all
he
said
was
I
know
how
to
blow
things
up
Two
men
meeting
For
a
moment
In
the
darkness
For
a
moment
In
the
darkness
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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