Текст песни Success - Peter Friedman , Ragtime Ensemble
I
promised
you
America
And
little
one,
we're
there!
(America!)
Our
feet
are
on
the
solid
ground
And
hope
is
in
the
air!
(America!)
You'll
soon
be
eating
apple
pie
From
off
a
china
plate
Pretty
dresses,
pretty
dolls
Just
wait!
For
shining
in
your
Tateh's
eye
And
just
beyond
this
gate—
America!
Here
in
America
Anyone
at
all
can
succeed
(America!
Here
in
America!)
Do
what
you
do
And
the
world
will
come
to
you
Guranteed!
(America!
We're
in
America!)
I
may
be
just
a
maker
of
art
But
here
you
can
start
with
less
And
make
a
success!
Step
right
up
and
have
a
silhouette
made
by
A
real
artist!
With
ordinary
paper,
a
pair
of
scissors
And
some
glue
I
will
give
you
a
thing
of
such
Beauty!
A
life-like
portrait
of
someone
you
love
Silhouettes
of
your
favorite
celebrity
Evelyn
Nesbit.
Hey
look!
She's
on
her
Vaudeville
stage
Harry
Houdini,
he
practically
escapes
From
the
page
Only
a
nickel
Don't
walk
away!
Someday
these
will
impress
When
I'm
a
success!
(America,
America)
Look
at
the
silhouettes
Here
in
the
tenements
Bent
over
sewing
Or
dancing
or
arguing
Thouands
of
silhouettes
Thousands
of
stories
to
tell
Look
at
them,
little
one
Such
opportunity!
Right
on
the
corner
of
Orchard
and
Rivington
We'll
make
our
silhouettes
Think
how
they'll
sell
We'll
join
the
parade
Of
Americans
all
doing
well!
Success!
Success!
I'm
J.P.
Morgan,
my
friends
The
wealthiest
man
on
this
earth!
Success!
You
immigrants,
look
up
to
me
And
you'll
see
what
money
is
worth!
Success!
One
day
your
immigrant
sweat
Might
get
you
the
whole
U.S.!
And
if
you're
trapped
And
failure
seems
imminent
Think
of
Houdini
That
fabulous
immigrant!
Break
those
chains
with
all
you
possess!
This
is
America!
This
is
the
land
of
success!
Success!
The
angry,
fetid
tenements
Of
the
Lower
East
Side
Were
worse
than
anything
Tateh
and
his
wife
had
Suffered
in
Latvia
The
Little
Girl
was
often
sick
now
Tateh
wrapped
her
in
his
prayer
shawl
What
rabbi
would
disapprove?
America!
America!
Look
at
my
daughter,
God
Why
have
you
brought
us
here?
How
can
I
feed
her
or
clothe
Or
protect
her
here?
Where's
the
America
We
were
supposed
to
get?
Was
it
a
silhouette?
Hey,
mister
Here
in
America
Anything
you
want,
you
can
be!
Sucker,
step
up
And
I'll
cut
you
out
your
own
guarantee!
Come
see
the
artist!
Big
shot,
oh
yes!
Red,
white
and
blue!
Hooray
and
God
bless!
I'm
a
success!
I'm
a
success!
Success!
Success!
If
you're
trapped
And
failure
seems
imminent
Think
of
Houdini
That
fabulous
immigrant!
Break
those
chains
with
all
you
possess!
I
promised
you
America
And
little
one
We
will
find
it!
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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