Ragtime Ensemble - Till We Reach That Day lyrics

COALHOUSE (spoken): No! SARAH'S FRIEND: There's a day of hope May I live to see When our hearts are happy And our souls are free Let the new day dawn Oh, Lord, I pray We'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day MOURNERS: It's a day of peace A day of pride A day of justice We have been denied When a man can live And a child can play We'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day SARAH'S FRIEND: A day of pride It's been denied COALHOUSE: What they did to her What they took from her She had life in her Lord, she had my baby Look what they left of her Left of her, left of my girl EMMA GOLDMAN: She was nothing to them She was a woman MOTHER and EMMA: Nothing and no one to them COALHOUSE: My girl EMMA, MOTHER, and COALHOUSE: So they beat her And beat her and beat her and - MOURNERS: A day of peace COALHOUSE: There was blood on the ground MOURNERS: A day of pride COALHOUSE, EMMA and MOTHER: She was only a girl MOURNERS: A day of justice COALHOUSE, EMMA, YOUNGER BROTHER, MOTHER, FATHER: It will happen again MOURNERS: We have been denied ENSEMBLE: It will happen again and again and again MOURNERS: Let the new day dawn Oh Lord - TATEH: Why does nobody care YOUNGER BROTHER and EMMA: There is blood in the air WOMEN: We have voices and souls COALHOUSE, MOTHER, EMMA, YOUNGER BROTHER: What is wrong with this country IMMIGRANTS: She was somebody's child HARLEM MEN: There are Negroes out there IMMIGRANTS, BLACKS, WOMEN, and EMMA: There are people out there ALL: Give the people A day of peace A day of pride A day of justice We have been denied Let the new day dawn Oh, Lord, I pray We'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day