Once and for All

This is the story you wanted to write
 Well, tonight is the night that you can
 Just get this done and by dawn's early light
 You can finish the fight you began
 This time we're in it to stay
 Think about seizing the day
 Think of that train
 As she rolls into old Santa Fe
 Tell 'em I'm on my way
 See old man Pulitzer snug in his bed
 He don't care if we're dead or alive
 Three satin pillows are under his head
 While we're beggin' for bread to survive
 Joe, if you're still countin' sheep
 Wake up and read 'em and weep
 You got your thugs
 With their sticks and their slugs
 Yeah, but we got a promise to keep
 Once and for all
 Something tells me the tide'll be turnin'
 Once and for all
 There's a fire inside me
 That won't stop burnin'
 Now that the choices are clear
 Now that tomorrow is here
 Watch how the mighty will fall
 For once and for all
 This is for kids shinin' shoes in the street
 With no shoes on their feet every day
 This is for guys sweatin' blood in the shops
 While the bosses and cops look away
 This is to even the score
 This ain't just newsies no more
 This ain't just kids with some pie in the sky
 This is do it or die
 This is war!
 Once and for all
 We'll be there to defend one another
 Once and for all
 Every kid is our friend
 Every friend a brother
 Five thousand fists in the sky
 Five thousand reasons to try
 We're goin' over the wall
 Better to die than to crawl
 Either we stand or we fall
 For once
 Once and for all