Ragtime (Musical) - He Wanted to Say

YOUNGER BROTHER (spoken):
I...I...I want to...I know that if...

EMMA GOLDMAN:
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

YOUNGER BROTHER:
I am not who I appear to be

EMMA:
He wanted to say

YOUNGER BROTHER:
Do not blame me for my past

BOTH:
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

EMMA:
Two men meeting
For a moment in the darkness

COALHOUSE:
One turning from -

YOUNGER BROTHER:
One waking to -

ALL THREE:
- America
Two men finding
For a moment in the darkness

YOUNGER BROTHER and COALHOUSE:
They're the same

EMMA:
They're the same

COALHOUSE'S MEN:
He wanted to say

COALHOUSE:
How I envy you your innocence

EMMA and COALHOUSE'S MEN:
He wanted to say:

YOUNGER BROTHER:
By your side I could be brave
If there's such a thing as justice
Let me help you find your justice
This I do for you and for Sarah
Who lies in her grave

EMMA and MEN:
But all he said was:

YOUNGER BROTHER (spoken):
I know how to blow things up

EMMA and COALHOUSE'S MEN:
Two men meeting
For a moment
In the darkness
For a moment
In the darkness