Once and for All

There's change coming once and for all

You makes the front page and man, you is major news

Tomorrow they'll see what we are

And sure as a star, we ain't come this far to lose

(Here they come)

This is the story we needed to write

That's been kept out of sight, but no more

In a few hours, by dawn's early light

We'll be ready to fight us a war

This time we're in it to stay

Talk about seizing the day

Write it in ink or in blood, it's the same either way

They're gonna damn well pay

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's beggin' for bread to survive

Joe, you can stop counting sheep

We're gonna sing you to sleep

You've got your thugs, with their sticks and their slugs

Yeah! But we got a promise to keep

Once and for all, if they don't find their manners

We'll bleed 'em (Bleed 'em)

Once and for all, we won't carry no banners

That don't spell freedom

Finally, we's raisin' the stakes

This time whatever it takes

This time the union awakes

Once and for all

(Come on, boys)

(Yeah, let's go)

This is for kids shining shoes on the street

With no shoes on their feet everyday

This is for guys sweating blood in the shops

While their bosses and cops look away

I'm seeing kids standing tall

Glarin' and rarin' to brawl

Armies of guys who are sick of the lies

Getting ready to rise to the call

Once and for all, there'll be blood on the wall

If they doubt us

They think they're runnin' this town

But this town will shut down without us

Ten thousand kids in the square (Ten thousand kids in the square)

Ten thousand fists in the air (Ten thousand fists)

Joe, you is gonna play fair

Once and for all

Once and for all (Once and for all)

Once and for all (Once and for all)

Once and for all (Once and for all)

There's change coming, once and for all

You're getting too old, too weak to keep holdin' on

A new world is gunning for you, and Joe, we is too

Till once and for all, you're gone

Once and for all

Once and for all

(Once and for all)

Once and for all