ONE DAY MORE (Newsies style)
(CONTEXT: The Newsies have been locked up in the refuge, and the next day, they'll be set free, and they'll go on with the strike. During their time, they have been stalked by various fan girls, and most of the joy they express is in reference to being finally carted away from these crazy girls.)
MUSH:
One day more.
Another day until we'se fin'lly free
God, make these girls stop squeeing over me.
I won't have me shirt off again
It'll only come to a bad end
One day more.
JACK: (to Sarah, whom he's just dumped)
I did not live until today.
I'll finally live once we are parted
BLINK:
One day more.
JACK AND DAVID:
Tomorrow, we'll be far away
And then at last, our love can get started.
SNITCH (who never had a fangirl to squee over him):
One more day all on my own.
SKITTERY:
Hey, we can still be together.
SNITCH:
One more day with them not caring.
SKITTERY:
I was born to be with you.
SNITCH (noticing Skittery):
Oh, Skitts, come on, cheer up.
SKITTERY:
Whoa, you fin'lly noticed me!
SNITCH:
Let's go out this Friday night!
SPOT (hoists his cane in the air):
One more day before they'se gone!
RACE (to a fangirl holding him hostage):
Come on, doll face, let me go!
SPOT:
I'll at last be back in Brooklyn!
RACE:
I shouldn't have called you that!
SPOT (who the other newsies are now gathered around):
Well, it looks like we'se all here.
RACE:
SPOT! JACK! FELLAS, HELP!
SPOT (noticing Race is missing):
Wait, we can't leave without Race!
NEWSIES:
Race, come
On out.
The day's almost here!
(The clock strikes 11:30 and the Newsies erupt in cheers)
BUMLETS:
One day more!
BLINK:
One more day until the rally
We'll make trouble in a batch
Maybe I'll fin'lly meet a girl who
Don't just like me for me patch!
SWIFTY:
One day more!
LES:
Watch 'em win the strike
Stand up straight and tall
Then we're gonna spend the night
At Irving Hall!
Here a little song
There a little dance
I won't be there for long
But I'll have my chance!
NEWSIES GROUP 1:
One day to a new beginning
NEWSIES GROUP 2:
Raise the striking signs up high!
NEWSIES GROUP 1:
Jack Kelly will be a king!
NEWSIES GROUP 2:
Who cares if they're not spelled right?
NEWSIES GROUP 1:
We will find a new tomorrow
NEWSIES GROUP 2:
And we'll make it last for good!
ALL:
We can hear the people sing!
JAKE (in an operatic voice):
I found
My voice!
I fight
With you!
(All the following pieces are sung by who would be the loudest amongst the din of voices in counterpoint)
SNODDY:
One day more!
JACK AND DAVID:
My world started when I met you!
SPOT AND MUSH (trying to escape from fangirls who drool over them):
When will we be left alone?
RACE:
Never thought I'd get away.
I need to gamble something NOW.
PIE EATER:
One day more!
DUTCHY:
I made all the signs
I spelled them all right!
JACK:
I'll fin'lly get to Santa Fe!
CRUTCHY:
Maybe I'll get a leg replacement!
SPECS:
If I cannot be in this film
Then nobody ever will!
ALL:
Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in heaven has in store.
One more dawn.
One more day.
ONE
DAY
MORE!
(The sun rises just as they hit the last note. A second after the sun rises, Snyder (in an awkward moment of compassion) dumps parole cards on all the Newsies as the song finally ends.)
*After they leave*
FANGIRL #1 (spoken):
Wow. Life is going to be pretty boring without hot Newsies around.
FANGIRL #2 (spoken):
Yeah. So… wanna stalk Oliver cast members instead?
FANGIRL #3:
What about the cast of Nowhere Boy?
FANGIRL #4:
How about we build a time machine and go back to the early '60s when the Who were hot and stalk them?
(Silence, then…)
ALL FANGIRLS:
LET'S DO ALL THREE!
(The fangirls run off screaming. Curtain falls. Kenny Ortega, Alan Menken and Peggy Holmes (who were watching) are horrified.)
THE END!