The Outsiders - Justice for Tulsa Lyrics

2024 Broadway
The Outsiders the Musical - Justice for Tulsa Lyrics

The song is written by Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance and Justin Levine.

COP:
Call came in at three-fifteen
Bloodiest mess I ever seen
A lone boy there, left for dead
No one else around

ENSEMBLE:
Justice for Tulsa
Search this town high and low
Must be someone out there who knows

COP:
I checked to see if he was still alive
His body was cold, eyes open wide
His face was twisted,
Almost seemed surprised
Lying there on the ground

ENSEMBLE:
I heard they were from the East Side
They wеre prowling around at night
Was a nice boy from the Wеst Side
And they killed him with a switchblade knife

COP:
Put out a call to bring Dallas in
That Winston boy with the crooked grin
If there's anything he knows
I'm gonna get it out of him

DALLAS:
I got no clue where they could be
And why the hell you asking me?
Even if I knew, wouldn't give 'em up to you
If you're turning up the heat
I dealt with hotter shit than you
When there's trouble on the right side of town
It's me and all my boys you’re shakin' down
Well I got nothing for you
Why don't you just get lost
Why don't you ask the Socs
Why the line got crossed

ENSEMBLE:
Justice for Tulsa
Do what you have to do

CHERRY:
Could this have gone a different way?
Can't believe I'm standing here today
But you never did the things you should
Even so I know your heart was good
When it was only you and me alone
I saw a side of you I wish they'd known
Like a secret you could never share
The part of you that truly cared

PAUL:
This can't be real, he can't be gone
And I don't know how we just carry on
This could've happened to anyone
But here we are, can't be undone

CHERRY:
What have we done?

PAUL:
We were only having fun

CHERRY:
You were only having fun?

PAUL:
We were only having fun
Just hanging out, just horsing 'round
Doing what we've always done

CHERRY:
Bob was drinking, you were drinking too
And tell me what's so fun about a fight
That's five on two
What’d you think that boy was gonna do?
He lived his life scared to death after
What you put him through

PAUL:
Bob went crazy
When he saw you with that Greaser kid
You held his hand at the concession stand
I saw it all, you know just what you did

CHERRY:
You guys were loud that night
Out looking for a fight
The two of us just stayed behind
You couldn't stand to leave those boys alone

PAUL & ENSEMBLE:
You and Pony holding hands
I don't think you understand
Bob was not a jealous man
Cherry, what you did that night was wrong

PAUL:
You should be as mad as me
At the senseless tragedy
Bob didn't need to die!

PAUL & ENSEMBLE:
The Greasers crossed a line
We could sit here asking why
Or we could send them back a message
Take an eye for an eye
Anyone from the East Side,
If you're prowling around at night
We got a message from the West Side,
You better run for your life

PAUL: (spoken)
Next Saturday night,
Pershing Park—all-out war is officially declared!

ENSEMBLE:
Justice for Tulsa
(If you’re prowling around at night)
Where did those Greasers go?
(If you’re prowling around at night,
Got a message from the West Side)
Must be someone out there who knows
(You better run for your life)
Justice for Tulsa
Search this town high and
Search this town high and
Search this town high and low

The Outsiders the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Tulsa '67
Grease Got a Hold
Runs in the Family
Great Expectations
Friday at the Drive-In
I Could Talk to You All Night
Runs in the Family (Reprise)
Far Away from Tulsa
Run Run Brother
Justice for Tulsa
Death's at My Door
Throwing in the Towel
Soda's Letter
Hoods Turned Heroes
Hopeless War
Trouble
Little Brother
Stay Gold
Tulsa '67 (Reprise)