Hamilton Act 2 Songs, Transcriptions of Political studies

Download Hamilton Act 2 Songs and more Transcriptions Political studies in PDF only on Docsity! What’d I Miss [COMPANY] Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen... 
 Se- se- seventeen… [BURR] 1789 How does the bastard orphan 
 Immigrant decorated war vet Unite the colonies through more debt? Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit? Have it all, lose it all You ready for more yet? Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the President Ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him
 Pissed him off until we had a two-party system You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had the chance ‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador to France But someone’s gotta keep the American promise You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas! [COMPANY] Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! 
 Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! 
 Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! 
 Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! Thomas Jefferson’s coming home Lord he’s
 Been off in Paris for so long! Aaa-ooo!
 Aaa-ooo! [JEFFERSON] France is following us to revolution
 There is no more status quo But the sun comes up
 And the world still spins [ENSEMBLE] Aaa-ooo! [JEFFERSON] I helped Lafayette draft a declaration Then I said, ‘I gotta go I gotta be in Monticello.’ Now the work at home begins… [ENSEMBLE] Aaa-ooo! [JEFFERSON] So what’d I miss? What’d I miss? Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss I’ve been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies... I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties... I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this… [ENSEMBLE]
 Aaa-ooo! [JEFFERSON] There’s a letter on my desk from the President Haven’t even put my bags down yet Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it? It says the President’s assembling a cabinet
 And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!
 And that I’m already Senate-approved... I just got home and now I’m headed up to New York [ENSEMBLE] Headin’ to New York! Headin’ to New York! [JEFFERSON & ENSEMBLE] Lookin’ at the rolling fields I can’t believe that we are free (Believe that we are free) Ready to face Whatever’s awaiting Me in N.Y.C. (Me in N.Y.C.) But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the place? My friend James Madison, red in the face He grabs my arm and I respond “What’s goin’ on?” (Aaa-ooo!) [MADISON] Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation’s very soul
 Can you get us out of the mess we’re in? [ENSEMBLE] Aaa-ooo! [MADISON] Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing less
 Than government control I’ve been fighting for the South alone Where have you been? [JEFFERSON]
 Uh...France [ENSEMBLE] Aaa-ooo! [MADISON] We have to win [JEFFERSON & ENSEMBLE] What’d I miss? Wha? Wha? What’d I miss? What’d I miss? I’ve come home to this? Headfirst into a political abyss! Headfirst, into the abyss! I have my first cabinet meeting today Chik-a-pow! I guess I better think of something to say I’m already on my way (On my way) Let’s get to the bottom of this… (What did I miss?) Ahhh ah! [WASHINGTON]
 Mr. Jefferson, welcome home [HAMILTON] Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton [WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE] Mr. Jefferson, welcome home [COMPANY] Mr. Jefferson, welcome home Sir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long! [JEFFERSON] So what did I miss? [WASHINGTON] Convince them otherwise [HAMILTON] What happens if I don’t get congressional approval? [WASHINGTON] I imagine they’ll call for your removal [HAMILTON] Sir— [WASHINGTON] Figure it out, Alexander. That’s an order from your commander Take A Break [ELIZA & PHILIP] Un deux trois quatre 
 Cinq six sept huit neuf (Un deux trois quatre) Cinq six sept huit neuf Good! Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf (Une doux Trois quatre) Cinq six sept huit neuf Sept huit neuf— Sept huit neuf— Sept huit neuf— Sept huit neuf— [ELIZA AND PHILIP] One two three four five six seven eight nine! [HAMILTON] My dearest, Angelica “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
 Creeps in this petty pace from day to day” I trust you’ll understand the reference to 
 Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly I’m a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain Madison is Banquo, Jefferson’s Macduff And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane [HAMILTON/ANGELICA] And there you are, an ocean away 
 Do you have to live an ocean away? Thoughts of you subside 
 Then I get another letter 
 I cannot put the notion away… [ELIZA] Take a break [HAMILTON]
 I am on my way
 
 [ELIZA]
 There’s a little surprise before supper
 And it cannot wait
 
 [HAMILTON]
 I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate [ELIZA] Alexander— [HAMILTON] Okay, okay— [ELIZA] Your son is nine years old today And he has something that he’d like to say He’s been practicing all day Philip, take it away— [PHILIP & HAMILTON] Daddy, daddy, look— My name is Philip
 I am a poet
 I wrote this poem just 
 To show it
 And I just turned nine 
 You can write rhymes
 But you can’t write mine What! I practice French
 And play piano with my mother (Uh-huh!) I have a sister But I want a little brother (Okay!) My daddy’s trying to start America’s bank Un deux trois quatre cinq! (Bravo!) [ELIZA] Take a break [HAMILTON] Hey, our kid is pretty great [ELIZA] Run away with us for the summer Let’s go upstate [HAMILTON] Eliza, I’ve got so much on my plate [ELIZA] We can all go stay with my father There’s a lake I know… [HAMILTON] I know [ELIZA]
 In a nearby park 
 
 [HAMILTON]
 I’d love to go
 
 [ELIZA]
 You and I can go when the night gets dark… [HAMILTON] I will try to get away [ANGELICA] My dearest Alexander You must get through to Jefferson 
 Sit down with him and compromise 
 Don’t stop ‘til you agree Your fav’rite older sister
 Angelica, reminds you 
 There’s someone in your corner all the way across the sea In a letter I received from you two weeks ago I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase
 It changed the meaning. Did you intend this? One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking days It says: [HAMILTON/ANGELICA] “My dearest Angelica” [ANGELICA] With a comma after “dearest.” You’ve written [HAMILTON AND ANGELICA] “My dearest, Angelica.” [ANGELICA] Anyway, all this to say I’m coming home this summer
 At my sister’s invitation
 I’ll be there with your fam’ly 
 If you make your way upstate I know you’re very busy
 I know your work’s important
 But I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’t wait [HAMILTON AND ANGELICA] You won’t be an ocean away You will only be a moment away… [ELIZA] Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica’s arriving today! [ELIZA]
 Angelica!
 
 [ANGELICA]
 Eliza! [HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE] Say no to this [HAMILTON] In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go [ENSEMBLE] Go! Go! Go! [HAMILTON] Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say… [ENSEMBLE]
 No! No!
 Say no to this!
 No! No!
 Say no to this!
 No! No!
 Say no to this!
 No! No!
 Say no to this! [HAMILTON] I wish I could say that was the last time
 I said that last time. It became a pastime A month into this endeavor I received a letter
 From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said: [JAMES] Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health
 And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
 In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck
 You see, that was my wife who you decided to [HAMILTON] Fuuuu— [JAMES] Uh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
 And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife
 If the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife [HAMILTON] I hid the letter and I raced to her place Screamed “How could you?!” in her face 
 She said: [MARIA] No, sir! [HAMILTON] Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
 Pathetic, she cried: [MARIA] Please don’t go, sir! [HAMILTON] So was your whole story a setup? [MARIA] I don’t know about any letter! [HAMILTON] Stop crying
 Goddamnit, get up! [MARIA] I didn’t know any better [HAMILTON]
 I am ruined... [MARIA & HAMILTON] Please don’t leave me with him helpless (I am helpless—how could I do this?) Just give him what he wants and you can have me I don’t want you Whatever you want (I don’t want you) [MARIA, HAMILTON, & ENSEMBLE] If you pay (I don’t…) You can stay Lord, show me how to Say no to this (Say no to this!) Tonight (I don’t know how to) (Say no to this!) Say no to this 'Cause the situation’s helpless (Helpless) And her body’s screaming, “Hell, yes” (Whoa!) How can you (No, show me how to) (Say no to this!) Say no to this? (Say no to this) (Say no to this!) How can I say no to this? There is nowhere I can go (Go! Go! Go!) When her body’s on mine I do not say… (No!) [HAMILTON, MARIA, & ENSEMBLE] Yes (Yes!) Say no to this!
 No! Yes (Yes!) Say no to this!
 No! Yes (Yes!) Say no to this!
 No! Yes (Yes!) Say no to this! Say no to this… I don’t say no to this (Don’t say no to this) There is nowhere I can go. Go go go... [JAMES] So? [HAMILTON] Nobody needs to know The Room Where It Happens [BURR] Ah, Mister Secretary [HAMILTON] Mister Burr, sir [BURR] Didja hear the news about good old General Mercer? [HAMILTON]
 No [BURR]
 You know Clermont Street? 
 
 [HAMILTON]
 Yeah
 
 [BURR]
 They renamed it after him. The Mercer legacy is secure [HAMILTON] Sure [BURR] And all he had to do was die 
 [HAMILTON]
 That’s a lot less work [BURR]
 We oughta give it a try [HAMILTON]
 Ha [BURR] Now how’re you gonna get your debt plan through? [HAMILTON]
 I guess I’m gonna fin’ly have to listen to you [BURR]
 Really? [HAMILTON] “Talk less. Smile more.” [BURR] Ha [HAMILTON] Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the Congress floor [BURR] Now, Madison and Jefferson are merciless. [HAMILTON] Well, hate the sin, love the sinner [MADISON] Hamilton! [HAMILTON] I’m sorry Burr, I’ve gotta go [BURR] But— [HAMILTON] Decisions are happening over dinner [BURR] Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room [BURR AND ENSEMBLE] Diametric’ly opposed, foes [BURR AND COMPANY] In God we trust But we’ll never really know what got discussed Click-boom then it happened [BURR] And no one else was in the room where it happened [COMPANY] Alexander Hamilton! [BURR] What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river? [COMPANY] Alexander Hamilton! [BURR] Did Washington know about the dinner?
 Was there Presidential pressure to deliver? [COMPANY] Alexander Hamilton! [BURR] Or did you know, even then, it doesn’t matter
 Where you put the U.S. Capital? [HAMILTON] Cuz we’ll have the banks 
 We’re in the same spot [BURR]
 You got more than you gave 
 
 [HAMILTON]
 And I wanted what I got When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
 But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game Oh, you get love for it. You get hate for it You get nothing if you…
 
 [HAMILTON AND COMPANY]
 Wait for it, wait for it, wait! [HAMILTON] God help and forgive me I wanna build
 Something that’s gonna
 Outlive me [HAMILTON/JEFFERSON/
 MADISON/WASHINGTON & COMPANY]
 What do you want, Burr? (What do you want, Burr?)
 What do you want, Burr? (What do you want, Burr?) If you stand for nothing (What do you want, Burr?) Burr, then what do you fall for? (What do you want?) [BURR] I
 Wanna be in
 The room where it happens 
 The room where it happens 
 I
 Wanna be in
 The room where it happens 
 The room where it happens [BURR & COMPANY] I I wanna be in
 The room where it happens
 Wanna be (The room where it happens)
 In the room where it happens (The room where it happens)
 I (I wanna be in the room)
 Where it happens
 I wanna be in the room… (The room where it happens)
 Oh (The room where it happens)
 Oh (I wanna be in)
 The room where it happens
 I wanna be (The room where it happens)
 I wanna be (The room where it happens)
 I’ve got to be (I wanna be in)
 I’ve got to be (The room where it happens)
 In that room (The room where it happens)
 In that big ol’ room (The room where it happens) [COMPANY]
 The art of the compromise— 
 
 [BURR]
 Hold your nose and close your eyes [COMPANY] We want our leaders to save the day— [BURR] But we don’t get a say in what they trade away [COMPANY] We dream of a brand new start— [BURR] But we dream in the dark for the most part [BURR AND COMPANY] Dark as a tomb where it happens [BURR & COMPANY] I’ve gotta be in the room... (The room where it happens) I’ve got to be... The room where it happens I’ve got to be... The room where it happens Oh, I’ve got to be in The room where it happens… (The room where it happens) I’ve got to be, I’ve gotta be (The room where it happens) I’ve gotta be… In the room! (I wanna be in the room) Where it happens! Click-boom! (Click-boom!) Schuyler Defeated [PHILIP] Look! Grandpa’s in the paper! “War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr” Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate
 
 [ELIZA]
 Sometimes that’s how it goes
 
 [PHILIP]
 Daddy’s gonna find out any minute 
 
 [ELIZA]
 I’m sure he already knows [PHILIP]
 Further down
 
 [PHILIP & ELIZA]
 Further down [PHILIP] Let’s meet the newest senator from New York
 
 [ELIZA]
 New York [PHILIP & ELIZA] Our senator [HAMILTON] Burr? Since when are you a Democratic- Republican? [BURR]
 Since being one put me on the up and up again
 
 [HAMILTON]
 No one knows who you are or what you do [BURR] They don’t need to know me 
 They don’t like you [HAMILTON] Excuse me? [BURR] Oh, Wall Street thinks you’re great
 You’ll always be adored by the things you create But upstate—
 
 [HAMILTON]
 Wait [BURR] —people think you’re crooked Schuyler’s seat was up for grabs so I took it [HAMILTON] I’ve always considered you a friend [BURR] I don’t see why that has to end [HAMILTON]
 You changed parties to run against my father-in-law [BURR] I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw I swear your pride will be the death of us all
 Beware, it goeth before the fall Dear Theodosia [BURR] Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?
 You have my eyes. You have your mother’s name When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart I’m dedicating every day to you Domestic life was never quite my style When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart You will come of age with our young nation
 We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you
 If we lay a strong enough foundation
 We’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you And you’ll blow us all away…
 Someday, someday Yeah, you’ll blow us all away Someday, someday [HAMILTON] Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone
 My son
 Look at my son. Pride is not the word I’m looking for There is so much more inside me now Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun
 My son
 When you smile, I fall apart
 And I thought I was so smart My father wasn’t around 
 [BURR]
 My father wasn’t around [HAMILTON & BURR] I swear that
 I’ll be around for you (I’ll be around for you) [HAMILTON] I’ll do whatever it takes [BURR] I’ll make a million mistakes [BURR/HAMILTON] I’ll make the world safe and sound for you… …will come of age with our young nation We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you If we lay a strong enough foundation
 We’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you And you’ll blow us all away...
 Someday, someday
 Yeah, you’ll blow us all away
 Someday, someday Washington On Your Side [BURR] It must be nice, it must be nice to have
 Washington on your side It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side [JEFFERSON] Ev’ry action has its equal, opposite reactions Thanks to Hamilton, our cab’net’s fractured into factions Try not to crack under the stress, we’re breaking down like fractions We smack each other in the press, and we don’t print retractions I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion The way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration As Wall Street robs ‘em blind in search of chips to cash in This prick is askin’ for someone to bring him to task Somebody gimme some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I’ll pull the trigger on him, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket [JEFFERSON AND BURR] It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side Look back at the Bill of Rights [MADISON] Which I wrote [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] The ink hasn’t dried It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side [MADISON] So he’s doubled the size of the government Wasn’t the trouble with much of our previous government size? [BURR] Look in his eyes! [JEFFERSON] See how he lies [MADISON] Follow the scent of his enterprise [JEFFERSON] Centralizing national credit And making American credit competitive [MADISON] If we don’t stop it we aid and abet it [JEFFERSON] I have to resign [MADISON] Somebody has to stand up for the South! [BURR] Somebody has to stand up to his mouth! [JEFFERSON] If there’s a fire you’re trying to douse [MADISON AND JEFFERSON] You can’t put it out from inside the house [JEFFERSON] I’m in the cabinet. I am complicit in Watching him grabbin’ at power and kiss it If Washington isn’t gon’ listen To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference: This kid is out! [MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON] Oh! This immigrant isn’t somebody we chose Oh! This immigrant’s keeping us all on our toes Oh! Let’s show these Federalists who they’re up against! Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON] Southern motherfuckin’— [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Democratic-Republicans! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR/ ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Let’s follow the money and see where it goes [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Because every second the Treasury grows [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] If we follow the money and see where it leads Get in the weeds, look for the seeds of Hamilton’s misdeeds [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] It must be nice. It must be nice [MADISON] Follow the money and see where it goes [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] It must be nice. It must be nice [JEFFERSON] The emperor has no clothes [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] We won’t be invisible. We won’t be denied Still It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side [WASHINGTON] One last time [ALL WOMEN] George Washington’s going home! [HAMILTON] Teach ‘em how to say goodbye [COMPANY] George Washington’s going home [WASHINGTON] You and I [COMPANY] George Washington’s going home [WASHINGTON] Going home [COMPANY] George Washington’s going home [WASHINGTON] History has its eyes on you [COMPANY] George Washington’s going home [WASHINGTON & COMPANY] We’re gonna teach ‘em how to Say goodbye! (Teach ‘em how to say goodbye!) Teach ‘em how to (Teach ‘em how!) Say goodbye! (Say goodbye!) To say goodbye! (Say goodbye!) Say goodbye! One last time! (One last time!) I Know Him [KING GEORGE] They say George Washington’s yielding his power and stepping away ‘Zat true? I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do I’m perplexed Are they gonna keep on replacing whoever’s in charge? If so, who’s next? There’s nobody else in their country who looms quite as large… A sentinel whispers in King George’s ear
 
 John Adams?! I know him That can’t be That’s that little guy who spoke to me
 All those years ago
 What was it, eighty-five? That poor man, they’re gonna eat him alive! Oceans rise
 Empires fall Next to Washington, they all look small All alone Watch them run They will tear each other into pieces Jesus Christ, this will be fun! Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Da da da dat dat da ya daaaaa! Hahahahahahahahaha “President John Adams” Good Luck The Adams Administration [BURR] How does Hamilton the short-tempered Protean creator of the Coast Guard Founder of the New York Post Ardently abuse his cab’net post
 Destroy his reputation? Welcome, folks, to [BURR/COMPANY] The Adams administration! [BURR] Jefferson’s the runner-up, which makes him the Vice President [JEFFERSON] Washington can’t help you now, no more mister nice President [BURR] Adams fires Hamilton Privately calls him “creole bastard” in his taunts [JEFFERSON] Say what?! [BURR] Hamilton publishes his response [HAMILTON] Sit down, John, you fat mother—[BLEEP] [BURR]
 Hamilton is out of control [MADISON] This is great! He’s out of power. He holds no office. And he just destroyed President John Adams, the only other significant member of his party [JEFFERSON] Hamilton’s a host unto himself. As long as he can hold a pen, he’s a threat. Let’s let him know what we know We Know [HAMILTON] Mr. Vice President
 Mr. Madison
 Senator Burr
 What is this? [JEFFERSON] We have the check stubs. From separate accounts… [MADISON] Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts… [BURR] To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in
 Seventeen ninety-one [HAMILTON] Is that what you have? Are you done? [MADISON]
 You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position—
 
 [JEFFERSON]
 Though ‘virtue’ is not a word I’d apply to this situation— [MADISON]
 To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission— [JEFFERSON] And the evidence suggests you’ve engaged in speculation— [BURR] An immigrant embezzling our government funds— [JEFFERSON/MADISON] I can almost see the headline, your career is done [BURR] I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons [BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON] Ya best g'wan run back where ya come from! [HAMILTON] Ha! You don’t even know what you’re asking me to confess [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Confess [HAMILTON] You have nothing. I don’t have to tell you anything at all Unless [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Unless [HAMILTON] If I can prove that I never broke the law
 Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw? [BURR] No one else was in the room where it happened [HAMILTON] Is that a yes? [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Um, yes The Reynolds Pamphlet [FULL COMPANY] The Reynolds Pamphlet [JEFFERSON/MADISON/ANGELICA] Have you read this? [BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON]
 Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair And he wrote it down right there [MADISON] Highlights! [HAMILTON/JEFFERSON, JAMES, & BURR] “The charge against me
 Is a connection with one
 James Reynolds! (James Reynolds!)
 For purposes of
 Improper speculation My real crime is an (My real crime is an) Amorous connection with his wife (Amorous connection with his wife) For a considerable time
 With his knowing consent [MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON] Damn! [HAMILTON/JEFFERSON/MADISON] “I had frequent meetings with her
 Most of them at my own house.” [BURR]
 At his own house!
 
 [MADISON]
 At his own house! [DEEP VOICE]
 Damn! [HAMILTON/JEFFERSON] “Mrs. Hamilton with our children being absent
 On a visit to her father.” [MADISON/BURR] No… [COMPANY] Boooo! [MADISON/BURR] Have you read this? [JEFFERSON] Well, he’s never gon’ be President now
 
 [MADISON/BURR]
 Never gon’ be President now [JEFFERSON] Well, he’s never gon’ be President now [MADISON/BURR] Never gon’ be President now [JEFFERSON] He’s never gon’ be President now [MADISON/BURR] Never gon’ be President now [JEFFERSON]
 That’s one less thing to worry about [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] That’s one less thing to worry about! [ANGELICA]
 I came as soon as I heard 
 [JEFFERSON]
 What?!
 
 [HAMILTON]
 Angelica— [COMPANY]
 All the way from London?!
 Damn
 
 [HAMILTON]
 Angelica, thank God
 Someone who understands what I’m
 Struggling here to do [ANGELICA]
 I’m not here for you
 
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 Oooooh! [ANGELICA] I know my sister like I know my own mind
 You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind I love my sister more than anything in this life I will choose her happiness over mine every time Put what we had aside
 I’m standing at her side
 You could never be satisfied God, I hope you’re satisfied [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR & ENSEMBLE MEN] Well, he’s never gon’ be President now Never gon’ be President now Well, he’s never gon’ be President now Never gon’ be President now Well, he’s never gon’ be President now That’s one less thing to worry about Never gon’ be President now That’s one less thing to worry about That's one less thing to worry about [JEFFERSON/MADISON, HAMILTON, ENSEMBLE WOMEN, & ENSEMBLE MEN]
 Hey! (Well he’s never gon’ be President now)
 At least he was honest with our money! (Well he’s never gon’ be President now)
 Hey!
 At least I was honest with our money! 
 Well he’s never gon’ be President now
 Well he’s never gon’ be President now
 Hey! (Well he’s never gon’ be President now)
 At least he was honest with our money! (Well he’s never gon’ be President now) Hey!
 At least he was honest with our money! That’s one less thing to worry about [FULL COMPANY] That’s one less thing to worry about! The Reynolds Pamphlet [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Have you read this? You ever see somebody ruin their own life? [COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON/ELIZA)] His poor wife Burn [ELIZA]
 I saved every letter you wrote me
 From the moment I read them
 I knew you were mine
 You said you were mine
 I thought you were mine Do you know what Angelica said When we saw your first letter arrive? She said “Be careful with that one, love
 He will do what it takes to survive.” You and your words flooded my senses
 Your sentences left me defenseless
 You built me palaces out of paragraphs
 You built cathedrals I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me
 I’m searching and scanning for answers In every line For some kind of sign And when you were mine The world seemed to Burn
 Burn You published the letters she wrote you
 You told the whole world how you brought
 This girl into our bed In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives Do you know what Angelica said
 When she read what you’d done?
 She said “You have married an Icarus
 He has flown too close to the sun.” You and your words, obsessed with your legacy...
 Your sentences border on senseless
 And you are paranoid in every paragraph
 How they perceive you You, you, you… I’m erasing myself from the narrative
 Let future historians wonder how Eliza
 Reacted when you broke her heart You have torn it all apart I am watching it
 Burn
 Watching it burn The world has no right to my heart
 The world has no place in our bed
 They don’t get to know what I said I’m burning the memories
 Burning the letters that might have redeemed you You forfeit all rights to my heart You forfeit the place in our bed
 You sleep in your office instead With only the memories
 Of when you were mine I hope that you burn [ENSEMBLE] Count to ten! [PHILIP] Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher
 Summon all the courage you require Then slowly and clearly aim your gun towards the sky— [MALE ENSEMBLE] One two three four [FULL ENSEMBLE] Five six seven— Stay Alive [ENSEMBLE WOMEN, HAMILTON, & DOCTOR] Stay alive…
 Stay alive… (Where’s my son?) Mr. Hamilton, come in. They brought him in a half an hour ago. He lost a lot of blood on the way over Stay alive... Is he alive? [DOCTOR] Yes. But you have to understand The bullet entered just above his hip and Lodged in his right arm [HAMILTON] Can I see him please? [DOCTOR] I’m doing ev’rything I can, but the wound was
 Already infected when he arrived— [HAMILTON] Philip [PHILIP] Pa I did exactly as you said, Pa 
 I held my head up high [HAMILTON &PHILIP] I know, I know. Shh
 I know, I know (High)
 Shh. I know you did
 Ev’rything just right Shh (Even before we got to ten—) I know, I know (I was aiming for the sky) I know, I know (I was aiming for the sky) I know Save your strength and Stay alive… [ENSEMBLE MEN] Stay alive... [ELIZA] No! [HAMILTON] Eliza [ELIZA & ENSEMBLE MEN] Is he breathing? Is he going to survive this? (Stay alive...) [ELIZA] Who did this, Alexander, did you know? [PHILIP] Mom, I’m so sorry for forgetting what you taught me [ELIZA] My son— [PHILIP] 
 We played piano 
 
 [ELIZA] 
 I taught you piano [PHILIP] You would put your hands on mine [ELIZA] You changed the melody every time
 
 [PHILIP] 
 Ha. I would always change the line [ELIZA] Shh. I know, I know [PHILIP] I would always change the line [ELIZA] I know, I know [ELIZA & PHILIP] Un deux trois quatre (Un deux trois quatre) Cinq six sept huit neuf (Cinq six sept huit neuf) Good Un deux trois quatre 
 Cinq six sept (Un deux trois…) Huit neuf Sept huit neuf— Sept huit… It’s Quiet Uptown [ANGELICA] There are moments that the words don’t reach There is suffering too terrible to name You hold your child as tight as you can
 And push away the unimaginable The moments when you’re in so deep
 It feels easier to just swim down [ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE] The Hamiltons move uptown And learn to live with the unimaginable [HAMILTON] I spend hours in the garden I walk alone to the store And it’s quiet uptown I never liked the quiet before I take the children to church on Sunday A sign of the cross at the door And I pray
 That never used to happen before [ANGELICA AND WOMEN] If you see him in the street, walking by
 Himself, talking to himself, have pity [HAMILTON] Philip, you would like it uptown
 It’s quiet uptown [ANGELICA AND WOMEN] He is working through the unimaginable [ALL MEN (EXCEPT HAMILTON)] His hair has gone grey. He passes every day They say he walks the length of the city [HAMILTON] You knock me out, I fall apart [COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)] Can you imagine? [HAMILTON] Look at where we are
 Look at where we started
 I know I don’t deserve you, Eliza
 But hear me out. That would be enough If I could spare his life
 If I could trade his life for mine
 He’d be standing here right now
 And you would smile, and that would be enough I don’t pretend to know
 The challenges we’re facing I know there’s no replacing what we’ve lost
 And you need time But I’m not afraid
 I know who I married
 Just let me stay here by your side
 That would be enough [COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)] If you see him in the street, walking by her
 Side, talking by her side, have pity [HAMILTON] Eliza, do you like it uptown? It’s quiet uptown [COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)] He is trying to do the unimaginable See them walking in the park, long after dark Taking in the sights of the city [HAMILTON] Look around, look around, Eliza [A WOMAN] 
 I can’t believe we’re here with him! [A MAN] He seems approachable…? [ANOTHER MALE VOTER] Like you could grab a beer with him! [ENSEMBLE] 
 Dear Mr. Hamilton: your fellow Fed’ralists would like to know how you’ll be voting [HAMILTON] It’s quiet uptown [ENSEMBLE] Dear Mr. Hamilton: John Adams doesn’t stand a chance, so who are you promoting? [HAMILTON] It’s quiet uptown [MEN, WOMEN, & BOTH] Jefferson or Burr? Jefferson or Burr? We know it’s lose-lose Jefferson or Burr? Jefferson or Burr? But if you had to choose [EVEN MORE VOTERS & MEN AND WOMEN] Dear Mr. Hamilton: (Jefferson or Burr?) John Adams doesn’t stand a chance so who are you promoting? (We know it’s lose-lose 
 Jefferson or Burr?) But if you had to choose (But if you had to choose) [HAMILTON] Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr. Sir! [BURR] Alexander! [HAMILTON] You’ve created quite a stir, sir! [BURR] 
 I’m going door to door! 
 
 [HAMILTON] 
 You’re openly campaigning? 
 
 [BURR] 
 Sure! 
 
 [HAMILTON] 
 That’s new [BURR] Honestly, it’s kind of draining [HAMILTON] 
 Burr— 
 
 [BURR] 
 Sir! [HAMILTON] 
 Is there anything you wouldn’t do?[BURR]
 No. I’m chasing what I want
 And you know what?
 
 [HAMILTON] 
 What? 
 
 [BURR] 
 I learned that from you [ENSEMBLE] 
 If you had to choose 
 If you had to choose [MADISON] It’s a tie! [ENSEMBLE] If you had to choose If you had to choose [JEFFERSON] It’s up to the delegates! [ENSEMBLE] 
 If you had to choose 
 If you had to choose [JEFFERSON/MADISON] It’s up to Hamilton! [VOTERS & MADISON AND ENSEMBLE] If you had to choose (Jefferson or Burr?) If you had to choose If you had to Choose (Choose) Choose (Choose) Choose! (Choose!) [HAMILTON] Yo [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] The people are asking to hear my voice [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] For the country is facing a difficult choice [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] And if you were to ask me who I’d promote — [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] —Jefferson has my vote [JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE] 
 Oh! [HAMILTON] I have never agreed with Jefferson once [JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] We have fought on like seventy-five diff’rent fronts [JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] But when all is said and all is done Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none [ENSEMBLE] Oooooooooooooh [MADISON AND JEFFERSON] Well, I’ll be damned
 Well, I’ll be damned [MADISON] Hamilton’s on your side [ENSEMBLE] Well, I’ll be damned Well, I’ll be damned [JEFFERSON] And? [MADISON] You won in a landslide [BURR] Congrats on a race well-run 
 I did give you a fight [JEFFERSON] Uh-huh [BURR] I look forward to our partnership [JEFFERSON] Our partnership? 
 
 [BURR] 
 As your vice-President
 
 [JEFFERSON] 
 Ha. Yeah, right You hear this guy? Man openly campaigns against me, talkin’ bout, “I look forward to our partnership.” [MADISON] It’s crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be Vice President [JEFFERSON] Yeah, you know what? We can change that. You know why? [MADISON] Why? [JEFFERSON] ‘cuz I’m the President. Hey, Burr, when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement Your Obedient Servant [BURR] How does Hamilton 
 An arrogant
 Immigrant, orphan 
 Bastard, whoreson Somehow endorse
 Thomas Jefferson, his enemy
 A man he’s despised since the beginning
 Just to keep me from winning? I wanna be in the room where it happens— 
 
 [BURR AND COMPANY] 
 The room where it happens
 The room where it happens
 
 [BURR] 
 You’ve kept me from— 
 
 [BURR AND COMPANY] 
 The room where it happens
 
 [BURR] 
 For the last time Dear Alexander: I am slow to anger But I toe the line As I reckon with the effects
 Of your life on mine I look back on where I failed And in every place I checked The only common thread has been your disrespect Now you call me “amoral,” 
 A “dangerous disgrace,” If you’ve got something to say
 Name a time and place 
 Face to face I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant 
 A dot Burr [HAMILTON] Mr. Vice President: I am not the reason no one trusts you No one knows what you believe I will not equivocate on my opinion 
 I have always worn it on my sleeve Even if I said what you think I said You would need to cite a more specific grievance Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements 
 [BURR] 
 Sweet Jesus [HAMILTON] Hey, I have not been shy I am just a guy in the public eye 
 Tryin’ to do my best for our republic I don’t wanna fight But I won’t apologize for doing what’s right I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant 
 A dot Ham [BURR] Careful how you proceed, good man 
 Intemperate indeed, good man
 Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet or Prepare to bleed, good man [HAMILTON] Burr, your grievance is legitimate I stand by what I said, every bit of it You stand only for yourself It’s what you do I can’t apologize because it’s true [BURR] Then stand, Alexander Weehawken. Dawn Guns. Drawn [HAMILTON] You’re on [BURR AND HAMILTON] I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant [HAMILTON] 
 A dot Ham
 
 [BURR] 
 A dot Burr running out of time. I’m running, and my time’s up
 Wise up. Eyes up I catch a glimpse of the other side Laurens leads a soldiers’ chorus on the other side My son is on the other side He’s with my mother on the other side Washington is watching from the other side Teach me how to say goodbye Rise up, rise up, rise up
 Eliza
 
 My love, take your time
 I’ll see you on the other side Raise a glass to freedom... [BURR AND COMPANY] He aims his pistol at the sky— [BURR] Wait! [BURR] I strike him right between his ribs I walk towards him, but I am ushered away They row him back across the Hudson I get a drink [COMPANY] Aaaah
 Aaaah
 Aaaah [BURR] I hear wailing in the streets [COMPANY] Aaaah
 Aaaah
 Aaaah [BURR] Somebody tells me, “You’d better hide.” [COMPANY] Aaaah Aaaah Aaaah [BURR] They say [BURR AND ANGELICA] Angelica and Eliza— [BURR] Were both at his side when he died Death doesn’t discriminate
 Between the sinners and the saints
 It takes and it takes and it takes History obliterates
 In every picture it paints
 It paints me and all my mistakes When Alexander aimed
 At the sky He may have been the first one to die But I’m the one who paid for it
 
 I survived, but I paid for it Now I’m the villain in your history I was too young and blind to see...
 I should’ve known I should’ve known
 The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me
 The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story [WASHINGTON]
 Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
 When I was young and dreamed of glory
 You have no control:
 
 [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
 Who lives
 Who dies
 Who tells your story? [BURR]
 President Jefferson:
 
 [JEFFERSON]
 I’ll give him this: his financial system is a
 Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried
 And I tried [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY] Who lives
 Who dies
 Who tells your story? [BURR]
 President Madison: [MADISON] He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit
 For all the credit he gave us [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
 Who lives
 Who dies
 Who tells your story? [ANGELICA] Every other founding father's story gets told
 Every other founding father gets to grow old [BURR] But when you’re gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame? [BURR AND MEN] Who tells your story?
 Who tells your story? [ANGELICA AND WOMEN] Who tells your story?
 Your story? [WOMEN] Eliza [ELIZA] I put myself back in the narrative [WOMEN] Eliza [ELIZA] I stop wasting time on tears I live another fifty years It’s not enough [COMPANY] Eliza [ELIZA] I interview every soldier who fought by your side [MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS] She tells our story [ELIZA] I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings You really do write like you’re running out of— [ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time [ELIZA]
 I rely on—
 
 [ELIZA AND ANGELICA]
 Angelica [ELIZA]
 While she’s alive— [ELIZA AND ANGELICA]
 We tell your story [ELIZA] She is buried in Trinity Church [ELIZA AND ANGELICA] Near you [ELIZA] When I needed her most, she was right on—
 
 [ELIZA AND COMPANY]
 Time [ELIZA] And I’m still not through I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—” [ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time [ELIZA] The Lord, in his kindness
 He gives me what you always wanted He gives me more— [ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time [ELIZA] I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument [WASHINGTON] She tells my story [ELIZA] I speak out against slavery You could have done so much more if you only had—
 
 [ELIZA AND COMPANY]
 Time [ELIZA] And when my time is up, have I done enough? [ELIZA] Will they tell our story? [COMPANY] Will they tell your story? [ELIZA] Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of? [COMPANY] The orphanage [ELIZA] I established the first private orphanage in New York City
 
 [COMPANY]
 The orphanage [ELIZA] I help to raise hundreds of children I get to see them growing up [COMPANY] The orphanage