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AARON 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!

JEFFERSON: France is following us to revolution

There is no more status quo But the sun comes up and the world still spins

I helped Lafayette draft a declaration Then I said, �I gotta go

I gotta be in Monticello.� Now the work at Home begins�

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�

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

Lookin� at the rolling fields I can�t believe that we are free

Ready to face Whatever�s awaiting me in NYC

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?�

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?

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.

MADISON: We have to win

JEFFERSON: What�d I miss?

Headfirst into a political abyss!

I have my first cabinet meeting today I guess I better think of something to say

I�m already on my way Let�s get to the bottom of this�

WASHINGTON: Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

HAMILTON: Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton

WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE: Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home Sir, you�ve been off in Paris for so long!

JEFFERSON: So what did I miss?

WASHINGTON: Ladies and gentlemen

You coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you�re here with us in New York City.

Are you ready for a cabinet meeting?

The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton�s plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank.

Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir

JEFFERSON: �Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.�

We fought for these ideals; we shouldn�t settle for less These are wise words, enterprising men quote �em

Don�t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote �em

But Hamilton forgets His plan would have the government assume state�s debts

Now, place your bets as to who that benefits: The very seat of government where Hamilton sits

HAMILTON: Not true!

JEFFERSON: Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it

If New York�s in debt� Why should Virginia bear it? Uh!

Our debts are paid, I�m afraid Don�t tax the South cuz we got it made in the shade

In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground We create. You just wanna move our money around

This financial plan is an outrageous demand And it�s too many damn pages for any man to understand

Stand with me in the land of the free And pray to God we never see Hamilton�s candidacy

Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky Imagine what gon� happen when you try to tax our whisky

WASHINGTON: Thank you, Secretary Jefferson.

Secretary Hamilton, your response

HAMILTON: Thomas. That was a real nice declaration

Welcome to the present, we�re running a real nation Would you like to join us, or stay mellow

Doin� whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello? If we assume the debts, the union gets

A new line of credit, a financial diuretic How do you not get it? If we�re aggressive and competitive

The union gets a boost. You�d rather give it a sedative? A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor

Your debts are paid cuz you don�t pay for labor �We plant seeds in the South. We create.�

Yeah, keep ranting We know who�s really doing the planting

And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment Don�t lecture me about the war, you didn�t fight in it

You think I�m frightened of you, man? We almost died in a trench

While you were off getting high with the French Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President

Reticent�there isn�t a plan he doesn�t jettison Madison, you�re mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine

Damn, you�re in worse shape than the national debt is in Sittin� there useless as two shits

Hey, turn around, bend over, I�ll show you Where my shoe fits

WASHINGTON: Excuse me? Jefferson, Madison, take a walk!

Hamilton, take a walk! We�ll reconvene after a brief recess. Hamilton!

HAMILTON: Sir!

WASHINGTON: A word

MADISON: You don�t have the votes

JEFFERSON/MADISON: You don�t have the votes

You�re gonna need congressional approval and you don�t have the votes

JEFFERSON: Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder why I even bring the thunder

WASHINGTON: You wanna pull yourself together?

HAMILTON: I�m sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather

WASHINGTON: Young man, I�m from Virginia, so watch your mouth

HAMILTON: So we let Congress get held hostage by the South?

WASHINGTON: You need the votes

HAMILTON: No, we need bold strokes. We need this plan

WASHINGTON: No, you need to convince more folks

HAMILTON: James Madison won�t talk to me, that�s a nonstarter

WASHINGTON: Winning was easy, young man. Governing�s harder

HAMILTON: They�re being intransigent

WASHINGTON: You have to find a compromise

HAMILTON: But they don�t have a plan, they just hate mine!

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

ELIZA: Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf

PHILIP: Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf

ELIZA: Good! Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf

PHILIP: Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf

ELIZA: Sept huit neuf

PHILIP: Sept huit neuf

ELIZA: Sept huit neuf

PHILIP: 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

Has something he�d like to say He�s been practicing all day

Philip, take it away

PHILIP: 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

I practice French And play piano with my mother

I have a sister, but I want a little brother

My daddy�s trying to start America�s bank Un deux trois quatre cinq!

HAMILTON: 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!

Angelica!

ANGELICA: Eliza!

HAMILTON: The Schuyler sisters!

ANGELICA: Alexander

HAMILTON: Hi

ANGELICA: It�s good to see your face

ELIZA: Angelica, tell this man ...

John Adams spends the summer with his family

HAMILTON: Angelica, tell my wife ...

John Adams doesn�t have a real job anyway

ANGELICA: �you�re not joining us? Wait

HAMILTON: I�m afraid I cannot join you upstate

ANGELICA: Alexander, I came all this way

ELIZA: She came all this way

ANGELICA: All this way

ELIZA AND ANGELICA: Take a break

HAMILTON: You know I have to get my plan through Congress

ELIZA AND ANGELICA: Run away with us for the summer

Let�s go upstate

HAMILTON: I lose my job if I don�t get my plan through Congress

ELIZA AND ANGELICA: We can all go stay with our father

ELIZA: There�s a lake I know

ANGELICA: I know I�ll miss your face

ELIZA: In a nearby park

ANGELICA: Screw your courage to the sticking place

ELIZA: You and I can go

ANGELICA: Eliza�s right

ELIZA AND ANGELICA: Take a break and get away

ANGELICA: Run away with us for the summer

ELIZA: Let�s go upstate Where we can stay

ANGELICA: We can all go stay with our father If you take your time

ELIZA: Look around, look around At how lucky we are to be alive right now

ANGELICA: You will make your mark Close your eyes and dream

ELIZA: We can go

ELIZA AND ANGELICA: When the night gets dark Take a break.

HAMILTON: I have to get my plan through Congress

I can�t stop until I get this plan through Congress

BURR: There�s nothing like summer in the city

Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty

There�s trouble in the air, you can smell it And Alexander�s by himself. I�ll let him tell it

HAMILTON: I hadn�t slept in a week

I was weak, I was awake You never seen a bastard orphan

More in need of a break Longing for Angelica

Missing my wife That�s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:

MARIA: I know you are a man of honor

I�m so sorry to bother you at home But I don�t know where to go, and I came here all alone�

HAMILTON: She said:

MARIA: My husband�s doin� me wrong

Beatin� me, cheatin� me, mistreatin� me... Suddenly he�s up and gone

I don�t have the means to go on

HAMILTON: So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said

MARIA: You�re too kind, sir

HAMILTON: I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away

She lived a block away, she said:

MARIA: This one�s mine, sir

HAMILTON: Then I said, �well, I should head back home,�

She turned red, she led me to her bed Let her legs spread and said:

MARIA: Stay?

HAMILTON: Hey�

MARIA: Hey�

HAMILTON: That�s when I began to pray:

Lord, show me how to Say no to this

I don�t know how to Say no to this

But my God, she looks so helpless And her body�s saying, �hell, yes�

MARIA: Whoa...

HAMILTON: Nooo, show me how to

Say no to this I don�t know how to

Say no to this In my mind, I�m tryin� to go

Then her mouth is on mine, and I don�t say�

No! No! Say no to this!

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: Please don�t leave me with him helpless

HAMILTON: I am helpless�how could I do this?

MARIA: Just give him what he wants and you can have me

HAMILTON: I don�t want you

MARIA: Whatever you want

MARIA: If you pay You can stay

HAMILTON Lord, show me how to say no to this

I don�t know how to Say no to this

Cuz the situation�s helpless And her body�s screaming, �Hell, yes�

No, show me how to Say no to this

How can I Say no to this?

There is nowhere I can go

When her body�s on mine I do not say�

ENSEMBLE: No!

HAMILTON Yes!

ENSEMBLE: No!

HAMILTON Yes!

ENSEMBLE: No!

HAMILTON Yes!

ENSEMBLE: No!

HAMILTON Yes!

HAMILTON: Say no to this�

I don�t say no to this There is nowhere I can go.

JAMES: So?

HAMILTON: Nobody needs to know

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

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.�

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

Diametric�ly opposed, foes They emerge with a compromise

Having opened doors that were Previously closed (Bros!)

The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power A system he can shape however he wants

The Virginians emerge with the nation�s capital And here�s the pi�ce de r�sistance:

No one else was in The room where it happened

The room where it happened The room where it happened

No one else was in The room where it happened

The room where it happened The room where it happened

No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade

How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens

But no one else is in The room where it happens.

Thomas claims

JEFFERSON: Alexander was on Washington�s doorstep one day

In distress �n disarray

BURR AND COMPANY: Thomas claims

JEFFERSON: Alexander said

HAMILTON: I�ve nowhere else to turn!

JEFFERSON: And basic�ly begged me to join the fray

BURR AND COMPANY: Thomas claims

JEFFERSON: I approached Madison and said

�I know you hate �im, but let�s hear what he has to say.�

BURR AND COMPANY: Thomas claims

JEFFERSON: Well, I arranged the meeting

I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating

BURR: But! No one else was in The room where it happened

The room where it happened The room where it happened

No one else was in The room where it happened

The room where it happened The room where it happened

No one really knows how the Parties get to yesssss

The pieces that are sacrificed in Ev�ry game of chesssss

We just assume that it happens

But no one else is in The room where it happens.

Meanwhile Madison is grappling with the fact

that not ev�ry issue can be settled by committee

Meanwhile Congress is fighting over where to put the capital�

It isn�t pretty Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner and invite

And Madison responds with Virginian insight:

MADISON: Maybe we can solve one problem with another

and win a victory for the Southerners, in other words

JEFFERSON: Oh-ho!

MADISON: A quid pro quo

JEFFERSON: I suppose

MADISON: Wouldn�t you like to work a little closer to home?

JEFFERSON: Actually, I would

MADISON: Well, I propose the Potomac

JEFFERSON: And you�ll provide him his votes?

MADISON: Well, we�ll see how it goes

JEFFERSON: Let�s go

BURR: No!

-one else was in The room where it happened

The room where it happened The room where it happened

No one else was in The room where it happened

The room where it happened The room where it happened

My God! In God we trust

But we�ll never really know what got discussed Click-boom then it happened

And no one else was in the room where it happened

Alexander Hamilton!

What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river?

Alexander Hamilton!

Did Washington know about the dinner? Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?

Alexander Hamilton!

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�

Wait for it, wait for it, wait!

God help and forgive me I wanna build

Something that�s gonna Outlive me

What do you want, Burr? What do you want, Burr?

If you stand for nothing Burr, then what do you fall for?

I - 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

I - I wanna be in

The room where it happens

I - I wanna be in

The room - oh!

I wanna be, I wanna be, I've gotta be, I've gotta be

In that room That big ol' room

The art of the compromise�

Hold your nose and close your eyes

We want our leaders to save the day�

But we don�t get a say in what they trade away

We dream of a brand new start�

But we dream in the dark for the most part

Dark as a tomb where it happens

I�ve got to be in The room�

I�ve got to be... I�ve got to be...

Oh, I�ve got to be in The room where it happens�

I�ve got to be, I�ve gotta be, I�ve gotta be�

In the room!

Click-boom!

PHILLIP: 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

PHILLIP: Daddy�s gonna find out any minute

ELIZA: I�m sure he already knows

PHILLIP: Further down

PHILLIP & ELIZA: Further down

PHILLIP: Let�s meet the newest senator from New York

ELIZA: New York

PHILLIP & 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

WASHINGTON: The issue on the table:

France is on the verge of war with England,

and do we provide aid and our troops to our French allies or do we stay out of it?

Remember, my decision on this matter is not subject to congressional approval.

The only person you have to convince is me. Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir.

JEFFERSON: When we were on death�s door

When we were needy We made a promise

We signed a treaty We need money and guns and half a chance

Uh, who provided those funds?

MADISON: France.

JEFFERSON: In return, they didn�t ask for land,

Only a promise that we�d lend a hand And stand with them

If they fought against oppressors And revolution is messy

But now is the time to stand! Stand with our brothers

As they fight against tyranny. I know that Alexander Hamilton is here and he

Would rather not have this debate; I�ll remind you that he is not Secretary of State!

He knows nothing of loyalty Smells like new money, dresses like fake royalty

Desperate to rise above his station, Everything he does betrays the ideals of our nation.

Hey, and if you don�t know, now you know, Mr. President.

WASHINGTON Thank you, Secretary Jefferson.

Secretary Hamilton, your response?

HAMILTON: You must be out of your goddamn mind

If you think The President is going to bring the nation to the brink

Of meddling in the middle of a military mess, A game of chess,

Where France is Queen and King-less. We signed a treaty with a King whose head is now in a basket,

Would you like to take it out and ask it? Should we honor our treaty, King Louis�s head?

�Uh, do whatever you want I�m super dead!�

WASHINGTON: Enough enough, Hamilton is right.

JEFFERSON: Mr. President!

WASHINGTON: We�re too fragile to start another fight.

JEFFERSON: But sir, do we not fight for freedom?

WASHINGTON: Sure, when the French figure out who�s gonna lead �em.

JEFFERSON: The people are leading!

WASHINGTON: The people are rioting! There�s a difference!

Frankly it�s a little disquieting You would let your ideals blind you to reality!

Hamilton?

HAMILTON: Sir!

WASHINGTON: Draft the statement of neutrality.

JEFFERSON: Did you forget Lafayette?

HAMILTON: What?

JEFFERSON: Have you an ounce of regret?

You accumulate debt, you accumulate power. Yet in their hour of need, you forget.

HAMILTON: Lafayette�s a smart man, he�ll be fine.

And before he was your friend, he was mine. If we try to fight in every revolution in the world,

We never stop. Where do we draw the line?

JEFFERSON: So quick witted.

HAMILTON: Alas, I admit it.

JEFFERSON: I bet you were quite a lawyer.

HAMILTON: My defendants got acquitted

JEFFERSON: Yeah, well someone ought to remind you

HAMILTON: What?

JEFFERSON: You�re nothing without Washington behind you.

WASHINGTON: Hamilton!

JEFFERSON: Daddy�s calling!

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 cabinet�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 asking for someone to bring him to task

Somebody give me 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

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!

BURR & JEFFERSON: 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: Well, somebody has to stand up to his mouth!

JEFFERSON: If there�s a fire you�re trying to douse

You can�t put it out from inside the house!

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!

ALL: OH! This immigrant isn�t somebody we chose!

OH! This immigrant�s keeping us all on our toes!

OH! Let�s show these Federalists what they�re up against!

OH! Southern motherfucking Democratic-Republicans!

OH! Let�s follow the money and see where it goes!

OH! Because every second, the treasury grows!

OH! If we follow the money and see where it leads

Get in the weeds, look for the seeds of Hamilton�s misdeeds!

It must be nice, it must be nice�

MADISON: Follow the money and see where it goes!

ALL: It must be nice, it must be nice�

JEFFERSON: The emperor has no clothes

ALL: 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

HAMILTON: Mr. President, you asked to see me?

WASHINGTON: I know you�re busy

HAMILTON: What do you need, sir?

Sir?

WASHINGTON: I wanna give you a word of warning

HAMILTON: Sir, I don�t know what you heard

But whatever it is, Jefferson started it

WASHINGTON: Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning

HAMILTON: You�re kidding

WASHINGTON: I need a favor

HAMILTON: Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior!

WASHINGTON: Shh. Talk less

HAMILTON: I�ll use the press

I�ll write under a pseudonym, you�ll see what I can do to him

WASHINGTON: I need you to draft an address

HAMILTON: Yes! He resigned.

You can finally speak your mind

WASHINGTON: No ...

He�s stepping down so he can run for President

HAMILTON: Ha! Good luck defeating you, sir.

WASHINGTON: I�m stepping down.

I�m not running for President

HAMILTON: I�m sorry, what?

WASHINGTON: One last time

Relax, have a drink with me One last time

Let�s take a break tonight And then we�ll teach them how to say goodbye

To say goodbye You and I

HAMILTON: No, sir, why?

WASHINGTON: I wanna talk about neutrality

HAMILTON: Sir

With Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time ...

WASHINGTON: I want to warn against partisan fighting

HAMILTON: But�

WASHINGTON: Pick up a pen, start writing

I wanna talk about what I have learned The hard-won wisdom I have earned

HAMILTON: As far as the people are concerned

You have to serve, you could continue to serve

WASHINGTON: No!

One last time The people will hear from me

One last time And if we get this right

We�re gonna teach �em how to say Goodbye

You and I

HAMILTON: Mr. President, they will say you�re weak

WASHINGTON: No, they will see we�re strong

HAMILTON: Your position is so unique

WASHINGTON: So I�ll use it to move them along

HAMILTON: Why do you have to say goodbye?

WASHINGTON: If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on

It outlives me when I�m gone

Like the scripture says:

�Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree And no one shall make them afraid.�

They�ll be safe in the nation we�ve made

I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree A moment alone in the shade

At home in this nation we�ve made One last time

HAMILTON: One last time

Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error

I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects Not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors.

I shall also carry with me The hope

That my country will View them with indulgence

And that after forty-five years of my life Dedicated to its service with an upright zeal

The faults of incompetent abilities will be Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest

I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking

In the midst of my fellow-citizens, The benign influence of good laws under a free government The ever-favorite object of my heart

And the happy reward, as I trust Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.

One last time

COMPANY: 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: We�re gonna teach �em how to Say goodbye!

Teach �em how to Say goodbye!

To say goodbye! Say goodbye!

One last time!

KING GEORGE III: They say

George Washington's yielding his power and stepping away

Is that true? I wasn't aware that was something a person could do

I'm perplexed. Are they going to keep on replacing whoever's in charge?

If so who's next? There's nobody else in their country who looms quite as large

What?

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, '85? That poor man they're going to eat him alive!

Ocean's rise, empires fall Next to Washington they all look small

All alone, watch them run

They will tear each other in to pieces Jesus Christ this will be fun!

President John Adams

Good luck!

BURR: How does Hamilton

the short-tempered, protean creator of the coast guard,

founder of the New York Post ardently abuse his cabinet post

destroy his reputation? Welcome folks, to the Adam�s Administration.

Jefferson�s the runner-up which makes him the vice-president

MADISON: Washington can�t help you now

No more Mr. Nice President

BURR: Adams fires Hamilton

Privately calls him creole bastard in his toss

Hamilton publishes his response.

HAMILTON: Sit down John

You fat mother-fucker!

JEFFERSON: Hamilton�s 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 is a host unto himself

As long as he can hold a pen, he�s a threat.

Let�s let him know what 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

BURR: �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, it was my wife who you decided to�

JEFFERSON: Whaaaat�

HAMILTON: She courted me

Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner That�s when Reynolds extorted me

For a sordid fee I paid him quarterly

I may have mortally wounded my prospects But my papers are orderly!

As you can see I kept a record Of every check in my checkered history

Check it again against your list n� see consistency I never spent a cent that wasn�t mine

You sent the dogs after my scent, that�s fine Yes, I have reasons for shame

But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action

Are my answers to your satisfaction?

JEFFERSON: My God

MADISON: Gentlemen, let�s go

HAMILTON: So?

JEFFERSON AND MADISON: The people won't know what we know

HAMILTON: Burr!

How do I know you won�t use this against me The next time we go toe to toe?

BURR: Alexander, rumors only grow.

And we both Know what we know

HAMILTON: In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet

For just a moment A yellow sky

When I was seventeen a hurricane Destroyed my town

I didn�t drown I couldn�t seem to die

I wrote my way out Wrote everything down far as I could see

I wrote my way out I looked up and the town had its eyes on me

They passed a plate around Total strangers

Moved to kindness by my story

Raised enough for me to book passage on a Ship that was New York bound�

I wrote my way out of hell I wrote my way to revolution

I was louder than the crack in the bell I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell

I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well

And in the face of ignorance and resistance I wrote financial systems into existence

And when my prayers to God were met with indifference I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance

In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet

For just a moment A yellow sky

I was twelve when my mother died She was holding me

We were sick and she was holding me I couldn�t seem to die

BURR: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it�

HAMILTON: I�ll write my way out�

BURR AND ENSEMBLE: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it�

HAMILTON: Write ev�rything down, far as I can see�

BURR AND ENSEMBLE: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait�

HAMILTON: I�ll write my way out� Overwhelm them with honesty.

This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only Way I can protect my legacy�

COMPANY: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait�

HAMILTON: The Reynolds Pamphlet

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: �The charge against me

Is a connection with one James Reynolds!

For purposes of Improper speculation

My real crime is an 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

COMPANY: 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: Well, he�s never gon� be President now

Well, he�s never gon� be President now

That�s one less thing to worry about.

JEFFERSON/MADISON/HAMILTON: Hey!

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.

The Reynolds Pamphlet

Have you read this?

You ever see somebody ruin their own life?

His poor wife

ELIZA HAMILTON 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'm 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'll sleep in your office instead

With only the memories of when you were mine

I hope that you burn

PHILIP: Meet the latest graduate of King�s College!

I prob�ly shouldn�t brag, but, dag, I amaze and astonish! The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops!

The ladies say my brain�s not where the resemblance stops! I�m only nineteen but my mind is older

Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder I shoulder his legacy with pride

I used to hear him say That someday I would�

ENSEMBLE: Blow us all away!

PHILIP: Ladies, I�m lookin for a Mr. George Eacker

Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July speaker He disparaged my father�s legacy in front of a crowd

I can�t have that, I�m making my father proud

MARTHA: I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks

He was goin� to see a play

PHILIP: Well, I�ll go visit his box

DOLLY: God, you�re a fox

PHILIP: And y�all look pretty good in ya� frocks

How �bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks?

BOTH: Ok!

COMPANY: Blow us all away!

PHILIP: George!

GEORGE: Shh

PHILIP: George!

GEORGE: Shh! I�m tryin� to watch the show!

PHILIP: Ya� shoulda watched your mouth before you Talked about my father though!

GEORGE: I didn�t say anything that wasn�t true

You father�s a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you

ENSEMBLE: Ooooooooooh!

PHILIP: It�s like that?

GEORGE: Yeah, I don�t fool around I�m not your little schoolboy friends

PHILIP: See you on the dueling ground

That is, unless you wanna step outside and go now

GEORGE: I know where to find you, piss off I�m watchin� this show now

PHILIP: Pops, if you had only heard

The shit he said about you I doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to�

HAMILTON: Slow down

PHILIP: I came to ask you for advice.

This is my very first duel They don�t exactly cover this subject in boarding school

HAMILTON: Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace?

PHILIP: He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talks cease

HAMILTON: Where is this happening?

PHILIP: Across the river, in Jersey

HAMILTON/PHILIP: Everything is legal in New Jersey�

HAMILTON Alright.

So this is what you�re gonna do: Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you

When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air This will put an end to the whole affair

PHILIP: But what if he decides to shoot? Then I�m a goner

HAMILTON: No. He�ll follow suit if he�s truly a man of honor

To take someone�s life, that is something you can�t shake Philip, your mother can�t take another heartbreak

PHILIP: Father�

HAMILTON: Promise me. You don�t want this Young man�s blood on your conscience

PHILIP: Okay, I promise

HAMILTON: Come back home when you�re done

Take my guns. Be smart. Make me proud, son

PHILIP: My name is Philip

I am a poet I�m a little nervous, but I can�t show it

I�m sorry, I�m a Hamilton with pride You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide

Mister Eacker! How was the rest of your show?

GEORGE: I�d rather skip the pleasantries

Let�s go Grab your pistol

PHILIP: Confer with your men

The duel will commence after we count to ten

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

ENSEMBLE WOMEN: Stay alive�

Stay alive�

HAMILTON: Where�s my son?

DOCTOR: Mr. Hamilton, come in.

They brought him in a half an hour ago. He lost a lot of blood on the way over.

HAMILTON: 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: I know, I know. Shh, I know, I know

Shh. I know you did Ev�rything just right

PHILIP: Even before we got to ten

I was aiming for the sky

HAMILTON: I know, I know

PHILIP: I was aiming for the sky

HAMILTON: Shh, I know, I know I know

Save your strength and Stay alive�

ELIZA: No!

HAMILTON: Eliza

ELIZA: Is he breathing? Is he going to survive this?

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: Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf

PHILIP: Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf

ELIZA: Good

Un deux trois quatre

PHILIP: Un deux trois�

ELIZA: Sept huit neuf�

Sept huit�

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

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

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

WOMEN: He is working through the unimaginable

MEN: 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: 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: 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: 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

COMPANY: They are trying to do the unimaginable

ANGELICA: There are moments that the words don�t reach

There is a grace too powerful to name We push away what we can never understand

We push away the unimaginable

They are standing in the garden Alexander by Eliza�s side

She takes his hand

ELIZA: It�s quiet uptown

COMPANY: Forgiveness. Can you imagine?

Forgiveness. Can you imagine?

If you see him in the street, walking by her Side, talking by her side, have pity

They are going through the unimaginable

ENSEMBLE: The Election of 1800!

JEFFERSON: Can we get back to politics?

MADISON: Please?

JEFFERSON: Yo, every action has its equal opposite reaction

John Adams shat the bed I love the guy, but he�s in traction

Poor Alexander Hamilton, he is missing in action So now I�m facing Aaron Burr with his own faction

MADISON: He�s very attractive in the North New Yorkers like his chances

JEFFERSON: He�s not very forthcoming on any particular stances

MADISON: Ask him a question, it glances off He obfuscates, he dances

JEFFERSON: And they say I�m a Francophile At least they know I know where France is

MADISON: Thomas, that�s the problem See, they see Burr as a less extreme you

You need to change course A key endorsement might redeem you

JEFFERSON: Who did you have in mind?

MADISON: Don�t laugh

JEFFERSON: Who is it?

MADISON: You used to work on the same staff.

JEFFERSON: Whaaaat?

MADISON: It might be nice, it might be nice To get Hamilton on your side

JEFFERSON AND MADISON: It might be nice, it might be nice To get Hamilton on your side

AARON BURR: Talk less!

Smile more!

Don't let them know what you're against Or what you're for!

Shake hands with him!

Charm her!

It�s 1800 Ladies, tell your husbands, vote for Burr!

VARIOUS ENSEMBLE: I don�t like Adams!

Well, he�s gonna lose, that�s just defeatist.

And Jefferson? In love with France!

Yeah, he�s so elitist!

I like that Aaron Burr! I can�t believe we�re here with him!

He seems approachable? Like you could grab a beer with him

ENSEMBLE: Dear Mr. Hamilton

Your fellow Federalists 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 you are you promoting?

HAMILTON: It�s quiet uptown�

ENSEMBLE: Jefferson or Burr? Jefferson or Burr? We know, it�s lose/lose

Jefferson or Burr? Jefferson or Burr? But if you had to choose�

Dear Mr. Hamilton

John Adams doesn�t stand a chance So who you are you promoting?

But if you had to choose!

HAMILTON: Well, if 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 AND MADISON: It�s up to Hamilton!

ENSEMBLE: If you had to choose, if you had to choose�

Jefferson or Burr? Jefferson or Burr?

Choose, choose, choose!

HAMILTON: Yo

The people are asking to hear my voice

But the country is facing a difficult choice

And you were to ask me who I�d promote�

�Jefferson has my vote

I have never agreed with Jefferson once�

We have fought on like 75 different fronts

But when all said and all is done�

Jefferson has beliefs; Burr has none

ENSEMBLE: Ooooh!

JEFFERSON AND MADISON: 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!

MADISON: And� you won in a landslide

BURR: Congrats on a race well won

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: Yeah, right!

You hear this guy?

Man openly campaigns against me Talking �bout �I look forward to our partnership!�

MADISON: It is crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be vice president

JEFFERSON: Ooh! Y�know what, we can change that! Y�know why?

MADISON: Why?

JEFFERSON: �Cause I�m the president!

Burr, uh�

When you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement.

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

The room where it happens The room where it happens

You�ve kept me from The room where it happens

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

ELIZA: Alexander, come back to sleep

HAMILTON: I have an early meeting out of town

ELIZA: It's still dark outside

HAMILTON: I know, I just need to write something down

ELIZA: Why do you write like you're running out of time?

HAMILTON: Shh

ELIZA: Come back to bed, that would be enough

HAMILTON: I'll be back before you know I'm gone

ELIZA: Come back to sleep

HAMILTON: This meeting's at dawn

ELIZA: Well I'm going back to sleep

HAMILTON: Hey

Best of wives and best of women

MALE COMPANY: One two three four

FULL COMPANY: Five six seven eight nine�

BURR: There are ten things you need to know

COMPANY: Number one!

BURR: We rowed across the Hudson at dawn

My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on as my�

BURR AND COMPANY: Number two!

BURR: Hamilton arrived with his crew:

Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew

COMPANY: Number three!

BURR: I watched Hamilton examine the terrain

I wish I could tell you what was happ�ning in his brain This man has poisoned my political pursuits!

COMPANY: Most disputes die and no one shoots!

Number four!

BURR: Hamilton drew first position

Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission This is a soldier with a marksman�s ability

The doctor turned around so he could have deniability

COMPANY: Five!

BURR: Now I didn�t know this at the time But we were�

BURR, PHILIP AND HAMILTON: Near the same spot Your/My son died, is that why -

COMPANY: Six!

BURR: He examined his gun with such rigor?

I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger

COMPANY: Seven!

BURR: Confession time? Here�s what I got:

My fellow soldiers�ll tell you I�m a terrible shot

COMPANY: Number eight!

MEN: Your last chance to negotiate

Send in your seconds See if they can set the record straight

BURR: They won�t teach you this in your classes

But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses

Why? If not to take deadly aim? It�s him or me, the world will never be the same

I had only one thought before the slaughter: This man will not make an orphan of my daughter

COMPANY: Number nine!

BURR: Look him in the eye, aim no higher

Summon all the courage you require Then count:

COMPANY: One two three four five six seven eight nine

Number ten paces! Fire!�

HAMILTON: I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

Is this where it gets me On my feet, sev�ral feet ahead of me?

I see it coming Do I run or fire my gun or let it be?

There is no beat, no melody

Burr, my first friend, my enemy Maybe the last face I ever see

If I throw away my shot Is this how you�ll remember me?

What if this bullet is my legacy?

Legacy.

What is a legacy?

It�s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see

I wrote some notes At the beginning of a song someone will sing for me

America, you great unfinished symphony You sent for me, you let me make a difference

A place where even orphan immigrants Can leave their fingerprints and rise up

I�m 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!

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

I hear wailing in the streets

Somebody tells me, �You�d better hide.�

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

WASHINGTON: Let me tell you what I wish I�d known

When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no control

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

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

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?

ENSEMBLE: Who tells 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 time

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 time

ELIZA: And I�m still not through

I ask myself �What would you do if you had more time�

The Lord, in his kindness He gives me what you always wanted, he gives me more time

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 time

And when my time is up, have I done enough?

Will they tell our story?

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

ELIZA: In their eyes I see you, Alexander

I see you every time

And when my time is up Have I done enough?

Will they tell my story?

Oh, I can�t wait to see you again

It�s only a matter of time

COMPANY: Will they tell your story?

Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?

Will they tell your story?

Who lives, who dies� Who tells your story?