ACT I

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING

 Jeffrey Seller Sander Jacobs Jill Furman
AND
The Public Theater
PRESENT

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

Lin-Manuel Miranda
INSPIRED BY THE BOOK ALEXANDER HAMILTON BY
Ron Chernow

WITH
Daveed Diggs Rene Elise Goldsberry Jonathan Groff Christopher Jackson
Jasmine Cephas Jones Lin-Manuel Miranda Javier Muoz Leslie Odom, Jr.
Okieriete Onaodowan Anthony Ramos Phillipa Soo
AND
Carleigh Bettiol Andrew Chappelle Ariana DeBose Alysha Deslorieux
Sydney James Harcourt Neil Haskell Sasha Hutchings Thayne Jasperson
Stephanie Klemons Morgan Marcell Emmy Raver-Lampman
Jon Rua Austin Smith Seth Stewart Betsy Struxness
Ephraim Sykes Voltaire Wade-Greene

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN

David Korins Paul Tazewell Howell Binkley Nevin Steinberg
HAIR AND WIG DESIGN MUSIC COORDINATOR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
Charles G. LaPointe Michael Keller Sam Rudy Media Relations
Michael Aarons
TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER COMPANY MANAGER
Hudson Theatrical Associates J. Philip Bassett Brig Berney
CASTING ARRANGEMENTS GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Telsey + Company Alex Lacamoire Baseline Theatrical
Bethany Knox, CSA Lin-Manuel Miranda Andy Jones

MUSIC DIRECTION AND ORCHESTRATIONS BY

Alex Lacamoire
CHOREOGRAPHY BY

Andy Blankenbuehler
DIRECTED BY

Thomas Kail
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HAMILTON WAS PRESENTED IN NEW YORK IN FEBRUARY 2015 BY THE PUBLIC THEATER.
OSKAR EUSTIS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PATRICK WILLINGHAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ACT I Disc 1
1. ALEXANDER HAMILTON
2. AARON BURR, SIR
3. MY SHOT
4. THE STORY OF TONIGHT
5. THE SCHUYLER SISTERS
6. FARMER REFUTED
7. YOULL BE BACK
8. RIGHT HAND MAN
9. A WINTERS BALL
10. HELPLESS
11. SATISFIED
12. THE STORY OF
TONIGHT (REPRISE)
13. WAIT FOR IT
14. STAY ALIVE
15. TEN DUEL COMMANDMENTS
16. MEET ME INSIDE
17. THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH
18. GUNS AND SHIPS
19. HISTORY HAS ITS
EYES ON YOU
20. YORKTOWN (THE WORLD
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN)
21. WHAT COMES NEXT?
22. DEAR THEODOSIA
23. NON-STOP
Cast Orchestrations By.................................................................................................. ALEX LACAMOIRE
Alexander Hamilton .............................................................................. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Music Coordination...........................................MICHAEL KELLER AND MICHAEL AARONS
Eliza Hamilton.................................................................................................................. PHILLIPA SOO Synthesizer and Drum Programmer ............................................................ RANDY COHEN
Aaron Burr..................................................................................................................LESLIE ODOM, JR. Broadway Sound Effects by..........................................................................NEVIN STEINBERG
Angelica Schuyler............................................................................. RENE ELISE GOLDSBERRY Ableton Programmer..................................................................................... SCOTT WASSERMAN
George Washington.............................................................................CHRISTOPHER JACKSON Associate Synthesizer Programmer........................................................ TAYLOR WILLIAMS
Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson....................................................DAVEED DIGGS Assistant Synthesizer Programmer...................................................................JEREMY KING
Hercules Mulligan/James Madison......................................... OKIERIETE ONAODOWAN Drum Samples and Additional Loop Editing.................................................WILL WELLS
John Laurens/Philip Hamilton.................................................................... ANTHONY RAMOS
Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds................................................JASMINE CEPHAS JONES Conductor/Keyboard 1...................................................................................... ALEX LACAMOIRE
King George............................................................................................................ JONATHAN GROFF Keyboard 2/Associate Music Director.........................................................KURT CROWLEY
James Reynolds/Doctor............................................................... SYDNEY JAMES HARCOURT Concertmaster ............................................................................................. JONATHAN DINKLAGE
Samuel Seabury...............................................................................................THAYNE JASPERSON Violin .................................................................................................................ERIN BENIM MAYLAND
Charles Lee................................................................................................................................... JON RUA Viola/Violin .................................................................................................................... MARIO GOTOH
George Eacker............................................................................................................ EPHRAIM SYKES Cello.......................................................................................................................................... ANJA WOOD
Martha/Sentinel ....................................................................................................... ARIANA DeBOSE Drums............................................................................................................................ ANDRES FORERO
Dolly............................................................................................................................SASHA HUTCHINGS Percussion/Keyboard............................................................................................. BENNY REINER
Bass/Keyboard.................................................................................................RICHARD HAMMOND
Ensemble Vocals Guitars/Banjo.................................................................................................. ROBIN MACATANGAY
CARLEIGH BETTIOL, ANDREW CHAPPELLE, ARIANA DeBOSE, Additional Musicians For Recording:
ALYSHA DESLORIEUX, SYDNEY JAMES HARCOURT, NEIL HASKELL, Harp................................................................................................................................ LAURA SHERMAN
SASHA HUTCHINGS, THAYNE JASPERSON, STEPHANIE KLEMONS, Wood Table On Aaron Burr, Sir........................... AHMIR QUESTLOVE THOMPSON
MORGAN MARCELL, JAVIER MUOZ, EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN, JON RUA,
AUSTIN SMITH, SETH STEWART, BETSY STRUXNESS, EPHRAIM SYKES,
VOLTAIRE WADE-GREENE Mixed By.................................................................... TIM LATHAM at ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC
and INVICTUS SOUND, LONG ISLAND, NY
Produced by ALEX LACAMOIRE, BILL SHERMAN, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Recorded By.....................................................................DERIK LEE at AVATAR STUDIOS, NYC
and AHMIR THOMPSON & TARIK TROTTER for THE ROOTS and ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC
Executive Produced by LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA and AHMIR THOMPSON & TARIK Music Copying ...................................................... EMILY GRISHMAN MUSIC PREPARATION/
TROTTER for THE ROOTS EMILY GRISHMAN, KATHARINE EDMONDS
Associate Producers: CRAIG KALLMAN, RIGGS MORALES, SEAN PATRICK FLAHAVEN Keyboard And Electric Drum Rental................................................... COHEN KEYBOARDS
and THOMAS KAIL Percussion Rental........................................................................................................... ERIC POLAND
A&R: PETE GANBARG AvantGrand Piano provided by Yamaha
A&R Administration: CRAIG ROSEN Questlove exclusively plays ModernCre8ve Table 001 April Writing Desk
Production Manager: JILL DELLABATE Series
Marketing For Atlantic Records: DIANE VADNAL
Assistant Engineers: TYLER HARTMAN, RON ROBINSON and EBONIE SMITH
Music Assistants: KHIYON HURSEY, MADELINE MYERS and JOSEPHINE BEARDEN
Mastered by TOM COYNE at STERLING SOUND, NYC
ACT I BURR
Well, the word got around, they said, This
kid is insane, man
for someone less
astute,
he woulda been dead
took up a collection just to send him to the or destitute
1. ALEXANDER mainland. without a cent of
HAMILTON Get your education, dont forget from whence restitution,
you came, and started workin,
AARON BURR the world is gonna know your name. Whats clerkin for his late
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore your name, man? mothers landlord,
and a tradin sugar cane
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a ALEXANDER HAMILTON and rum and all the
forgotten Alexander Hamilton. things he cant afford
spot in the Caribbean by providence, My name is Alexander Hamilton. scammin for every
impoverished, in squalor, And theres a million things I havent done, book he can get his COMPANY
grow up to be a hero and a scholar? but just you wait, just you wait . . . hands on, Scammin
ELIZA HAMILTON plannin for the
JOHN LAURENS future see him now as
The ten-dollar founding father without a When he was ten his father split, full of it,
debt-ridden, he stands on Plannin
father the bow of a ship Oooh
got a lot farther by working a lot harder, two years later, see Alex and his mother
bed-ridden, headed for a new
by being a lot smarter, land,
by being a self-starter, half-dead sittin in their own sick,
the scent thick, In New York you can
by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a be a new man.
trading charter.
COMPANY COMPANY HAMILTON
THOMAS JEFFERSON And Alex got better but his mother went quick. In New York you can Just you wait!
And every day while slaves were being GEORGE be a new man
slaughtered and carted WASHINGTON In New York you can Just you wait!
away across the waves, he struggled and kept Moved in with a be a new man
his guard up. cousin, the cousin
Inside, he was longing for something to be committed suicide. COMPANY
a part of, Left him with nothin In New York you can be a new man
the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow but ruined pride,
or barter. WOMEN
something new inside, In New York
JAMES MADISON a voice saying,
Then a hurricane came, and devastation You gotta fend for COMPANY MEN
reigned, yourself. Alex, New York
our man saw his future drip, dripping down he started retreatin you gotta fend for
the drain, and readin every yourself. HAMILTON
put a pencil to his temple, connected it to treatise on the shelf. Just you wait!
his brain, BURR COMPANY
and he wrote his first refrain, a testament There would have Alexander Hamilton, COMPANY
to his pain. been nothin left Alexander Hamilton,
to do
We are waiting in the COMPANY So howd you do it? Howd you graduate
wings for you. Waiting in the wings Theres a million things I havent done, so fast?
for you. but just you wait!
You could BURR
never back down, BURR It was my parents dying wish before they
you never learned to You never learned to Whats your name, man? passed.
take your time! take your time! COMPANY HAMILTON
Oh, Alexander Oh, Alexander Alexander Hamilton! Youre an orphan. Of course! Im an orphan.
Hamilton Hamilton God, I wish there was a war!
Alexander Hamilton... Then we could prove that were worth more
When America sings than anyone bargained for
for you America sings for you 2. AARON BURR, SIR
will they know what Will they know what COMPANY BURR
you overcame? you overcame? 1776. New York City. Can I buy you a drink?
Will they know you Will they know you
rewrote the game? rewrote the game? HAMILTON HAMILTON
The world will never The world will never Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir? That would be nice.
be the same, oh. be the same, oh.
BURR BURR
BURR That depends. Whos asking? While were talking, let me offer you some
The ship is in the MEN free advice.
harbor now, see if Just you wait HAMILTON Talk less.
you can spot him. Oh, well, sure, sir,
Another immigrant, Im Alexander Hamilton, Im at your service, HAMILTON
comin up from the sir. What?
bottom. I have been looking for you.
His enemies COMPANY BURR
destroyed his rep, Just you wait BURR Smile more.
America forgot him Im getting nervous.
HAMILTON
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE HAMILTON Ha.
We fought with him. Sir
I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking BURR
LAURENS an accelerated course of study when I got sort Dont let them know what youre against or
Me? I died for him. of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may what youre for.
have punched him. Its a blur, sir. He handles HAMILTON
WASHINGTON the financials?
Me? I trusted him. You cant be serious.
BURR BURR
ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA REYNOLDS You punched the bursar.
Me? I loved him. You wanna get ahead?
HAMILTON HAMILTON
BURR Yes!
And me? Im the damn fool that shot him. Yes.
I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two,
then join the revolution. He looked at me like I BURR
was stupid, Im not stupid. Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.
 LAURENS MULLIGAN tryin to reach my goal. My power of speech:
Yo yo yo yo yo! Aaron Burr! unimpeachable.
What time is it? Only nineteen but my mind is older.
LAURENS These New York City streets get colder, I
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN Give us a verse, drop some knowledge! shoulder
Show time! evry burden, evry disadvantage
BURR I have learned to manage, I dont have a gun
BURR Good luck with that: youre takin a stand. to brandish,
like I said You spit. Im a sit. Well see where we land. I walk these streets famished.
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame.
LAURENS LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN But damn, its getting dark, so let me spell
Show time! Show time! Yo! Boooo! out the name,
LAURENS I am the
Im John Laurens in the place to be!
Two pints o Sam Adams, but Im workin on Burr, the revolutions imminent. What do HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/
three, uh! you stall for? LAURENS
Those redcoats dont want it with me! A-l-e-x-a-n-d
Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till HAMILTON e-rwe aremeant to be...
Im free! If you stand for nothing, Burr, whatll you
fall for? HAMILTON
LAFAYETTE A colony that runs independently.
Oui oui, mon ami, je mappelle Lafayette! Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin on us
The Lancelot of the revolutionary set! 3. MY SHOT endlessly.
I came from afar just to say Bonsoir! Essentially, they tax us relentlessly,
Tell the King Casse toi! Whos the best? LAURENS MULLIGAN LAFAYETTE then King George turns around, runs a
Cest moi! Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, spending spree.
Who are you? He aint ever gonna set his descendants free,
MULLIGAN Who are you? so there will be a revolution in this century.
Brrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan, Who are you? Enter me!
Up in it, lovin it, yes I heard ya mother said
Come again? MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS
Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course Ooh, who is this kid? Whats he gonna do? (He says in parentheses)
its hard to have intercourse over four sets
of corsets HAMILTON HAMILTON
I am not throwing away my shot! Dont be shocked when your histry book
LAURENS I am not throwing away my shot! mentions me.
No more sex, pour me another brew, son! Hey yo, Im just like my country, I will lay down my life if it sets us free.
Lets raise a couple more Im young, scrappy and hungry, Eventually, youll see my ascendancy,
and Im not throwing away my shot!
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN Im a get a scholarship to Kings College. HAMILTON LAURENS
To the revolution! I probly shouldnt brag, but dag, I amaze And I am not throwing My shot!
and astonish. away my shot.
LAURENS The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish. I am not throwing My shot!
Well, if it aint the prodigy of Princeton I gotta holler just to be heard. away my shot.
college! With every word, I drop knowledge! Hey yo, Im just like
Im a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece my country,
of coal
Im young, scrappy HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ I am not throwing away my shot.
and hungry MULLIGAN Hey yo, Im just like my country,
and Im not throwing And Im not throwing Shot! Im young, scrappy and hungry
away my shot. away my shot. and Im not throwing away my shot.
BURR
HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ Geniuses, lower your voices. LAURENS
LAFAYETTE You keep out of trouble and you double your Evrybody sing: HAM/LAF/MULL
I am not throwing away my shot. choices. Whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
I am not throwing away my shot. Im with you, but the situation is fraught. Hey!
Hey yo, Im just like my country, Youve got to be carefully taught: Whoa! Whoa!
Im young, scrappy and hungry If you talk, youre gonna get shot! Wooh!!
and Im not throwing away my shot. Whoa! Whoa!
Its time to take a shot! HAMILTON Ay, let em hear ya!
Burr, check what we got. Lets go! Yea!
LAFAYETTE Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot,
I dream of life without a monarchy. I think your pants look hot, COMPANY
The unrest in France will lead to onarchy? Laurens, I like you a lot. I said shout it to the Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Onarchy? How you say, how you say, anarchy? Lets hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin rooftops!
When I fight, I make the other side panicky. the pot... Said, to the rooftops! Whoa!
With my- What are the odds the gods would put us all Come on! Whoa!
in one spot, Come on, lets go! Yea!
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ poppin a squat on conventional wisdom, like
LAURENS
MULLIGAN it or not,
Rise up!
Shot! a bunch of revolutionary manumission
abolitionists? When youre living on
MULLIGAN Give me a position, show me where the your knees,
Yo, Im a tailors apprentice, ammunition is! you rise up.
and I got yall knuckleheads in loco parentis. Tell your brother that
Im joining the rebellion cuz I know its my Oh, am I talkin too loud? hes gotta rise up.
chance Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at Tell your sister that
to socially advance, instead of sewin some the mouth. she's gotta rise up.
pants! I never had a group of friends before, LAURENS AND
Im gonna take a- I promise that Ill make yall proud. ENSEMBLE
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ When are these
LAURENS colonies gonna
MULLIGAN Lets get this guy in front of a crowd.
Shot! rise up?
HAM/LAUR/LAF/MULL/ENSEMBLE When are these Whoa! Whoa!
LAURENS I am not throwing away my shot. colonies gonna
But well never be truly free I am not throwing away my shot. rise up
until those in bondage have the same rights Hey yo, Im just like my country, When are these Whoa!
as you and me, Im young, scrappy and hungry colonies gonna
you and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in and Im not throwing away my shot. rise up
on a stallion with the first black battalion When are these Whoa!
have another- I am not throwing away my shot. colonies gonna
rise up?
 Whoa! Hey yo, Im just like my country, 4. THE STORY
Rise up! Im young, scrappy and hungry OF TONIGHT
Rise up! and Im not throwing away my shot.
HAMILTON/ HAMILTON
HAMILTON I may not live to see our glory!
I imagine death so much it feels more like LAURENS/
a memory LAFAYETTE/ LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS
Whens it gonna get me? MULLIGAN I may not live to see our glory!
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? Were gonna ENSEMBLE
comin, do I run or do I let it be? rise up! Time to take Not throwing away HAMILTON
Is it like a beat without a melody? a shot! my shot. But I will gladly join the fight!
See, I never thought Id live past twenty. Were gonna
Where I come from some get half as many. rise up! Time to take Not throwing away LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS
Ask anybody why we livin fast and we a shot! my shot. But I will gladly join the fight!
laugh, reach for a flask, Were gonna Were gonna
we have to make this moment last, thats
HAMILTON
rise up! And when our children tell our story...
plenty.
Rise up!
LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS
Scratch that, HAMILTON And when our children tell our story...
this is not a moment, its the movement Time to take a shot!
where all the hungriest brothers with Rise up! HAMILTON
something to prove went? Rise up! Theyll tell the story of tonight.
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand,
we roll like Moses, claimin our promised land. HAM/LAF/MULL/ MULLIGAN
And? If we win our independence? LAUR Lets have another round tonight.
Zat a guarantee of freedom for our Time to take a shot! Rise up!
descendants? Rise up! LAFAYETTE
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless Take a shot! Lets have another round tonight.
cycle of vengeance and death with no Shot! Ri- ri- ri
defendants? Shot!
HAMILTON
I know the action in the street is excitin, Lets have another round tonight.
A-yo, its
but Jesus, between all the bleedin n fightin time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! LAURENS
Ive been readin n writin. Time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! Raise a glass to freedom,
We need to handle our financial situation. And I am And I am Something they can never take away,
Are we a nation of states? Whats the state of no matter what they tell you.
our nation? HAM/LAF/MULL/LAUR Raise a glass to the four of us.
Im past patiently waitin. Im passionately Not throwin away my-
smashin every expectation, LAURENS/MULLIGAN
every actions an act of creation! COMPANY Tomorrow therell be more of us.
Im laughin in the face of casualties and Not throwin away my shot!
sorrow, MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
for the first time, Im thinkin past tomorrow, Telling the story of tonight.
HAMILTON AND COMPANY HAMILTON
And I am not throwing away my shot. Theyll tell the story of tonight.
I am not throwing away my shot.
LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE than going downtown and slummin it with PEGGY
Raise a glass to freedom, the poor. Daddy said not to go downtown.
something they can never take away. They pull up in their carriages and gawk
at the students in the common ELIZA
HAMILTON Just to watch them talk. Like I said, youre free to go.
No matter what they tell you. Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded.
Uh-oh, but little does he know that ANGELICA
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza Butlook around, look around, the
Lets have another round tonight. sneak into the city just to watch all the revolutions happening in New York.
guys at
LAURENS ELIZA/PEGGY
Raise a glass to the four of us. COMPANY New York.
Work, work!
HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN/ COMPANY
LAFAYETTE ANGELICA Angelica
Tomorrow therell be more of us. Angelica!
SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY
HAMILTON/LAURENS COMPANY Work!
Telling the story of tonight Work, work!
PEGGY
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE ELIZA Its bad enough daddy wants to go to war.
Lets have another round tonight Eliza!
ELIZA
HAMILTON/ MULLIGAN/ PEGGY People shouting in the square.
LAURENS/ LAFAYETTE/ And Peggy!
ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE PEGGY
They'll tell the story COMPANY Its bad enough therell be violence on our
of tonight Work, work! shore.
Raise a glass to The Schuyler sisters!
freedom ANGELICA
They'll tell the story ANGELICA New ideas in the air.
of tonight Angelica!
Raise a glass to ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLE
freedom PEGGY Look around, look around
They'll tell the story Peggy!
of tonight
ELIZA
Angelica, remind me what were looking for
Theyll tell the story of- ELIZA
Eliza!
FULL ENSEMBLE ALL MEN
COMPANY Shes lookin for me!
Tonight
Work!
ANGELICA COMPANY
PEGGY Eliza, Im lookin Work, work!
5. THE SCHUYLER Daddy said to be home by sundown. for a mind at work.
SISTERS Im lookin for a Work, work!
ANGELICA mind at work!
BURR Daddy doesnt need to know. Im lookin for a Work, work!
Theres nothing rich folks love more mind at work!
Whooaaaaa! WOMEN to be self Look around
Work! evident
ELIZA/ANGELICA/ that all men Hey! Hey!
PEGGY ELIZA are created
Whooaaaaa! Look around, look around at how equal Look around
Work! Work! Lucky we are to be alive right now! Whoo! Hey! Hey!
ELIZA/PEGGY At how lucky
BURR we are
Wooh! Theres nothin like summer in the city. Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now! to be alive Hey! Hey!
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin right now!
pretty.
Excuse me, miss, I know its not funny ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY FULL COMPANY
But your perfume smells like your daddys History is happening in Manhattan and we
just happen to be in the greatest city in the Look around, look around at how lucky we are
got money. to be alive right now!
Why you slummin in the city in your fancy heels world!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just
You searchin for an urchin who can give you happen to be
ideals? SCHUYLERS SISTERS AND COMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!
ALL WOMEN
ANGELICA ELIZA/ In the greatest city in the world
Burr, you disgust me. ANGELICA PEGGY MEN
BURR Cuz Ive been Look around, Hey! Hey! Hey! ALL MEN
reading look around Hey! In the greatest city-
Ah, so youve discussed me.
Im a trust fund, baby, you can trust me! Common COMPANY
Sense by In the greatest city in the world!
ANGELICA Thomas Paine.
Ive been reading Common Sense by Thomas So men say The Hey! Hey! Hey! COMPANY
Paine. that Im revolutions Hey! Work, work! ANGELICA
So men say that Im intense or Im insane. intense or Im happening in- Angelica!
You want a revolution? I want a revelation insane. Work, work!
So listen to my declaration:
ELIZA/ ELIZA
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY ANGELICA PEGGY WOMEN Eliza!
We hold these truths to be self-evident You want a New York!
That all men are created equal revolution? PEGGY
I want a Look around, Work, work! And Peggy!
ANGELICA revelation look
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, In New York! around the ANGELICA/ELIZA/
So listen revolutions PEGGY
COMPANY to my happening The Schuyler sisters!
Unh! declaration: Work, work!
Were looking for a
ANGELICA ANG/ELI/ mind at
Im a compel him to include women in the PEG Work, work! work!
sequel! We Hey!
hold these FEMALE Hey! Hey! Work, work!
truths ENSEMBLE Hey!
Work, work! revolution is comin. Revolution, they HAMILTON
The Honestly, look at me, please dont read!
ELIZA/ have-nots are gonna Have not your
COMPANY ANGELICA PEGGY win this, its interests at SEABURY
Work, work! Whoa! Hey! Hey! hard to listen to you heart. Not your interests
Work, work! Hey! Hey! Hey! with a straight face.
In the greatest HAMILTON
Work, work! In the greatest Dont modulate the key then not debate
Chaos and bloodshed Chaos and bloodshed with me!
city in the city in the already haunt are not
world world Why should a tiny island across the sea
us, honestly you A solution. regulate the price of tea?
shouldn't even
COMPANY talk. And what about Dont let them lead
In the greatest city in the world! BURR
Boston? you Alexander, please!
Look at the
cost, n all that weve astray. HAMILTON
6. FARMER REFUTED lost n you talk Burr, Id rather be divisive than indecisive,
about Congress?! This Congress does not drop the niceties.
SAMUEL SEABURY speak for
Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel My dog speaks more me, ENSEMBLE
Seabury, and I present Free Thoughts on the eloquently Silence! A message from the Kng!
Proceedings of the Continental Congress! than thee! theyre playing a
Heed not the rabble who scream revolution, dangerous A message from the King!
they have not your interests at heart. But strangely, your game.
mange is the same. FULL COMPANY
MULLIGAN
Oh my God. Tear this dude apart. I pray the king shows A message from the King!
you his mercy.
SEABURY Is he in Jersey?
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution. For shame, 7. YOULL BE BACK
Dont let them lead you astray. For the
This Congress does not speak for me. revolution! KING GEORGE
For shame, You say
BURR the price of my loves not a price that youre
Let him be. COMPANY willing to pay.
For the You cry
SEABURY revolution! in your tea which you hurl in the sea when you
Theyre playing a dangerous game. see me go by.
I pray the king shows you his mercy. SEABURY Why so sad?
For shame, for shame . . . Heed Remember we made an arrangement when
you went away,
HAMILTON HAMILTON now youre making me mad.
Yo! SEABURY If you repeat yourself again Im gonna Remember, despite our estrangement, Im
Hed have you all Heed not the rabble your man.
unravel at the SEABURY/HAMILTON Youll be back.
sound of screams Who scream Scream Soon youll see.
but the Youll remember you belong to me.
Youll be back.
Time will tell. Da da dat dat da ya da! HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/
Youll remember that I served you well. Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da LAFAYETTE
Oceans rise, dat dat da ya da! Rise up!
empires fall,
we have seen each other through it all, HAMILTON
and when push 8. RIGHT HAND MAN Understand? Its the only way to-
comes to shove,
I will send a fully armed battalion COMPANY HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/
to remind you of my love! British Admiral Howes got troops on the LAFAYETTE
water. Rise up! Rise up!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor.
Da da dat dat da ya da! HAMILTON
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da, ENSEMBLE 1 Here he comes!
Da da dat dat da Thirty-two thousand
troops in New York ENSEMBLE 2 ENSEMBLE
harbor. Thirty-two thousand Here comes the General!
You say our love is draining and you cant
go on. troops in New York
When they surround harbor. BURR
Youll be the one complaining when I am Ladies and gentlemen!
gone . . . our troops!
And no, dont change the subject They surround our They surround our ENSEMBLE
cuz youre my favorite subject. troops! troops! Here comes the General!
My sweet, submissive subject, When they surround They surround our
my loyal, royal subject, our troops! troops! BURR
forever and ever and ever and ever and ever The moment youve been waiting for!
HAMILTON
Youll be back, As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war. ENSEMBLE
like before. I knew that I was poor, Here comes the General!
I will fight the fight and win the war I knew it was the only way to-
for your love, BURR
HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ The pride of Mount Vernon!
for your praise, LAFAYETTE
and Ill love you till my dying days. Rise up!
When youre gone ENSEMBLE
Ill go mad, Here comes the general!
HAMILTON
so dont throw away this thing we had. If they tell my story BURR
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in George Washington!
Cuz when push comes to shove, glory or-
I will kill your friends and family to remind WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE
you of my love. HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ We are outgunned, What?
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da LAFAYETTE outmanned, What?
Da da dat dat da ya da! Rise up! outnumbered, Buck, buck, buck, buck,
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da outplanned. buck!
Da da dat dat- HAMILTON
Everybody! We will fight for this land We gotta make an
but theres only one man all out stand
ENSEMBLE who can give us a command so we can- ayo, Im gonna need Buck, buck, buck, buck,
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da a right-hand man. buck!
WASHINGTON HAMILTON my forces, theyre skittish as the British cut
Check it We gotta stop em and rob em the city up.
Can I be real a second? of their advantages. This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny,
For just a millisecond? I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
Let down my guard and tell the people how I MULLIGAN are these the men with which I am to defend
feel a second? Rah! America?
Now Im the model of a modern major general, We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the
the venerated Virginian veteran whose men HAMILTON distance.
are all Lets take a stand with the stamina God has I cannot be everywhere at once, people.
lining up, to put me up on a pedestal, granted us. Im in dire need of assistance . . .
writin letters to relatives Hamilton wont abandon ship,
embellishin my elegance and eloquence, Yo, lets steal their cannons- BURR
but the elephant is in the room, Your excellency, sir!
MULLIGAN COMPANY
the truth is in ya face when ya hear the British Shh-boom! Boom!
cannons go... WASHINGTON
Who are you?
ENSEMBLE WASHINGTON
Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit BURR
Boom! spray and... Aaron Burr, Sir?
WASHINGTON Permission to state my case?
Any hope of success is fleeting,
COMPANY
Boom! WASHINGTON
how can I keep leading when the people Im
leading keep retreating? As you were.
WASHINGTON
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British Goes the cannon, were abandonin Kips BURR
take Brooklyn, Bay and... Sir,
knight takes rook, but look, I was a captain under General Montgomery
COMPANY until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec,
WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE Boom!
We are outgunned, What? and well, in summary
outmanned, What? I think that I could be of some assistance.
WASHINGTON I admire how you keep firing on the British
outnumbered, Theres another ship and...
outplanned. Buck, buck, buck, buck, from a distance.
buck! COMPANY WASHINGTON
We gotta make an all Boom!
out stand Huh.
ayo, Im gonna need a WASHINGTON BURR
right-hand man. We just lost the southern tip and... I have some questions, a couple of
COMPANY suggestions
Incoming! on how to fight instead of fleeing west.
Boom!
HAMILTON WASHINGTON
Theyre battering down the Battery WASHINGTON
check the damages. We gotta run to Harlem quick, we cant afford Yes?
another slip. BURR
MULLIGAN Guns and horses giddyup, Well-
Rah! I decide to divvy up
HAMILTON I know you stole British cannons when we WASHINGON AND COMPANY
Your excellency, you wanted to see me? were still downtown. We are outgunned, outmanned!
Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to
WASHINGTON hire you... HAMILTON
Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr? You need all the help you can get.
HAMILTON I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan,
HAMILTON To be their Secretary? I dont think so. Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?
Yes, sir.
WASHINGTON WASHINGTON AND COMPANY
HAMILTON AND BURR Whyre you upset? Outnumbered, outplanned!
We keep meeting.
HAMILTON HAMILTON
BURR Im not Well need some spies on the inside,
As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing Some Kings men who might let some things
your strategy play out. WASHINGTON slide.
Its alright, you want to fight, youve got a
WASHINGTON hunger. ELI/ANG/
Burr? I was just like you when I was younger. HAMILTON COMPANY PEG
Head full of fantasies of dyin like a martyr? Ill write to Boom! Whoa, whoa,
BURR Congress and whoa
Sir? HAMILTON tell em we
Yes. need supplies,
WASHINGTON you rally the
Close the door on your way out. WASHINGTON guys, master
Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder. the element Whoa, whoa,
HAMILTON of surprise. Chicka-boom! whoa
Have I done something wrong, sir? HAMILTON
Why are you telling me this? Ill rise above
WASHINGTON
On the contrary. WASHINGTON my station,
I called you here because our odds are beyond Im being honest. organize your
scary. Im working with a third of what our Congress information
Your reputation precedes you, but I have has promised. til we rise to
to laugh. We are a powder keg about to explode, the occasion ELI/ANG/
I need someone like you to lighten the load. So? of our new PEG AND
HAMILTON nation. Sir! WOMEN
Sir? COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON) Whoa, whoa,
I am not throwin away my shot! whoa
WASHINGTON I am not throwin away my shot!
Hamilton, how come no one can get you on Ayo, Im just like my country, Im young, ENSEMBLE
their staff? scrappy and hungry! Here comes the General!

HAMILTON HAMILTON HAMILTON

Sir! I am not throwing away my shot! Rise up!

WASHINGTON WASHINGTON LAUR/LAF/MULL

Dont get me wrong, youre a young man, of What?
Son,
great renown.
 ENSEMBLE But what do we have in common? Were ELIZA ALL WOMEN
Here comes the reliable with the Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey
General! Dooo! Hey! Hey hey hey hey
ALL MEN Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey
SCHUYLER Ladies! Dooo! Boy, you got me Hey hey hey
SISTERS
HAMILTON Rise up! BURR ELIZA AND WOMEN
Rise up! There are so many to deflower. Helpless!
LAUR/LAF/ Look into your eyes, and the skys the limit Im
MULL ALL MEN helpless!
What? Ladies!
Down for the count, and Im drownin in em.
ENSEMBLE BURR ELIZA
Here comes the General! Looks! Proximity to power.
I have never been the type to try and grab
ALL MEN the spotlight.
SCHUYLER We were at a revel with some rebels on a
SISTERS AND Ladies!
hot night,
HAMILTON WOMEN laughin at my sister as shes dazzling the
Rise up! Rise up! LAUR/LAF/ BURR
MULL They delighted and distracted him. room
Martha Washington named her feral tomcat then you walked in and my heart went
What? Boom!
after him!
FULL COMPANY Tryin to catch your eye from the side of the
Here comes the General! HAMILTON ballroom,
Thats true. everybodys dancin and the bands top
HAMILTON volume.
What? FULL COMPANY
1780. ELIZA AND WOMEN
WASHINGTON Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.
And his right hand man! BURR
A winters ball ELIZA
FULL COMPANY and the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all. Grab my sister, and
Boom! Yo, if you can marry a sister, youre rich, son. whisper, Yo, this
ones mine. ALL WOMEN
HAMILTON Oooh
Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one? My sister made her
9. A WINTERS BALL way across the room
BURR to you Oooh
How does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore, 10. HELPLESS and I got nervous,
go on and on, thinking Whats she
grow into more of a phenomenon? HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS gonna do? Oooh
Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth Hey She grabbed you by
bother Hey the arm, Im thinkin
be seated at the right hand of the father. Hey hey Im through Oooh
Washington hires Hamilton right on sight, Then you look back at
But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write.
HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL me and suddenly Im
Now Hamiltons skill with a quill is undeniable
WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA) Helpless! Helpless!
Hey hey hey hey
Oh, look at those eyes, ANGELICA
Look into your eyes, Ill leave you to it. Helpless! Helpless!
Oh! And the skys the limit Look into your eyes,
Yeah, Im Im ELIZA AND WOMEN and the skys the
helpless, I know Helpless! One week later limit Im
Down for the count, ELIZA Helpless! Helpless!
And Im drownin Im writin a letter nightly. Hoo! Down for the count,
in em. Now my life gets better, every letter that you and Im drownin in
write me. em Im
Im so into you, Im helpless! Laughin at my sister, cuz she wants to form helpless!
I am so into you. a harem. That boy is mine,
Look into your eyes, that boy is mine! Look into your eyes,
And the skys the ANGELICA And the skys the
limit Im Im just sayin, if you really loved me, you limit Im
helpless! would share him. Helpless! Helpless! helpless!
I know, Im down for Down for the count, Down for the count,
the count ELIZA ALL WOMEN And Im drownin and Im drownin
And Im drownin Ha! Two weeks later, in em in em
in em. Down for the count, Two weeks later,
And Im drownin In the living room helpless!
in em stressin, stressin Down for the count,
my fathers stone- and Im drownin
HAMILTON faced in em
Where are you taking me? while youre asking
for his HAMILTON
ANGELICA blessin. blessin. Eliza, I dont have a dollar to my name,
Im about to change your life. Im dying inside, as an acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop
you wine of fame.
HAMILTON and dine All I haves my honor, a tolerance for pain,
Then by all means, lead the way. a couple of college credits and my top-notch
and Im tryin not to
ELIZA cry, cause brain.
Elizabeth Schuyler. Its a pleasure to meet theres nothing that Insane, your family brings out a different
you. your mind cant do. Oooh side of me,
My father makes his Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take
HAMILTON way across the room a bite of me,
Schuyler? to you. Oooh no stress, my love for you is never in doubt.
I panic for a second, Well get a little place in Harlem and well
ANGELICA thinking, were figure it out.
My sister. through Oooh Ive been livin without a family since I was
But then he shakes a child.
ELIZA your hand and says, My father left, my mother died, I grew up
Thank you for all your service. Be true Oooh buckwild.
And you turn back to But Ill never forget my mothers face, that
HAMILTON me, smiling, and Im was real,
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will
have been worth it.
and long as Im alive, Eliza, swear to God, 11. SATISFIED ANGELICA
youll never feel so I remember that night, I just might
LAURENS regret that night for the rest of my days.
ALL WOMEN Alright, alright. Thats what Im talkin about!
ELIZA Helpless! Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor, I remember those soldier boys
I do I do I do Angelica Schuyler! tripping over themselves to win our praise.
HAMILTON I do!
Eliza ANGELICA I remember that dreamlike candlelight
Helpless! A toast to the like a dream that you cant quite place,
I do I do I do groom! ALL MEN
I do! To the groom! but Alexander, Ill never forget the first
Ive never To the groom! ALL WOMEN time I saw your face.
felt so- Helpless! To the groom! To the groom!
Hey! Yeah, To the bride! I have never been the same,
yeah! To the bride! Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame,
Down for the And when you said Hi, I forgot my dang name,
count and To the bride! To the bride! set my heart aflame, evry part aflame,
Im drownin From your
Im in em sister, To the bride! FULL COMPANY
Down for the ELIZA AND This is not a game
count, Im- Angelica! WOMEN
My life is gon Helpless! Angelica! Angelica! HAMILTON
be fine who is always Angelica! You strike me as a woman who has never been
cuz Elizas by your side. satisfied.
in it. By your side! By your side!
I look into To your union, ANGELICA
your eyes, Helpless! To the union! Im sure I dont know what you mean. You
and the skys To the union! To the forget yourself.
the limit revolution!
Im To the HAMILTON
Helpless! revolution! Youre like me. Im never satisfied.
drownin and the hope
that ANGELICA
in em. Is that right?
Down for the you provide.
count, You provide! HAMILTON
and Im You provide! You provide! I have never been satisfied.
drownin in May you
em. always... ANGELICA
My name is Angelica Schuyler.
ALL WOMEN HAMILTON
In New York, you can be a new man AND MEN HAMILTON
in New York, you can be a new man Always Always Alexander Hamilton.
In New York, you can be a new man be satisfied.
Rewind Rewind ANGELICA
ELIZA Wheres your famly from?
Helpless.
HAMILTON ANGELICA AND COMPANY ELIZA
Unimportant. Theres a million things I Three fundamental truths at the exact same Thank you for all your service.
havent done but time
just you wait, just you wait HAMILTON
HAMILTON If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will
ANGELICA Where are you taking me? have been worth it.
So so so
so this is what it feels like to match wits ANGELICA ANGELICA
with someone at your level! What the hell is Im about to change your life. Ill leave you to it.
the catch? Its
the feeling of freedom, of seein the light, HAMILTON COMPANY
its Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You Then by all means, lead the way. Number three!
see it, right?
The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA) ANGELICA
three minutes, Number one! I know my sister like I know my own mind,
evrything we said in total agreement, its you will never find anyone as trusting or
ANGELICA as kind.
a dream and its a bit of a dance, Im a girl in a world in which
a bit of a posture, its a bit of a stance. Hes a If I tell her that I love him shed be silently
my only job is to marry rich. resigned,
bit of a flirt, but Im a give it a chance. My father has no sons so Im the one
I asked about his famly, did you see his hed be mine.
who has to social climb for one, She would say, Im fine
answer? so Im the oldest and the wittiest and the
His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance? gossip in ANGELICA AND COMPANY
Hes penniless, hes flying by the seat of New York City is insidious, Shed be lying.
his pants. Alexander is penniless,
Ha! That doesnt mean I want him any less. ANGELICA
Handsome, boy, does he know it! But when I fantasize at night
Peach fuzz, and he cant even grow it! ELIZA its Alexanders eyes,
I wanna take him far away from this place, Elizabeth Schuyler. Its a pleasure to meet you. as I romanticize what might
then I turn and see my sisters face and she is... have been if I hadnt sized him
HAMILTON up so quickly.
ELIZA Schuyler? At least my dear Elizas his wife;
Helpless
at least I keep his eyes in my life
ANGELICA
ANGELICA My sister. ALL MEN
And I know she is... (EXCEPT
COMPANY ANGELICA HAMILTON)
ELIZA Number two!
Helpless To the groom! To the groom!
ANGELICA ALL WOMEN
ANGELICA Hes after me cuz Im a Schuyler sister.
(EXCEPT
And her eyes are just To the groom! ELIZA)
That elevates his status, Id
have to be nave to set that aside, To the groom! To the groom!
ELIZA maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza, To the bride!
Helpless now thats his bride. To the bride!
Nice going, Angelica, he was right, To the bride!
ANGELICA You will never be satisfied. To the bride! To the bride!
And I realize
From your 12. THE STORY OF LAFAYETTE
sister, TONIGHT (REPRISE) Well tell the story of tonight.
Angelica! ELIZA AND
WOMEN LAURENS LAURENS
Angelica! Angelica! I may not live to see our glory! Lets have another round
who is always HAMILTON
by your side. MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
I may not live to see our glory! Well, if it isnt Aaron Burr.
By your side.
By your side. LAURENS BURR
To your union, But Ive seen wonders great and small. Sir!
To the union! To the union!
To the To the MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE HAMILTON
revolution! revolution! Ive seen wonders great and small. I didnt think that you would make it.
and the hope
that you LAURENS BURR
provide. Cuz if the tomcat can get married, To be sure.
You provide!
You provide! You provide! MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
If Alexander can get married Burr!
May you HAMILTON
always AND MEN LAURENS BURR
Always Always- Theres hope for our ass, after all! I came to say congratulations.
be satisfied.
Be satisfied, LAFAYETTE MULLIGAN
be satisfied. Raise a glass to freedom. Spit a verse, Burr!
be satisfied, BURR
And I know MEN LAURENS/MULLIGAN
Hey! I see the whole gang is here.
Be satisfied. WOMEN Something you will never see again!
Be satisfied. Be satisfied. LAFAYETTE
Be satisfied. MULLIGAN You are the worst, Burr!
Shell be Be satisfied. No matter what she tells you.
happy as HAMILTON
Be satisfied. LAFAYETTE Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant
Be satisfied. Lets have another round tonight! Colonel.
his bride. I wish I had your command instead of
And I know Be satisfied. Be satisfied. LAURENS manning Georges journal.
Be satisfied. Raise a glass to the four of us!
Be satisfied. BURR
Be satisfied. LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON No, you dont.
Be satisfied. Ho!
HAMILTON
ANGELICA MULLIGAN Yes, I do.
He will never be satisfied. To the newly not poor of us!
I will never be satisfied.
BURR
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON Now, be sensible.
Woo!
From what I hear, youve made yourself BURR BURR
indispensible. Shes married to a British officer. My
grandfather
LAURENS HAMILTON was a fire and
Well, well, I heard Oh shit brimstone MEN
youve got a special someone on the side, Burr. preacher, Preacher,
BURR preacher,
HAMILTON Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more. preacher
Is that so? Ill see you on the other side of the war. But there are
LAURENS HAMILTON things that
What are you tryin to hide, Burr? I will never understand you. the homilies
If you love this woman, go get her! What are and hymns
BURR you waiting for? wont teach Teach ya,
I should go. ya. teach ya,
BURR teach ya
HAMILTON Ill see you on the other side of the war. My mother
No, these guys should go. was WOMEN
HAMILTON a genius, Genius
LAFAYETTE Ill see you on the other side of the war. my father
What? commanded Respect,
respect. respect
LAURENS 13. WAIT FOR IT When they
No! died they
HAMILTON BURR left no
Theodosia writes me a letter evry day. instructions.
Leave us alone. Just a legacy
Im keeping her bed warm while her husband
MULLIGAN is away. to protect.
Man Hes on the British side in Georgia.
Hes tryin to keep the colonies in line. BURR/ENSEMBLE
HAMILTON He can keep all of Georgia. Death doesnt discriminate
Its alright, Burr. I wish youd brought this girl Theodosia, shes mine. between the sinners
with you tonight, Burr. and the saints,
Love doesnt discriminate it takes and it takes and it takes
BURR between the sinners and we keep living anyway.
Youre very kind, but Im afraid its unlawful, and the saints, We rise and we fall
sir. it takes and it takes and it takes and we break
and we keep loving anyway. and we make our mistakes.
HAMILTON We laugh and we cry And if theres a reason Im still alive
What do you mean? and we break when everyone who loves me has died
and we make our mistakes. Im willing to wait for it.
BURR And if theres a reason Im by her side Im willing to wait for it.
Shes married. when so many have tried
then Im willing to wait for it. Wait for it
HAMILTON Im willing to wait for it.
I see. ENSEMBLE
Wait for it
Wait for it BURR we rise and we fall and
Wait for it He has something to prove we break
he has nothing to lose and we make our
BURR We fall mistakes.
I am the one thing in life I can control ENSEMBLE and if there's a reason and if there's a reason
Lose Im still alive Im still alive
ENSEMBLE Lose
Wait for it when so many have when so many have
Lose died, died,
Wait for it Lose
Wait for it then Im willin' to- then Im willin to-
Wait for it BURR BURR
Hamiltons pace is relentless, Wait for it... WOMEN
BURR he wastes no time Wait for it MEN
I am inimitable
Wait for it.
I am an original ENSEMBLE Wait for it...
Time Wait for it
ENSEMBLE Time
Wait for it Wait for it
Time Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it BURR Wait for it
Wait for it What is it like in his shoes? Wait for it
Wait for it
BURR Hamilton doesnt hesitate. Wait for it
Im not falling behind or running late He exhibits no restraint. Wait...
He takes and he takes and he takes
ENSEMBLE and he keeps winning anyway.
Wait for it He changes the game. 14. STAY ALIVE
Wait for it He plays and he raises the stakes.
Wait for it And if theres a reason ELIZA
Wait for it he seems to thrive when so few survive, then Stay alive...
BURR Goddamnit- ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN
Im not standing still, BURR COMPANY Stay alive...
I am lying in wait I'm willing to wait I'm willing to wait
for it. for it HAMILTON
ENSEMBLE Wait for it I have never seen the General so despondent.
Wait Wait for... I have taken over writing all his
Wait I'm willing to wait I'm willing to- correspondence.
Wait for it Congress writes, George, attack the British
Life doesn't Life doesn't forces.
BURR I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our
Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb discriminate discriminate
between the sinners between the sinners horses.
and the saints, and the saints, Local merchants deny us equipment,
ENSEMBLE assistance,
Climb it takes and it takes it takes and it takes
and it takes. and it takes they only take British money, so sing a song
Climb of sixpence.
Climb We rise and we keep living
anyway,
WASHINGTON MULLIGAN WASHINGTON
The cavalrys not coming. I go back to New York and my apprenticeship. Evryone attack!
HAMILTON LAFAYETTE LEE
Sir! I ask for French aid, I pray that France has Retreat!
sent a ship.
WASHINGTON WASHINGTON
Alex, listen. Theres only one way for us to LAURENS Attack!
win this. I stay at work with Hamilton,
Provoke outrage, outright. we write essays against slavery, LEE
and every days a test of our camaraderie Retreat!
HAMILTON and bravery.
Thats right. WASHINGTON
HAMILTON What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your
WASHINGTON We cut supply lines, we steal contraband, feet!
Dont engage, strike by night. we pick and choose our battles and places to
Remain relentless til their troops take flight. take a stand. LEE
And evry day, But theres so many of them!
HAMILTON
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the Sir, entrust me with a command, WASHINGTON
fight. and evry day, Im sorry, is this not your speed?!
Hamilton!
WASHINGTON WASHINGTON
Outrun. No. HAMILTON
Ready, sir!
HAMILTON HAMILTON
Outrun. He dismisses me out of hand. WASHINGTON
Have Lafayette take the lead!
WASHINGTON ELIZA/
Outlast. HAMILTON ANGELICA HAMILTON
Instead of me, Stay alive Yes, sir!
HAMILTON he promotes LEE
Outlast. Charles Lee. Charles Lee.
LAURENS
A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree
WASHINGTON Makes him heat.
Hit em quick, get out fast. second-in-
command: LAFAYETTE
HAMILTON LEE As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of
Chick-a-plao! defeat.
Im a General. Whee!!!!
WASHINGTON HAMILTON HAMILTON
Stay alive til this horror show is past. Charles Lee was left behind
Were gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast. Yeah. Hes not the choice I would have gone without a pot to piss in.
with. He started sayin this to anybody who would
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE listen:
Raise a glass!
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth. LEE
Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
indecisive, from crisis to crisis. Number one! COMPANY
The best thing he can do for the revolution Five!
is turn n LAURENS
go back to plantin tobacco in Mount Vernon. The challenge: demand satisfaction. LEE
If they apologize, no need for further action. Duel before the sun is in the sky.
COMPANY
Oo!! COMPANY COMPANY
Number two! Pick a place to die where its high and dry,
WASHINGTON number six!
Dont do a thing. History will prove him wrong. LAURENS
If they dont, grab a friend, thats your second. HAMILTON
HAMILTON Leave a note for your next of kin.
But, sir! HAMILTON Tell em where you been. Pray that hell or
Your lieutenant when theres reckoning to heaven lets you in.
WASHINGTON be reckoned.
We have a war to fight, lets move along. COMPANY
COMPANY Seven!
LAURENS Number three!
Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold LEE
him to it. LEE Confess your sins, ready for the moment
Have your seconds meet face to face. of adrenaline when you finally face your
HAMILTON opponent.
I cant disobey direct orders. BURR
Negotiate a peace COMPANY
LAURENS Number eight!
Then Ill do it. HAMILTON
Alexander, youre the closest friend Ive got. Or negotiate a time and place. LAURENS/LEE/HAMILTON/BURR
Your last chance to negotiate.
HAMILTON BURR Send in your seconds, see if they can set the
Laurens, do not throw away your shot. This is commonplace, specially tween record straight
recruits.
BURR
15. TEN DUEL COMPANY Alexander.
Most disputes die, and no one shoots.
COMMANDMENTS Number four! HAMILTON
MEN Aaron Burr, sir.
LAURENS
One, two, three, four If they dont reach a peace, thats alright. BURR
Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site. Can we agree that duels are dumb and
FULL COMPANY
Five, six, seven, eight, nine immature?
HAMILTON
You pay him in advance, you treat him with HAMILTON
BURR/HAMILTON/LAURENS/LEE civility.
Its the Ten Duel Commandments. Sure.
But your man has to answer for his words,
FULL COMPANY BURR Burr.
You have him turn around so he can have
Its the Ten Duel Commandments. deniability. BURR
With his life? We both know thats absurd, sir.
HAMILTON COMPANY WASHINGTON
Hang on, how many men died because Lee Here comes the General! You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies
was inexperienced and ruinous? to the south.
BURR
BURR This should be fun. HAMILTON
Okay, so were doin this. Youre absolutely right. John should have shot
WASHINGTON him in the mouth.
COMPANY What is the meaning of this? Mr. Burr, That wouldve shut him up.
Number nine! get a medic for the General.
WASHINGTON
HAMILTON BURR Son
Look em in the eye, aim no higher. Yes, sir.
Summon all the courage you require. HAMILTON
Then count WASHINGTON Im notcha son
Lee, you will never agree with me,
MEN but believe me, these young men dont speak WASHINGTON
One two three four for me. Watch your tone.
Thank you for your service. I am not a maiden in need of defending, I
FULL COMPANY am grown.
Five six seven eight nine BURR
Lets ride! HAMILTON (OVERLAPPING)
HAMILTON/BURR Charles Lee, Thomas Conway,
Number WASHINGTON these men take your name and they rake it
Hamilton! through the mud.
COMPANY
Ten paces! HAMILTON WASHINGTON
Sir! My names been through a lot, I can take it.
HAMILTON/BURR
Fire! WASHINGTON HAMILTON
Meet me inside. Well, I dont have your name. I dont have
your titles.
16. MEET ME INSIDE COMPANY I dont have your land.
Meet him inside! Meet him inside! Meet him But, if you
HAMILTON inside, meet him, meet him inside!
Lee, do you yield? WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON No
BURR Son
You shot him in the side! HAMILTON
Yes, he yields! HAMILTON If you gave me command of a battalion, a
Dont call me son. group of men to lead, I could fly above my
LAURENS station after the war.
Im satisfied. WASHINGTON
This war is hard enough WASHINGTON
BURR without infighting Or you could die and we need you alive.
Yo, we gotta clear the field!
HAMILTON HAMILTON
HAMILTON Lee called you out. We called his bluff. Im more than willing to die
Go! We won.
WASHINGTON ELIZA We dont need a legacy.
Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you Im not sorry. We dont need money.
alive If I could grant you peace of mind,
ELIZA HAMILTON
HAMILTON I knew youd fight The wars not If you could let me inside your heart...
Call me son one more time until the war was won Oh, let me be a part of the narrative
done. in the story they will write someday.
WASHINGTON But you deserve a Let this moment be the first chapter:
Go home, Alexander. chance to meet where you decide to stay
Thats an order from your commander. your son. and I could be enough
Look around, look and we could be enough
HAMILTON around that would be enough.
Sir at how lucky we are
to be alive
WASHINGTON right now.
Go home. 18. GUNS AND SHIPS
HAMILTON BURR
Will you relish being a poor mans wife, How does a ragtag volunteer army in need
17. THAT WOULD unable to provide for your life? of a shower
BE ENOUGH somehow defeat a global superpower?
ELIZA How do we emerge victorious from the
ELIZA I relish being your wife. quagmire?
Look around, look around at how lucky we are Look around, look around Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross flag
to be alive right now. higher?
Look around, look around Look at where you are. Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
Look at where you started. An immigrant you know and love whos
HAMILTON The fact that youre alive is a miracle. unafraid to step in!
How long have you known? Just stay alive, that would be enough. Hes constantly confusin, confoundin the
ELIZA British henchmen.
And if this child Evryone give it up for Americas favorite
A month or so.
fighting Frenchman!
Shares a fraction of your smile
HAMILTON or a fragment of your mind, look out world!
Eliza, you should have told me. COMPANY
That would be enough. Lafayette!
ELIZA
I wrote to the General a month ago. I dont pretend to know LAFAYETTE
the challenges youre facing. Im takin this horse by the reins makin
HAMILTON The worlds you keep erasing and creating in redcoats redder with bloodstains.
No. your mind.
COMPANY
ELIZA But Im not afraid. Lafayette!
I begged him to send you home. I know who I married.
So long as you come home at the end of LAFAYETTE
HAMILTON the day And Im never gonna stop until I make em
You should have told me. that would be enough. drop and burn em up and scatter their
remains, Im-
COMPANY LAFAYETTE WASHINGTON
Lafayette! Sir, youre gonna have to use him eventually, Alexander Hamilton,
whats he gonna do on the bench? I mean troops are waiting in the field for you.
LAFAYETTE If you join us right now, together we can turn
Watch me engagin em! Escapin em! WASHINGTON AND COMPANY the tide.
Enragin em! Im- Hamilton! Oh, Alexander Hamilton,
I have soldiers who will yield for you.
COMPANY LAFAYETTE If we manage to get this right,
Lafayette! No one has more resilience theyll surrender by early light.
or matches my practical tactical brilliance The world will never be the same, Alexander
LAFAYETTE
I go to France for more funds. WASHINGTON AND COMPANY
Hamilton!
COMPANY 19. HISTORY HAS
Lafayette! LAFAYETTE ITS EYES ON YOU
You wanna
LAFAYETTE fight for your WASHINGTON
I come back with more land back? I was younger then you are now
when I was given my first command.
LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE COMPANY I led my men straight into a massacre.
Guns Hamilton! I witnessed their deaths firsthand.
And ships
And so the balance shifts. WASHINGTON I made every mistake,
I need my I felt the shame rise in me,
WASHINGTON right hand And even now I lie awake,
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate man back!
their gifts. LAURENS/
WOMEN WASHINGTON MULLIGAN
LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE Hamilton! MEN Knowing history has Whoa
We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them Ah! Uh, get Get your right its eyes
off at sea, but ya right hand hand man on me. Whoa
for this to succeed, theres someone else man back back! Whoa
we need: you know you Hamilton! Your right Yeah
gotta get ya hand man
WASHINGTON right hand back! HAMILTON/
I know. man back WASHINGTON
History has its COMPANY
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY I mean you Hamilton! Hamilton! eyes on Whoa
Hamilton! gotta put Ha- me. Whoa.
some thought Ha- Whoa
LAFAYETTE into the Yeah
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench. letter but the
ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean sooner WASHINGTON
the better to Hamilton, Hamilton, Let me tell you what I wish Id known
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY get your right Hamilton! Hamilton! when I was young and dreamed of glory:
Hamilton! hand man Ha- ha-! Ha- ha-! You have no control:
back!
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY HAMILTON We gotta go, gotta get the job done,
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story. So what happens if we win? gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Take the bullets out your gun!
WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE
I know that we can win. I go back to France, ENSEMBLE
I know that greatness lies in you. I bring freedom to my people if Im given What?
But remember from here on in, the chance.
HAMILTON
WASHINGTON/ HAMILTON The bullets out your gun!
HAMILTON AND Well be with you when you do.
MEN ENSEMBLE
History has its LAFAYETTE What?
Go lead your men.
ENSEMBLE HAMILTON
Eyes on you. Whoa HAMILTON We move under cover and we move as one
Whoa See you on the other side. through the night, we have one shot to live
Whoa another day.
LAFAYETTE We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away.
FULL COMPANY Til we meet again, lets go! We will fight up close, seize the moment and
History has its eyes on you. stay in it.
ENSEMBLE Its either that or meet the business end of
I am not throwin away my shot! a bayonet.
20. YORKTOWN I am not throwin away my shot! The code word is Rochambeau, dig me?
Hey yo, Im just like my country, Im young,
(THE WORLD TURNED scrappy and hungry ENSEMBLE
UPSIDE DOWN) and Im not throwin away my shot! Rochambeau!
COMPANY I am not throwin away my shot! HAMILTON
The battle of Yorktown. 1781. You have your orders now, go, man, go!
LAFAYETTE HAMILTON And so the American experiment begins
Til the world turns upside down... with my friends all scattered to the winds.
Monsieur Hamilton. Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining
HAMILTON ENSEMBLE bravry.
Til the world turns upside down!
Monsieur Lafayette. HAMILTON/LAURENS
LAFAYETTE HAMILTON Well never be free until we end slavery!
I imagine death so much it feels more like
In command where you belong. a memory. HAMILTON
HAMILTON This is where it gets me: When we finally drive the British away,
How you say, no sweat. on my feet, Lafayette is there waiting
Finally on the field. Weve had quite a run. the enemy ahead of me.
If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE
LAFAYETTE with me, In Chesapeake Bay!
Immigrants: weapon in my hand, a command, and my
men with me. HAMILTON
HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE Then I remember my Elizas expecting me... How did we know that this plan would work?
We get the job done. not only that, my Elizas expecting. We had a spy on the inside. Thats right,
HAMILTON/COMPANY HAMILTON COMPANY
Hercules Mulligan! We negotiate the terms of surrender. The world turned upside down!
I see George Washington smile.
MULLIGAN We escort their men out of Yorktown.
A tailor spyin on the British government! They stagger home single file. 21. WHAT COMES
I take their measurements, information and Tens of thousands of people flood the streets. NEXT?
then I smuggle it! There are screams and church bells ringing.
COMPANY KING GEORGE
And as our fallen foes retreat, They say
Up I hear the drinking song theyre singing the price of my wars not a price that theyre
MULLIGAN willing to pay.
ALL MEN Insane.
To my brothers revolutionary covenant The world turned upside down.
Im runnin with the Sons of Liberty and I am You cheat with the French, now Im fighting
lovin it! FULL COMPANY with France and with Spain.
See, thats what happens when you up against The world turned upside down, Im so blue.
the ruffians. the world turned upside down, I thought that wed made an arrangement
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it! the world turned upside down, when you went away,
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction, down, You were mine to subdue.
when you knock me down I get the fuck back down, down, down. Well, even despite our estrangement, Ive got
up again! a small query for you:
LAFAYETTE
COMPANY Freedom for America, freedom for France! What comes next?
Left! Right! Hold! Youve been freed.
Go! COMPANY Do you know how hard it is to lead?
What! What! What! Down, down, down.
Youre on your own.
HAMILTON HAMILTON Awesome. Wow.
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red Gotta start a new nation, Do you have a clue what happens now?
coat stands on a parapet. gotta meet my son.
Oceans rise.
LAFAYETTE COMPANY Empires fall.
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a Down, down, down. Its much harder when its all your call.
white handkerchief.
MULLIGAN All alone, across the sea.
MULLIGAN We won! When your people say they hate you, dont
And just like that, its over. We tend to our come crawling back to me.
wounded, we count our dead. LAFAYETTE
We won! Da da da dat da dat da da da
LAURENS Da ya da
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
We won! Da da dat
really means freedom. Da da ya da. . .
WASHINGTON MULL/LAF/LAUR/HAMILTON/
Not. Yet. WASHINGTON Youre on your own . . .
We won!
22. DEAR THEODOSIA HAMILTON Are you aware that were making histry?
Ill do whatever it takes. This is the first murder trial of our brand-new
BURR nation.
Dear Theodosia, what to say to you? BURR
You have my eyes. You have your mothers Ill make a million mistakes. BURR AND
name. HAMILTON ENSEMBLE
BURR/HAMILTON The liberty behind Non-stop!
When you came into the world, you cried and Ill make the world safe and sound for you... deliberation
it broke my heart. will come of age with our young nation.
Well bleed and fight for you, well make it HAMILTON
Im dedicating every day to you. right for you. I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
Domestic life was never quite my style. with my assistant counsel
When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart. If we lay a strong enough foundation BURR
And I thought I was so smart. well pass it on to you, well give the world to
you, and youll blow us all away... Co-counsel.
someday, someday. Hamilton, sit down.
You will come of age with our young nation. Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your
Well bleed and fight for you, well make it Yeah, youll blow us all away,
someday, someday. first witness.
right for you. Thats all you had to say!
If we lay a strong enough foundation
well pass it on to you, well give the world to HAMILTON
you, and youll blow us all away 23. NON-STOP Okay!
someday, someday. One more thing
Yeah, youll blow us all away, BURR
someday, someday. After the war I went back to New York. BURR
Why do you assume youre the smartest in
HAMILTON HAMILTON the room?
Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone. A-after the war I went back to New York. Why do you assume youre the smartest in
My son. the room?
Look at my son. Pride is not the word Im BURR
I finished up my studies and I practiced law. Why do you assume youre the smartest in
looking for. the room?
There is so much more inside me now. HAMILTON Soon that attitude
I practiced law, Burr worked next door. may be your doom!
Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun.
My son. BURR ENSEMBLE
When you smile, I fall apart. Even though we Awwww!
And I thought I was so smart. started at the very
My father wasnt around. same time, BURR ENSEMBLE
Alexander Hamilton Why do you write like Why do you write like
BURR began to climb. youre running out youre running out
My father wasnt around. How to account for his of time? of time?
rise to the top? ENSEMBLE Write day and night
HAMILTON like youre running out
I swear that BURR Maaaaan, the man is Non-stop!
non-stop! of time?
I'll be around for you. Evry day you fight, Evry day you fight,
I'll be around for you. HAMILTON like youre running out like youre running out
Gentlemen of the jury, Im curious, bear with me. time.
of of time.
Keep on fighting. In His own plan for BURR
the meantime a new form of Its the middle of the night.
Non-stop! government!
What? HAMILTON
HAMILTON Can we confer, sir?
Corruptions such an old song that we can sing BURR
along in harmony and nowhere is it stronger Talks for six hours! The convention is listless! BURR
than in Albany. Is this a legal matter?
This colonys economys increasingly stalling ENSEMBLE MAN
and Bright young man HAMILTON
Yes, and its important to me.
BURR AND ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN
HAMILTON ENSEMBLE Yo, who the f is this? BURR
Honestly thats why Hes just What do you need?
public service seems Non-stop! BURR HAMILTON
to be calling me. Why do you always COMPANY
say what you believe? Burr, youre a better lawyer than me.
HAMILTON Why do you always Why do you always BURR
I practiced the law, I practicly perfected it. say what you believe? say what you believe? Okay.
Ive seen injustice in the world and Ive
corrected it. Evry proclamation HAMILTON
Now for a strong central democracy, guarantees I know I talk too much, Im abrasive.
If not, then Ill be Socrates free ammunition for Awww! Youre incredible in court. Youre succinct,
your enemies! persuasive.
HAMILTON My client needs a strong defense. Youre the
Throwing verbal rocks BURR AND MEN solution.
at these mediocrities. ENSEMBLE Why do you write
Awww! like its ALL WOMEN BURR
going out of style? Going out of style, Whos your client?
BURR hey!
Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention: Write day and night HAMILTON
like its The new U.S. Constitution?
HAMILTON Going out of style? Going out of style,
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention. hey! BURR
BURR No.
BURR AND COMPANY
There as a New York junior delegate: Evry day you fight like its HAMILTON
HAMILTON COMPANY going out of style. Hear me out.
Now what Im going Awwww! Do what you do.
to say may sound
BURR
indelicate . . . BURR No way!
Alexander?
BURR HAMILTON
Goes and proposes What? HAMILTON A series of essays, anonymously published,
his own form of Aaron Burr, sir. defending the document to the public.
government!
BURR BURR ANGELICA
No one will read it. Of course. Dont forget to write.
HAMILTON HAMILTON ELIZA
I disagree. Then defend it. Look at where you are.
Look at where you started.
BURR BURR The fact that youre alive is a miracle.
And if it fails? And what if youre backing the wrong horse? Just stay alive, that would be enough.
HAMILTON HAMILTON And if your wife could share a fraction of
Burr, thats why we need it. Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed your time,
for the notion of a nation we now get to build. if I could grant you peace of mind,
BURR For once in your life, take a stand with pride. would that be enough?
The constitutions a mess. I dont understand how you stand to the side.
HAMILTON BURR
BURR Alexander joins forces with James Madison
So it needs amendments. Ill keep all my plans and John Jay to write a series of essays
close to my chest. defending the new United States Constitution,
BURR
Its full of contradictions. ENSEMBLE entitled The Federalist Papers.
Wait for it, wait for The plan was to write a total of twenty-five
HAMILTON it, wait essays, the work divided evenly among the
So is independence. Ill wait here and see three men. In the end, they wrote eighty-five
We have to start somewhere. which way the wind essays, in the span of six months. John Jay
will blow. got sick after writing five. James Madison
BURR Im taking my time, Which way the wind wrote twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the other
No. No way. watching the will blow. fifty-one.
afterbirth of a nation, Im taking my BURR
HAMILTON watching the tension time, watching the
Youre making a mistake. How do you write
grow. afterbirth of a nation, like youre ALL WOMEN
BURR watching the tension running out of time? Running out of time?
Good night. grow.
ANGELICA Write day and night
HAMILTON like youre
Hey. I am sailing off to London. Im accompanied
by someone running out of time? running out of time?
What are you waiting for?
What do you stall for? who always pays.
I have found a wealthy husband who will keep BURR AND MEN
BURR me in comfort for all my days. Evry day you fight,
What? He is not a lot of fun, but theres no one who like youre
can match you for turn of phrase. running out of time, running out of time,
HAMILTON My Alexander. like youre
We won the war. running out of time, running out of time,
What was it all for? HAMILTON are you
Do you support this constitution? Angelica. running out of time? Awwww!
FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON) WASHINGTON HAMILTON
How do you write like tomorrow wont arrive? To leave behind the world you know Look around, look around at how lucky we are
How do you write like you need it to survive? to be alive right now.
How do you write evry second youre alive? HAMILTON
Evry second youre alive? Evry second Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or ELIZA
youre alive? State department? Helpless

WASHINGTON WASHINGTON HAMILTON

They are asking me to lead. Treasury. They are asking me to lead.
I am doing the best I can
to get the people that I need, HAMILTON ELIZA
Im asking you to be my right hand man. Lets go. Look around, isnt this enough?

HAMILTON ELIZA
Treasury or State? Alexander

WASHINGTON HAMILTON
I know its a lot to ask, I have to leave.

HAMILTON ELIZA
Treasury or State? Alexander
ANGELICA
He will never be ELIZA
satisfied, What would be enough
he will
never be satisfied, To be
satisfied,
satisfied, satisfied, WASHINGTON
satisfied satisfied History has its BURR
eyes Why do you assume youre
the smartest in
on the room?
Why do
Look around, you! you assume youre the
smartest in the
look around! ENSEMBLE
room? Non-
Why do stop!
He will You assume youre the
never be satisfied, Isnt this smartest in the
room? Non-
satisfied, enough?
What would be enough? Soon that attitudes stop!
satisfied WASH/MUL/ LAUR/LAF gonna
History has its be your doom! Non-
eyes... Why do you stop!
fight
on... like youre
you... running out of time? Non-
Why do you
Why do you fight like fight Why do you fight like stop!
like
history has its eyes on history has its eyes on history has its eyes on history has its eyes on history
you you you you has its
eyes on
you
HAMILTON
I am not throwin away my MEN
shot! Just you wait!
I am not throwin away my FULL COMPANY
shot! Just you wait!
I am
Alexander Hamilton! Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton, just you wait!
I am not throwin away my shot!
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