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And Madison responds with Virginian insight: BURR AND COMPANY:
In God we trust
MADISON : But we’ll never really know what got discussed
Maybe we can solve one problem with another Click‐boom then it happened
and win a victory for the Southerners, in other
words BURR :
And no one else was in the room where it
JEFFERSON : happened
Oh‐ho!
COMPANY :
MADISON : Alexander Hamilton!
A quid pro quo
BURR :
JEFFERSON : What did they say to you to get you
I suppose to sell New York City down the river?
MADISON : COMPANY :
Wouldn’t you like to work a little closer to home? Alexander Hamilton!
JEFFERSON : BURR :
Actually, I would Did Washington know about the dinner?
Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?
MADISON :
Well, I propose the Potomac COMPANY :
Alexander Hamilton!
JEFFERSON :
And you’ll provide him his votes? BURR :
Or did you know, even then, it doesn’t matter
MADISON : Where you put the U.S. Capital?
Well, we’ll see how it goes
HAMILTON :
JEFFERSON : Cuz we’ll have the banks
Let’s go We’re in the same spot
BURR : BURR :
No! You got more than you gave
COMPANY : HAMILTON :
one else was in And I wanted what I got
The room where it happened When you got skin in the game, you stay in the
game
BURR AND COMPANY: But you don’t get a win unless you play in the
The room where it happened game
The room where it happened Oh, you get love for it. You get hate for it
No one else was in You get nothing if you…
The room where it happened
The room where it happened HAMILTON AND COMPANY:
The room where it happened Wait for it, wait for it, wait!
HAMILTON : COMPANY :
God help and forgive me We want our leaders to save the day—
I wanna build
Something that’s gonna BURR :
Outlive me But we don’t get a say in what they trade away
HAMILTON/JEFFERSON/MADISON/WASHINGTON: COMPANY :
What do you want, Burr? We dream of a brand new start—
What do you want, Burr?
BURR :
If you stand for nothing But we dream in the dark for the most part
Burr, then what do you fall for?
BURR AND COMPANY:
BURR : Dark as a tomb where it happens
I wanna be in
The room where it happens BURR :
The room where it happens I’ve got to be in COMPANY :
I wanna be in The room… The room where it happens
The room where it happens
The room where it happens I’ve got to be...
. The room where it happens
BURR : COMPANY : I’ve got to be...
I I wanna be in . The room where it happens
. The room where it happens Oh, I’ve got to be in
Wanna be The room where it happens The room where it
In the room where it happens… The room where it happens
happens The room where it happens I’ve got to be, I’ve
gotta be, The room where it happens
I I wanna be in the room I’ve gotta be…
. Where it happens In the room! I wanna be in the room
I wanna be in the room… The room where it happens . Where it happens!
Oh The room where it happens Click‐boom! Click‐boom!
Oh I wanna be in
. The room where it happens
I wanna be The room where it happens
I wanna be The room where it happens
I’ve got to be I wanna be in
I’ve got to be The room where it happens
In that room The room where it happens
In that big ol’ room The room where it happens
COMPANY :
The art of the compromise—
Miranda, Lin‐Manuel. J onathan Groff. “ The Room Where it
BURR : Happened” lyrics from H
amilton the Musical (2015).
Hold your nose and close your eyes <h p://www.themusicallyrics.com/h/351‐hamilton‐the‐m
usical‐lyrics>.