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ACT II

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING ACT II Disc 2 1. WHAT’D I MISS 2. #1 3. TAKE A BREAK 4. 5. THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS 6. SCHUYLER DEFEATED 7. CABINET BATTLE #2 8. WASHINGTON ON YOUR SIDE 9. ONE LAST TIME 10. I KNOW HIM 11. THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION 12. WE KNOW 13. HURRICANE 14. THE REYNOLDS PAMPHLET 15. BURN 16. BLOW US ALL AWAY 17. STAY ALIVE (REPRISE) 18. IT’S QUIET UPTOWN 19. THE ELECTION OF 1800 20. YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT 21. BEST OF WIVES AND BEST OF WOMEN 22. THE WORLD WAS WIDE ENOUGH 23. WHO LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO TELLS YOUR STORY ENSEMBLE Ready to face ACT II Aaa-ooo! whatever’s awaiting JEFFERSON me in N.Y.C. Me in N.Y.C. 1. WHAT’D I MISS I helped Lafayette draft a declaration, JEFFERSON then I said, ‘I gotta go. But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the I gotta be in .’ Now the work at place? Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen... home begins… My friend , red in the face. Se- se- seventeen... ENSEMBLE JEFFERSON BURR Aaa-ooo! He grabs my arm and 1789. I respond, ENSEMBLE How does the bastard orphan, JEFFERSON “What’s goin’ on?” Aaa-ooo! immigrant decorated war vet So what’d I miss? unite the colonies through more debt? What’d I miss? MADISON Fight the other founding fathers til he has Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our to forfeit? you a kiss. nation’s very soul. Have it all, lose it all, I’ve been in Paris meeting lots of different Can you get us out of the mess we’re in? you ready for more yet? ladies... Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties... ENSEMBLE President, I traveled the wide, wide world and came Aaa-ooo! ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent. back to this… Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him. MADISON Pissed him off until we had a two-party ENSEMBLE ’s new financial plan is nothing less system. Aaa-ooo! than government control. You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had I’ve been fighting for the South alone. JEFFERSON Where have you been? the chance, There’s a letter on my desk from the President. ‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador Haven’t even put my bags down yet. ENSEMBLE JEFFERSON to France Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it? Aaa-ooo! Uh...France. but someone’s gotta keep the American It says the President’s assembling a cabinet promise. and that I am to be the Secretary of State, MADISON You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas! great! We have to win. And that I’m already Senate-approved... COMPANY JEFFERSON ENSEMBLE ’s coming home! I just got home and now I’m headed up to New York. What’d I miss? Wha? Wha? What’d Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! I miss? Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! ENSEMBLE Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! Headin’ to New York! What’d I miss? I’ve come home to Thomas Jefferson’s coming home Lord he’s Headin’ to New York! this? been off in Paris for so long! Headfirst into a Aaa-ooo! JEFFERSON political abyss! Aaa-ooo! Lookin’ at the rolling Headfirst, into the fields abyss! JEFFERSON I can’t ENSEMBLE France is following us to revolution, I have my first believe that we Believe that we are cabinet meeting there is no more status quo. are free. free But the sun comes up and the world still spins. today, Chik-a-pow! These are wise words, enterprising men Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in I guess I better think quote ‘em. Monticello? of something to say, Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote ‘em. If we assume the debts, the union gets A new line of credit, a financial diuretic. JEFFERSON/MADISON I’m already on my How do you not get it? If we’re aggressive and way, On my way Oww competitive The union gets a boost. You’d rather give it let’s get to the JEFFERSON bottom of this… a sedative? But Hamilton forgets A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor, What did I miss? his plan would have the government assume Ahhh ah! Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for state’s debts. labor. Now, place your bets as to who that benefits: “We plant seeds in the South. We create.” WASHINGTON the very seat of government where Hamilton Mr. Jefferson, welcome home. Yeah, keep ranting, sits. we know who’s really doing the planting. HAMILTON HAMILTON And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment, Mr. Jefferson? . Don’t lecture me about the war, you didn’t Not true! fight in it. WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE JEFFERSON You think I’m frightened of you, man? Mr. Jefferson, welcome home. Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it. We almost died in a trench while you were off getting high with the COMPANY If New York’s in debt— why should Virginia bear it? Uh! Our debts are French. Mr. Jefferson, welcome home Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the Sir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long! paid, I’m afraid. Don’t tax the South cuz we got it made in President, the shade. reticent—there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison. JEFFERSON Madison, you’re mad as a hatter, son, take So what did I miss? In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground. We create. You just wanna move our money your medicine. around. Damn, you’re in worse shape than the This financial plan is an outrageous demand, national debt is in, 2. CABINET BATTLE #1 and it’s too many damn pages for any man to sittin’ there useless as two shits. understand. Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you WASHINGTON where my shoe fits. Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been Stand with me in the land of the free anywhere in the world tonight, but you’re and pray to God we never see Hamilton’s WASHINGTON here with us in . Are you ready candidacy. Excuse me? Jefferson, Madison, take a walk! for a cabinet meeting??? Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky. Hamilton, take a walk! We’ll reconvene after Imagine what gon’ happen when you try to a brief recess. Hamilton! WASHINGTON tax our whisky. The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton’s WASHINGTON HAMILTON plan to assume state debt and establish a Sir! national bank. Secretary Jefferson, you have Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. Secretary the floor. Hamilton, your response. WASHINGTON A word. JEFFERSON HAMILTON ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ Thomas. That was a real nice declaration. MADISON We fought for these ideals; we shouldn’t Welcome to the present, we’re running a You don’t have the votes. settle for less. real nation. Would you like to join us, or stay mellow, JEFFERSON/MADISON HAMILTON ELIZA AND PHILIP You don’t have the votes. They’re being intransigent. One two three four five six seven eight ! JEFFERSON WASHINGTON HAMILTON Aha-ha-ha ha! You have to find a compromise. My dearest, Angelica, “tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow JEFFERSON/MADISON HAMILTON creeps in this petty pace from day to day” You’re gonna need congressional approval But they don’t have a plan, they just hate I trust you’ll understand the reference to and you don’t have the votes. mine! another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play. JEFFERSON WASHINGTON They think me Macbeth, and ambition is Such a blunder sometimes it makes me Convince them otherwise. my folly, wonder why I even bring the thunder. HAMILTON I’m a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive MADISON pain, What happens if I don’t get congressional Madison is Banquo, Jefferson’s Macduff Why he even brings the thunder… approval? And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Dunsinane. You wanna pull yourself together? I imagine they’ll call for your removal. HAMILTON/ANGELICA HAMILTON HAMILTON And there you are, an ocean away. I’m sorry, these Virginians are birds of a Sir— Do you have to live an feather. ocean away? WASHINGTON Thoughts of you subside, WASHINGTON Figure it out, Alexander. That’s an order from then I get another letter, Young man, I’m from Virginia, so watch your your commander. I cannot put the notion away… mouth. ELIZA HAMILTON 3. TAKE A BREAK Take a break. So we let Congress get held hostage by the South? ELIZA HAMILTON Un deux trois quatre I am on my way. WASHINGTON Cinq six sept huit Un deux trois quatre You need the votes. ELIZA neuf. There’s a little surprise before supper Cinq six sept huit neuf. and it cannot wait. HAMILTON Good! No, we need bold strokes. We need this plan. Un deux trois quatre HAMILTON WASHINGTON Cinq six sept huit Un deux trois quatre I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate. No, you need to convince more folks. neuf. Cinq six sept huit neuf. ELIZA Alexander— HAMILTON ELIZA James Madison won’t talk to me, that’s a PHILIP nonstarter. Sept huit neuf– HAMILTON Sept huit neuf– Okay, okay— WASHINGTON Sept huit neuf– Winning was easy, young man. Governing’s Sept huit neuf– ELIZA harder. Your son is nine years old today. He has something he’d like to say. HAMILTON I know you’re very busy, He’s been practicing all day. I know. I know your work’s important, Philip, take it away— but I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’t ELIZA wait. PHILIP In a nearby park. Daddy, daddy, look— HAMILTON AND ANGELICA My name is Philip. HAMILTON You won’t be an ocean away. I am a poet. I’d love to go. You will only be a moment away… I wrote this poem just to show it. ELIZA ELIZA And I just turned nine. You and I can go when the night gets dark… Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica’s You can write rhymes, arriving today! but you can’t write HAMILTON mine. HAMILTON I will try to get away. ELIZA Angelica! What! ANGELICA I practice French My dearest Alexander, and play ANGELICA You must get through to Jefferson. Eliza! piano with my Sit down with him and compromise, mother. don’t stop ‘til you agree HAMILTON Uh huh! your fav’rite older sister, ! I have a sister but I Angelica, reminds you want a little brother. there’s someone in your corner all the way ANGELICA Okay! across the sea. Alexander. My daddy’s trying to start America’s bank. In a letter I received from you two weeks ago HAMILTON Un deux trois quatre I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase. Hi. cinq! It changed the meaning. Did you intend this? Bravo! ANGELICA One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking It’s good to see your face. ELIZA days. Take a break. It says: ELIZA Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the HAMILTON HAMILTON/ANGELICA summer with his family. Hey, our kid is pretty great. “My dearest Angelica” HAMILTON ELIZA ANGELICA Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn’t Run away with us for the summer. With a comma after “dearest.” you’ve written have a real job anyway. Let’s go upstate. HAMILTON AND ANGELICA ANGELICA HAMILTON “My dearest, Angelica.” …you’re not joining us? Wait. Eliza, I’ve got so much on my plate. ANGELICA HAMILTON ELIZA Anyway, all this to say I’m afraid I cannot join you upstate. We can all go stay with my father. I’m coming home this summer There’s a lake I know… at my sister’s invitation, ANGELICA I’ll be there with your fam’ly Alexander, I came all this way. if you make your way upstate. ELIZA We can go– when the night gets HAMILTON She came all this way– dark. So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her When the night gets Take a break. home, she said ANGELICA dark. All this way– Take a break. MARIA You’re too kind, sir. ELIZA AND ANGELICA HAMILTON Take a break. I have to get my plan through Congress. HAMILTON I can’t stop until I get this plan through I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away, HAMILTON she lived a block away, she said: You know I have to get my plan through Congress. Congress. MARIA This one’s mine, sir. ELIZA AND ANGELICA 4. SAY NO TO THIS Run away with us for the summer. HAMILTON Let’s go upstate. BURR Then I said, “well, I should head back home,” There’s nothing like summer in the city. she turned red, she led me to her bed, let her HAMILTON Someone under stress meets someone legs spread and said: I lose my job if I don’t get my plan through looking pretty. Congress. There’s trouble in the air, you can smell it. MARIA and Alexander’s by himself. I’ll let him tell it. Stay? ELIZA AND ANGELICA We can all go stay with our father. HAMILTON HAMILTON I hadn’t slept in a week. Hey... ELIZA ANGELICA I was weak, I was awake. There’s a lake I know I know I’ll miss your You never seen a bastard orphan MARIA face– more in need of a break. Hey... In a nearby park Screw your courage Longing for Angelica. to the sticking place– Missing my wife. HAMILTON You and I can go That’s when Miss walked into That’s when I began to pray: Eliza’s right– my life, she said: Lord, show me how to Take a break Take a break. say no to this. and get away– MARIA REYNOLDS I don’t know how to Run away with us I know you are a man of honor, say no to this. for the summer– I’m so sorry to bother you at home Let’s go upstate Let’s go upstate. but I don’t know where to go, and I came here HAMILTON where we can stay. all alone... But my God, she looks so helpless And her body’s saying, “hell, yes” We can all go stay with HAMILTON our father, She said: MARIA if you take your time– Whoa… Look around, look you will make your MARIA My husband’s doin’ me wrong HAMILTON around mark. Nooo, show me how to at how lucky we are beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me... to be alive right now– Close your eyes and Suddenly he’s up and gone. I don’t have the means to go on. HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE dream– Say no to this. HAMILTON JAMES REYNOLDS MARIA HAMILTON I don’t know how to Uh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold, If you pay, I don’t… so time to pay the piper for the pants you HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE unbuckled. You can stay. Say no to this. And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife Lord, show if the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife. HAMILTON me how to ENSEMBLE say no to this. Say no to this! In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go HAMILTON Tonight I hid the letter and I raced to her place, I don’t know ENSEMBLE screamed “How could you?!” in her face, Go! Go! Go! how to she said: say no to this. Say no to this! HAMILTON MARIA Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say... Cuz the No, sir! situation’s ENSEMBLE HAMILTON helpless. No! No! Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked Helpless. Say no to this! pathetic, she cried: And her body’s No! No! MARIA screaming, Say no to this! Please don’t go, sir! “Hell, yes” Whoa! No! No! HAMILTON No, show me Say no to this! So was your whole story a setup? how to say no to this. Say no to this! No! No! MARIA Say no to this! I don’t know about any letter! How can I How can you Say no to HAMILTON HAMILTON say no to this? Say no to this! I wish I could say that was the last time. Stop crying Goddamnit, get up! this? I said that last time. It became a pastime. MARIA There is A month into this endeavor I received a letter nowhere I from a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it I didn’t know any better can go. said: HAMILTON When her I am ruined... body’s on JAMES REYNOLDS mine Go! Go! Go! Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good MARIA I do not say... health, HAMILTON Please don’t leave me I am No! and in a prosperous enough position to put No! wealth with him helpless. helpless—how could I in the pockets of people like me: down on do this? HAMILTON ENSEMBLE their luck. Just give him what Yes. MARIA Say no to this! You see, that was my wife who you decided to he wants and you can Yes! have me. I don’t want you No! HAMILTON Yes. No! Fuuuu— Whatever you want, I don’t want you Yes! HAMILTON MADISON Say no to this! Yeah. Hamilton! Yes. Yes! No! No! BURR HAMILTON They renamed it after him. The Mercer legacy I’m sorry Burr, I’ve gotta go. is secure. Say no to this! BURR Yes. Yes! HAMILTON But— No! Sure. No! HAMILTON BURR Decisions are happening over dinner. Say no to this! And all he had to do was die. HAMILTON BURR Say no to this. MARIA HAMILTON Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into I don’t say no to this, Don’t say no to this. That’s a lot less work. a room. there is nowhere I BURR BURR AND ENSEMBLE can go. ENSEMBLE We oughta give it a try. Diametric’ly opposed, foes. Go go go… HAMILTON BURR JAMES REYNOLDS Ha. They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were So? BURR HAMILTON Now how’re you gonna get your debt plan BURR AND ENSEMBLE through? Previously closed, Nobody needs to know. HAMILTON ENSEMBLE I guess I’m gonna fin’ly have to listen to you. Bros. 5. THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS BURR BURR Really? The immigrant emerges with unprecedented BURR financial power, Ah, Mister Secretary. HAMILTON a system he can shape however he wants. Talk less. Smile more. The Virginians emerge with the nation’s HAMILTON capital. Mister Burr, sir. BURR And here’s the pièce de résistance: Ha. BURR BURR Didja hear the news about good old General HAMILTON No one else was in Mercer? Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the the room where it Congress floor. happened. HAMILTON The room where it No. BURR happened. Now, Madison and Jefferson are merciless. The room where it BURR happened. You know Clermont Street? HAMILTON Well, hate the sin, love the sinner. No one else was in ENSEMBLE the room where it The room where it happened. happened. The room where it JEFFERSON BURR happened. Well, I arranged the meeting. Congress is fighting over where to put the The room where it The room where it I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating, capital— happened. happened. No one really knows BURR Company screams in chaos. how But! the game is played. The game is played. No one else was in- BURR The art of the trade, It isn’t pretty. BURR AND COMPANY Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner how the sausage gets How the sausage gets The room where it happened. made. made. and invite, The room where it happened. And Madison responds with Virginian insight: We just The room where it happened. assume that it Assume that it MADISON happens. happens. BURR Maybe we can solve one problem with another But no one else is in No one else was in- and win a victory for the Southerners, in the room where it The room where it other words— happens. happens. BURR AND COMPANY The room where it happened. JEFFERSON BURR AND COMPANY The room where it happened. Oh-ho! Thomas claims— The room where it happened. MADISON JEFFERSON BURR A quid pro quo. Alexander was on Washington’s doorstep No one really knows one day how the COMPANY JEFFERSON in distress ‘n disarray. parties get to yesssss. Parties get to yesssss. I suppose. The pieces that are BURR AND COMPANY sacrificed in MADISON Thomas claims— ev’ry game of Ev’ry game of chesssss. Wouldn’t you like to work a little closer to JEFFERSON chesssss. home? Alexander said— We just assume that it Assume that it JEFFERSON HAMILTON happens. happens. Actually, I would. I’ve nowhere else to turn! But no one else is in MADISON JEFFERSON the room where it The room where it Well, I propose the Potomac. And basic’ly begged me to join the fray. happens. happens. JEFFERSON BURR AND COMPANY BURR AND COMPANY And you’ll provide him his votes? Thomas claims— Meanwhile— MADISON JEFFERSON BURR Well, we’ll see how it goes. I approached Madison and said– Madison is grappling with the fact that not JEFFERSON “I know you hate ‘im, but let’s hear what he ev’ry issue can be settled by committee. Let’s go. has to say.” COMPANY BURR BURR AND COMPANY Meanwhile— No! Thomas claims— COMPANY we’re in the same spot. the room where it happens. –one else was in The room where it happens. the room where it happened. BURR You got more than you gave. BURR COMPANY BURR AND COMPANY I I wanna be in the room The room where it happened. HAMILTON where it happens. The room where it happened. And I wanted what I got. wanna be The room where it No one else was in happens. the room where it happened. When you got skin in the game, you stay in The room where it The room where it happened. the game. happens. The room where it happened. But you don’t get a win unless you play in In I wanna be in the game. the room where it the room where it BURR Oh, you get love for it. You get hate for it. happens. happens. My God! You get nothing if you... I The room where it happens. BURR AND COMPANY HAMILTON AND COMPANY The room where it In God we trust. Wait for it, wait for it, wait! happens. But we’ll never really know what got HAMILTON I wanna be in the I wanna be in discussed. room…. Click-boom then it happened. God help and forgive me, Oh the room BURR I wanna build where it happens. something that’s Oh The room where it And no one else was in the room where it happens. happened. gonna outlive me. The room where it COMPANY happens. Alexander Hamilton! HAMILTON/ I wanna be JEFFERSON/ I wanna be I wanna be in BURR MADISON/ the room What did they say to you to get you to sell WASHINGTON COMPANY where it happens. New York City down the river? What do you want, What do you want, I’ve got to be The room where it Burr? Burr? happens. COMPANY What do you want, What do you want, I’ve got to be The room where it Alexander Hamilton! Burr? Burr? happens. in the room BURR If you stand for What do you want, in that big ol' room Did Washington know about the dinner? nothing, Burr? Was there Presidential pressure to deliver? Burr, what do you What do you want? COMPANY The art of the compromise— COMPANY fall for? Alexander Hamilton! BURR BURR Hold your nose and close your eyes. BURR I wanna be in Or did you know, even then, it doesn’t matter the room where it happens. COMPANY where you put the U.S. Capital? The room where it happens. We want our leaders to save the day– HAMILTON I Cuz we’ll have the banks, wanna be in BURR PHILIP HAMILTON But we don’t get a say in what they trade Daddy’s gonna find out any minute. Wait. away. ELIZA BURR COMPANY I’m sure he already knows. People think you’re crooked! We dream of a brand new start– And Schuyler’s seat was up for grabs, so I PHILIP took it. BURR Further down, But we dream in the dark for the most part. HAMILTON PHILIP AND ELIZA I’ve always considered you a friend. BURR AND COMPANY Further down, Dark as a tomb where it happens. BURR PHILIP I don’t see why that has to end! BURR COMPANY “Let’s meet the newest Senator from New I’ve got to be in the The room where it York…” HAMILTON room... happens You changed parties to run against my ELIZA father-in-law. I’ve got to be... New York— The room where it BURR happens PHILIP AND ELIZA I changed parties to seize the opportunity I’ve got to be... Our Senator!... I saw. The room where it I swear, your pride will be the death of us all! happens HAMILTON Beware: it goeth before the fall… Oh, I’ve got to be in Burr! the room where it HAMILTON happens… The room where it Since when are you a Democratic-Republican? 7. CABINET BATTLE #2 happens I’ve got to be, I’ve The room where it BURR WASHINGTON gotta be, I’ve gotta happens Since being one put me on the up and up The issue on the table: France is on the verge be… again. of war with England. Do we provide aid and in the room! I wanna be in the room troops to our French allies or do we stay out where it happens! HAMILTON of it? Remember, my decision on this matter No one knows who you are or what you do. is not subject to congressional approval. Click-boom! Click-boom! The only person you have to convince is me. BURR Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir. They don’t need to know me. They don’t like you. JEFFERSON 6. SCHUYLER DEFEATED When we were on death’s door, when we PHILIP HAMILTON were needy, Look! Grampa’s in the paper! ‘War Hero Philip Excuse me? we made a promise, we signed a treaty. Schuyler loses Senate seat to young upstart We needed money and guns and half a chance. !’ BURR Who provided those funds? Grampa just lost his seat in the Senate. Oh, Wall Street thinks you’re great. You’ll always be adored by the things you MADISON ELIZA create. France. Sometimes that’s how it goes. But upstate, JEFFERSON WASHINGTON Where do we draw the line? In return, they didn’t ask for land, Enough. Hamilton is right. only a promise that we’d lend a hand JEFFERSON and stand with them if they fought against JEFFERSON So quick-witted. oppressors, Mr. President— and revolution is messy but now is the time HAMILTON to stand. WASHINGTON Alas, I admit it. We’re too fragile to start another fight. Stand with our brothers as they fight against JEFFERSON tyranny. JEFFERSON I bet you were quite a lawyer. I know that Alexander Hamilton is here and he But sir, do we not fight for freedom? would rather not have this debate. HAMILTON I’ll remind you that he is not Secretary of WASHINGTON My defendants got acquitted. State. Sure, when the French figure out who’s gonna He knows nothing of loyalty, lead ‘em. JEFFERSON smells like new money, dresses like fake Huh. Well, someone oughta remind you. royalty, JEFFERSON desperate to rise above his station, The people are leading— HAMILTON everything he does betrays the ideals of our What? nation. WASHINGTON The people are rioting. JEFFERSON ENSEMBLE There’s a difference. Frankly, it’s a little You’re nothing without Washington behind Ooh!! disquieting you would let your ideals blind you. you to reality. JEFFERSON Hamilton. WASHINGTON Hey, and if ya don’t know, now ya know, Mr. Hamilton! President. HAMILTON Sir. JEFFERSON WASHINGTON Daddy’s calling. Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. Secretary WASHINGTON Hamilton, your response. Draft a statement of neutrality. 8. WASHINGTON ON HAMILTON JEFFERSON YOUR SIDE You must be out of your Goddamn mind if Did you forget Lafayette? you think BURR the President is gonna bring the nation to HAMILTON It must be nice, it must be nice to have the brink What? Washington on your side of meddling in the middle of a military mess, It must be nice, it must be nice to have a game of , where France is Queen and JEFFERSON Washington on your side. Kingless. Have you an ounce of regret? We signed a treaty with a King whose head is You accumulate debt, you accumulate power, JEFFERSON now in a basket. yet in their hour of need, you forget. Ev’ry action has its equal, opposite reactions. Would you like to take it out and ask it? Thanks to Hamilton, our cab’net’s fractured “Should we honor our treaty, King Louis’ HAMILTON into factions. head?” Lafayette’s a smart man, he’ll be fine. Try not to crack under the stress, we’re “Uh… do whatever you want, I’m super dead .” And before he was your friend, he was mine. breaking down like fractions. If we try to fight in every revolution in the world, we never stop. We smack each other in the press, and we MADISON JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR don’t print retractions. Follow the scent of his enterprise. Democratic-Republicans! I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of . JEFFERSON JEFF/MAD/BURR/ENSEMBLE The way he primps and preens and dresses Centralizing national credit Oh! like the pits of fashion. and making American credit competitive. Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR to ration MADISON Let’s follow the money and see where it goes. as Wall Street robs ‘em blind in search of chips If we don’t stop it we aid and abet it. to cash in. ENSEMBLE This prick is askin’ for someone to bring him JEFFERSON Oh! I have to resign. to task. JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR Somebody gimme some dirt on this vacuous MADISON Because every second the Treasury grows. mass so we can at last unmask him. Somebody has to stand up for the South! I’ll pull the trigger on him, someone load the ENSEMBLE gun and cock it. BURR Oh! While we were all watching, he got Somebody has to stand up to his mouth! Washington in his pocket. JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR JEFFERSON If we follow the money and see where it leads, JEFFERSON AND BURR If there’s a fire you’re trying to douse, get in the weeds, look for the seeds of It must be nice, it must be nice to have Hamilton’s misdeeds. Washington on your side. MADISON AND JEFFERSON It must be nice, it must be nice to have You can’t put it out from inside the house. JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR Washington on your side. It must be nice. It must be nice. JEFFERSON Look back at the Bill of Rights. I’m in the cabinet. I am complicit in MADISON watching him grabbin’ at power and kiss it. Follow the money and see where it goes. MADISON If Washington isn’t gon’ listen Which I wrote. to disciplined dissidents, this is the JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR difference: It must be nice. It must be nice. JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR This kid is out! The ink hasn’t dried. JEFFERSON It must be nice, it must be nice to have MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON The emperor has no clothes. Washington on your side. Oh! This immigrant isn’t somebody we chose. JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR MADISON Oh! We won’t be invisible. We won’t be denied. So he’s doubled the size of the government. This immigrant’s keeping us all on our toes. Still, Wasn’t the trouble with much our previous Oh! it must be nice, it must be nice to have government size? Let’s show these Federalists who they’re up Washington on your side. BURR against! Oh! Look in his eyes! 9. ONE LAST TIME JEFFERSON JEFFERSON/MADISON Southern motherfuckin’- HAMILTON See how he lies. Mr. President, you asked to see me? WASHINGTON WASHINGTON we’re gonna teach ‘em how to say I know you’re busy. I’m stepping down. I’m not running for goodbye. President. You and I— HAMILTON What do you need, sir? Sir? HAMILTON HAMILTON I’m sorry, what? Mr. President, they will say you’re weak. WASHINGTON I wanna give you a word of warning. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON One last time. No, they will see we’re strong. HAMILTON Relax, have a drink with me Sir, I don’t know what you heard, one last time. HAMILTON But whatever it is, Jefferson started it. Let’s take a break tonight Your position is so unique. and then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye, WASHINGTON to say goodbye. WASHINGTON Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning. You and I. So I’ll use it to move them along. HAMILTON HAMILTON HAMILTON You’re kidding. No, sir, why? Why do you have to say goodbye? WASHINGTON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON I need a favor. I wanna talk about neutrality. If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on. It outlives me when I’m gone. HAMILTON HAMILTON Like the scripture says: Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of “Everyone shall sit under their own vine and his behavior. war, is this the best time— fig tree and no one shall make them afraid.” WASHINGTON WASHINGTON They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made. Shh. Talk less. I want to warn against partisan fighting. I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree. A moment alone in the shade, HAMILTON HAMILTON at home in this nation we’ve made. I’ll use the press, But— One last time. I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him— WASHINGTON HAMILTON Pick up a pen, start writing. One last time. WASHINGTON I wanna talk about what I have learned. I need you to draft an address. The hard-won wisdom I have earned. HAMILTON Though, in reviewing the incidents of HAMILTON HAMILTON my administration, I am unconscious of Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your As far as the people are concerned, intentional error, I am nevertheless too mind— you have to serve, you could continue to sensible of my defects not to think it probable WASHINGTON serve— that I may have committed many errors. I shall also carry with me No, he’s stepping down so he can run for WASHINGTON President. No! One last time HAMILTON WASHINGTON HAMILTON the people will hear from me The hope The hope one last time that my country will Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir. and if we get this right view them with View them with WASHINGTON COMPANY A sentinel whispers in King George’s ear. indulgence; indulgence You and I ’s And that, going home John Adams?! after forty-five years After forty-five years I know him. of my life dedicated of my life dedicated Going home George Washington’s That can’t be. to its service with an to its service with an going home That’s that little guy who spoke to me upright zeal, upright zeal all those years ago. the faults of History has its eyes George Washington’s What was it, eighty-five? incompetent abilities on you going home That poor man, they’re gonna eat him alive! will be Oceans rise. consigned to oblivion, Consigned to oblivion, George Washington’s Empires fall. as I myself as I myself going home Next to Washington, they all look small. must soon be to the must soon be to the All alone, mansions of mansions of We’re gonna teach watch them run. rest. rest. ‘em how to say Teach ‘em They will tear each other into pieces, I anticipate with I anticipate with goodbye! how to say Jesus Christ, this will be fun! pleasing pleasing goodbye! expectation that expectation that Teach ‘em Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da retreat in which retreat in which how to say Teach ‘em how! Da da da dat dat da ya daaaaa! I promise myself to I promise myself to goodbye! realize the realize the “President John Adams” sweet enjoyment of sweet enjoyment of To say goodbye! Good Luck. partaking, in partaking, in Say goodbye! the midst of my the midst of my Say goodbye! fellow-citizens, fellow-citizens, Say goodbye! 11. THE ADAMS the benign the benign One last time! ADMINISTRATION Influence of good influence of good One last time! laws laws BURR Under a free Under a free How does Hamilton, the short-tempered, government, the government, the 10. I KNOW HIM protean creator of the Coast Guard, ever-favorite object ever-favorite object of Founder of the New York Post, of my heart, my heart, KING GEORGE ardently abuse his cab’net post, and the happy reward, and the happy reward, They say destroy his reputation? as I trust, as I trust, George Washington’s yielding his power and Welcome, folks, to Of our mutual cares, Of our mutual cares, stepping away. labors, and labors, and ‘Zat true? BURR/COMPANY dangers. dangers. I wasn’t aware that was something a person The Adams administration! could do. BURR WASHINGTON I’m perplexed. One last time. Jefferson’s the runner-up, which makes him Are they gonna keep on replacing whoever’s the Vice President. in charge? ALL WOMEN If so, who’s next? George Washington’s going home! JEFFERSON There’s nobody else in their country who Washington can’t help you now, no more HAMILTON looms quite as large . . . mister nice President. Teach ‘em how to say goodbye. BURR BURR Unless. Adams fires Hamilton. To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in Privately calls him “creole bastard” in his seventeen ninety-one. JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR taunts. Unless? HAMILTON JEFFERSON Is that what you have? Are you done? HAMILTON Say what?! If I can prove that I never broke the law, MADISON do you promise not to tell another soul what BURR You are uniquely situated by virtue of your you saw? Hamilton publishes his response. position— BURR HAMILTON JEFFERSON No one else was in the room where it Sit down, John, you fat motherf- Though ‘virtue’ is not a word I’d apply to this happened. situation— BURR HAMILTON Hamilton is out of control. MADISON Is that a yes? To seek financial gain, to stray from your MADISON sacred mission— JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR This is great! He’s out of power. He holds no Um, yes. office. And he just destroyed President John JEFFERSON Adams, the only other significant member And the evidence suggests you’ve engaged BURR of his party. in speculation— “Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health JEFFERSON BURR and in a prosperous enough position to put Hamilton’s a host unto himself. As long as An immigrant embezzling our government wealth he can hold a pen, he’s a threat. Let’s let him funds— in the pockets of people like me: down on know what we know. their luck. JEFFERSON/MADISON You see, it was my wife who you decided to –” I can almost see the headline, your career is done. JEFFERSON 12. WE KNOW Whaaaat – HAMILTON BURR Mr. Vice President. I hope you saved some money for your HAMILTON Mr. Madison. daughter and sons . She courted me. Senator Burr. Escorted me to bed and when she had me What is this? BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON in a corner Ya best g’wan run back where ya come from. that’s when Reynolds extorted me JEFFERSON for a sordid fee. We have the check stubs. From separate HAMILTON I paid him quarterly. accounts... Ha! You don’t even know what you’re asking I may have mortally wounded my prospects me to confess. but my papers are orderly! MADISON Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR As you can see I kept a record of every check amounts... Confess. in my checkered HAMILTON History. Check it again against your list n’ see You got nothing. I don’t have to tell you consistency. anything at all. I never spent a cent that wasn’t mine, you sent the dogs after my scent, that’s fine. They passed a plate around. HAMILTON Yes, I have reasons for shame Total strangers This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only but I have not committed treason and sullied moved to kindness by my story. way I can protect my legacy... my good name. Raised enough for me to book passage on a As you can see I have done nothing to provoke ship that was New York bound… COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON) legal action. Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait... Are my answers to your satisfaction? I wrote my way out of hell. I wrote my way to revolution. HAMILTON JEFFERSON I was louder than the crack in the bell. The Reynolds Pamphlet. My God. I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell. I wrote about The Constitution and defended MADISON it well. 14. THE REYNOLDS Gentlemen, let’s go. And in the face of ignorance and resistance, PAMPHLET HAMILTON I wrote financial systems into existence. And when my prayers to God were met with FULL COMPANY So? indifference, The Reynolds Pamphlet. I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance. JEFFERSON AND MADISON JEFFERSON/MADISON/ANGELICA The people won’t know what we know. In the eye of a hurricane Have you read this? HAMILTON there is quiet BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON Burr! for just a moment, a yellow sky. Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair. How do I know you won’t use this against me And he wrote it down right there. the next time we go toe to toe? I was twelve when my mother died. MADISON She was holding me. BURR Highlights! Alexander, rumors only grow. And we both We were sick and she was holding me. know what we know. I couldn’t seem to die. HAMILTON/ BURR JEFFERSON Wait for it, “The charge against 13. HURRICANE wait for it, HAMILTON me is a connection with one JAMES REYNOLDS HAMILTON wait for it... I’ll write my way out... James Reynolds! James Reynolds! In the eye of a hurricane For purposes of there is quiet BURR AND improper speculation. BURR for just a moment, ENSEMBLE My real crime is an My real crime is an a yellow sky. Wait for it, Write amorous connection amorous connection wait for it, ev’rything with his wife with his wife When I was seventeen a hurricane wait for it... down, far as I for a considerable destroyed my town. can see... time with his I didn’t drown. I’ll write my WASH/ELI/ knowing consent I couldn’t seem to die. way out... ANG/MAR Wait for Overwhelm History has its MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON I wrote my way out, it, wait for them with eyes on you. Damn! wrote everything down far as I could see. it, wait for it, honesty. I wrote my way out. wait... I looked up and the town had its eyes on me. HAMILTON/JEFFERSON/MADISON JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR Never gon’ be “I had frequent meetings with her. Most of That’s one less thing to worry about! President now. them at my own house.” Well, he’s never gon’ ANGELICA be President now. BURR I came as soon as I heard. Never gon’ be At his own house! JEFFERSON President now. MADISON What?! That’s At his own house! one less thing to That’s one less thing HAMILTON worry about. to worry about. DEEP VOICE Angelica— Damn! JEFF/ ENSEMBLE COMPANY MAD HAMILTON WOMEN HAMILTON/JEFFERSON All the way from London?! Hey! Hey! Well he’s “Mrs. Hamilton with our children being absent Damn. At least At least I never on a visit to her father.” he was was gon’ ENSEMBLE HAMILTON be MEN MADISON/BURR Angelica, thank God. honest honest President Well he’s No… Someone who understands what I’m with our with our now. never struggling here to do. money! money! gon’ be COMPANY President Boooo! ANGELICA now. I’m not here for you. Well he's MADISON/BURR never Have you read this? ENSEMBLE gon' be Oooooh! JEFFERSON President ANGELICA now. Well, he’s never gon’ be President now. Well he’s I know my sister like I know my own mind, Well he's never MADISON/BURR you will never find anyone as trusting or Never gon’ be President now. never gon’ be as kind. gon' be President I love my sister more than anything in this life, President now. JEFFERSON I will choose her happiness over mine every Well, he’s never gon’ be President now. now. time. Hey! Hey! Well he’s MADISON/BURR Put what we had aside. At least At least That's one never I’m standing at her side. Never gon’ be President now. he was he was less thing gon’ be You could never be satisfied. honest honest to worry President JEFFERSON God, I hope you’re satisfied. with our with our about. now. He’s never gon’ be President now. JEFFERSON/ money! money! MADISON/BURR MADISON/BURR FULL COMPANY Never gon’ be President now. Well, he’s never gon’ be President now. ENSEMBLE MEN That’s one less thing to worry about! The Reynolds Pamphlet. JEFFERSON Never gon’ be That’s one less thing to worry about. President now. JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR Well, he’s never gon’ Have you read this? be President now. You ever see somebody ruin their own life? COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON/ELIZA) You and your words, obsessed with your ENSEMBLE His poor wife. legacy... Blow us all away. Your sentences border on senseless, and you are paranoid in every paragraph PHILIP 15. BURN how they perceive you, Ladies, I’m lookin for a Mr. . Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July ELIZA You, you, you... speaker. I saved every letter you wrote me. He disparaged my father’s legacy in front From the moment I read them I’m erasing myself from the narrative. of a crowd. I knew you were mine. Let future historians wonder I can’t have that, I’m making my father proud. You said you were mine. how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart. I thought you were mine. You have torn it all apart. MARTHA I am watching it I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks. Do you know what Angelica said burn. He was goin’ to see a play. when we saw your first letter arrive? Watching it burn. She said, The world has no right to my heart. PHILIP The world has no place in our bed. Well, I’ll go visit his box. “Be careful with that one, love. They don’t get to know what I said. DOLLY He will do what it takes to survive.” I’m burning the memories, God, you’re a fox. Burning the letters that might have redeemed You and your words flooded my senses. you. PHILIP Your sentences left me defenseless. You forfeit all rights to my heart. And y’all look pretty good in ya’ frocks. You built me palaces out of paragraphs, You forfeit the place in our bed. How ‘bout when I get back, we all strip down you built cathedrals. You sleep in your office instead, to our socks? I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me. with only the memories I’m searching and scanning for answers of when you were mine. BOTH in every line, I hope that you burn. Ok! for some kind of sign, and when you were mine COMPANY the world seemed to 16. BLOW US ALL AWAY Blow us all away! Burn. PHILIP PHILIP Burn. Meet the latest graduate of King’s College! George! I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but, dag, I amaze You published the letters she wrote you. and astonish! GEORGE You told the whole world how you brought The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and Shh. this girl into our bed. brains as my pops! The ladies say my brain’s not where the PHILIP In clearing your name, you have ruined our George! lives. resemblance stops! Do you know what Angelica said I’m only nineteen but my mind is older, GEORGE When she read what you’d done? gotta be my own man, like my father, but Shh! I’m tryin’ to watch the show! She said, bolder. “You have married an Icarus. I shoulder his legacy with pride, PHILIP He has flown too close to the sun.” I used to hear him say Ya’ shoulda watched your mouth before you that someday talked about my father though! I would— GEORGE HAMILTON You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide. I didn’t say anything that wasn’t true. Where is this happening? You father’s a scoundrel, and so, it seems, PHILIP are you. PHILIP Mister Eacker! How was the rest of your show? Across the river, in Jersey. ENSEMBLE GEORGE Ooooooooooh! HAMILTON/PHILIP I’d rather skip the pleasantries. Everything is legal in New Jersey... Let’s go. PHILIP Grab your pistol. It’s like that? HAMILTON Alright. So this is what you’re gonna do: PHILIP GEORGE Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front Confer with your men. Yeah, I don’t fool around. of you. The duel will commence after we count to ten. I’m not your little schoolboy friends. When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air. ENSEMBLE PHILIP This will put an end to the whole affair. Count to ten! See you on the dueling ground. That is, unless you wanna step outside and PHILIP PHILIP go now. But what if he decides to shoot? Then I’m Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher. a goner. Summon all the courage you require. GEORGE Then slowly and clearly aim your gun towards I know where to find you, piss off. HAMILTON the sky— I’m watchin’ this show now. No. He’ll follow suit if he’s truly a man of honor. MALE ENSEMBLE PHILIP To take someone’s life, that is something you One two three four Pops, if you had only heard the shit he said can’t shake. about you Philip, your mother can’t take another FULL ENSEMBLE I doubt you would have let it slide and I was heartbreak. Five six seven — not about to— PHILIP HAMILTON Father— 17. STAY ALIVE Slow down. (REPRISE) HAMILTON PHILIP Promise me. You don’t want this ENSEMBLE I came to ask you for advice. This is my very young man’s blood on your conscience. WOMEN first duel. Stay alive… They don’t exactly cover this subject in PHILIP HAMILTON boarding school. Okay, I promise. Stay alive... Where’s my HAMILTON HAMILTON son? DOCTOR Did your friends attempt to negotiate a Come back home when you’re done. Mr. Hamilton, come in. peace? Take my guns. Be smart. Make me proud, son. They brought PHILIP PHILIP him in a half He refused to apologize, we had to let the My name is Philip an hour ago. peace talks cease. I am a poet He lost a lot of I’m a little nervous, but I can’t show it. blood on the I’m sorry, I’m a Hamilton with pride. HAMILTON way over. Stay alive.... Is he HAMILTON Un deux trois quatre alive? Eliza. Cinq six sept Un deux trois… Huit neuf. DOCTOR ELIZA ENSEMBLE MEN Sept huit neuf– Yes. But you have to understand Is he breathing? Is Stay alive… Sept huit… the bullet entered just above his hip and he going to survive lodged in his right arm. this? HAMILTON ELIZA 18. IT’S QUIET UPTOWN Can I see him please? Who did this, Alexander, did you know? ANGELICA DOCTOR PHILIP There are moments that the words don’t reach. There is suffering too terrible to name. I’m doing ev’rything I can but the wound was Mom, I’m so sorry for forgetting what you taught me. You hold your child as tight as you can already infected when he arrived– and push away the unimaginable. HAMILTON ELIZA The moments when you’re in so deep, Philip. My son— it feels easier to just swim down. PHILIP PHILIP ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE Pa. We played piano. The Hamiltons move uptown and learn to live with the unimaginable. I did exactly as you said, Pa. ELIZA I taught you piano. HAMILTON I held my head up high. I spend hours in the garden. HAMILTON PHILIP I walk alone to the store, I know, I know. Shh. PHILIP You would put your hands on mine. and it’s quiet uptown. I know, I know. High. I never liked the quiet before. Shh. I know you did ELIZA I take the children to church on Sunday, ev’rything just right. You changed the melody every time. a sign of the cross at the door, and I pray. Even before we got PHILIP to ten– That never used to happen before. Ha. I would always change the line. Shh. ANGELICA AND WOMEN I was aiming for ELIZA If you see him in the street, walking by the sky. Shh. I know, I know. I know, I know. himself, talking to himself, have pity. I know, I know. PHILIP I know, I was aiming for I would always change the line. HAMILTON the sky. Philip, you would like it uptown. Save your ELIZA It’s quiet uptown. strength and I know, I know. stay alive… ENSEMBLE MEN ANGELICA AND WOMEN Stay alive… ELIZA He is working through the unimaginable. Un deux trois quatre PHILIP ELIZA Cinq six sept huit Un deux trois quatre ALL MEN (EXCEPT HAMILTON) No! neuf. His has gone grey. He passes every day. Cinq six sept huit neuf. They say he walks the length of the city. Good. HAMILTON ANGELICA JEFFERSON You knock me out, I fall apart. There are moments that the words don’t reach. With his own faction. There is a grace too powerful to name. COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND We push away what we can never understand, MADISON ELIZA) we push away the unimaginable. He’s very attractive in the North. New Yorkers Can you imagine? like his chances. They are standing in the garden, HAMILTON Alexander by Eliza’s side. JEFFERSON Look at where we are. She takes his hand. He’s not very forthcoming on any particular Look at where we started. stances. I know I don’t deserve you, Eliza. ELIZA But hear me out. That would be enough. It’s quiet uptown. MADISON Ask him a question: it glances off, he If I could spare his life, COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND obfuscates, he dances. If I could trade his life for mine, ELIZA) he’d be standing here right now Forgiveness. Can you imagine? JEFFERSON and you would smile, and that would be And they say I’m a Francophile: at least they enough. Forgiveness. Can you imagine? know I know where France is! I don’t pretend to know If you see him in the street, walking by her MADISON the challenges we’re facing. side, talking by her side, have pity. I know there’s no replacing what we’ve lost They are going through the unimaginable. Thomas that’s the problem, see, they see Burr and you need time. as a less extreme you. But I’m not afraid, JEFFERSON I know who I married. 19. THE ELECTION Ha! Just let me stay here by your side, OF 1800 That would be enough. MADISON FULL COMPANY COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND You need to change course, a key ELIZA) The election of 1800. endorsement might redeem you. If you see him in the street, walking by her JEFFERSON JEFFERSON side, talking by her side, have pity. Can we get back to politics? Who did you have in mind? HAMILTON MADISON MADISON Eliza, do you like it uptown? It’s quiet uptown. Please? Don’t laugh. COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND JEFFERSON JEFFERSON ELIZA) Yo. Ev’ry action has an equal, opposite Who is it? He is trying to do the unimaginable. reaction. See them walking in the park, long after dark, John Adams shat the bed. I love the guy, but MADISON taking in the sights of the city. he’s in traction. You used to work on the same staff. Poor Alexander Hamilton? He is missing in HAMILTON action. JEFFERSON Look around, look around, Eliza. So now I’m facing— Whaaaat. COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND JEFFERSON AND MADISON MADISON ELIZA) Aaron Burr! It might be nice, it might be nice They are trying to do the unimaginable. to get Hamilton on your side. JEFFERSON AND MADISON ANOTHER MALE VOTER HAMILTON It might be nice, it might be nice Like you could grab a beer with him! You’ve created quite a stir, sir! To get Hamilton on your side. ENSEMBLE BURR BURR Dear Mr. Hamilton: your fellow Fed’ralists I’m going door to door! Talk less! ENSEMBLE would like to know how you’ll be voting. Burr! HAMILTON Smile more! HAMILTON You’re openly campaigning? Burr! It’s quiet uptown. Don’t let ‘em know BURR what you’re against ENSEMBLE Sure! or what you’re for! Dear Mr. Hamilton: John Adams doesn’t stand Burr! a chance, so who are you promoting? HAMILTON Shake hands with That’s new. him! HAMILTON It’s quiet uptown. BURR Burr! Honestly, it’s kind of draining. Charm her! MEN Burr! Jefferson or Burr? WOMEN HAMILTON It’s eighteen hundred, Jefferson or Burr? Burr– ladies, tell your We know it’s We know it’s lose-lose. husbands: vote for lose-lose. BURR Burr! Burr! Jefferson or Burr? Sir! MALE VOTER Jefferson or Burr? HAMILTON I don’t like Adams. But if you had to But if you had to choose choose Is there anything you wouldn’t do? FEMALE VOTER EVEN MORE BURR Well, he’s gonna lose, that’s just defeatist. VOTERS MEN No. I’m chasing what I want. And you know what? ANOTHER MALE VOTER Dear Mr. Jefferson or And Jefferson– Hamilton: Burr? WOMEN HAMILTON Jefferson or What? TWO MEN Burr? In love with France! John Adams We know it’s We know it’s BURR doesn’t lose-lose. lose-lose. I learned that from you. ANOTHER FEMALE VOTER stand a Yeah, he’s so elitist! chance so Jefferson or ENSEMBLE who are you Burr? Jefferson or If you had to choose TWO WOMEN promoting? Burr? If you had to choose I like that Aaron Burr! But if you had But if you had But if you had to choose to choose to choose MADISON A WOMAN It’s a tie! I can’t believe we’re here with him! HAMILTON Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr. Sir! ENSEMBLE A MAN If you had to choose He seems approachable…? BURR If you had to choose Alexander! JEFFERSON JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE BURR It’s up to the delegates! Oh! I look forward to our partnership. ENSEMBLE HAMILTON JEFFERSON If you had to choose I have never agreed with Jefferson once. Our partnership? If you had to choose JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE BURR JEFFERSON/MADISON Oh! As your vice-President. It’s up to Hamilton! HAMILTON JEFFERSON VOTERS MADISON/ ENSEMBLE We have fought on like seventy-five diff’rent Ha. Yeah, right. ENSEMBLE fronts. If you had to You hear this guy? Man openly campaigns choose, JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE against me, talkin’ bout, “I look forward to If you had to Jefferson or Oh! our partnership.” choose, Burr? If you had to Jefferson or JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE MADISON Burr? But when all is said and all is done, It’s crazy that the guy who comes in second Choose, Choose, Choose, Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none. becomes vice President. Choose, Choose, Choose, Choose! Choose! Choose! ENSEMBLE JEFFERSON Oooooooooooooh. Yeah, you know what? We can change that. HAMILTON You know why? Yo. MADISON AND JEFFERSON Well, I’ll be damned. MADISON ENSEMBLE Well, I’ll be damned. Why? Oh! MADISON JEFFERSON HAMILTON Hamilton’s on your side. ‘cuz I’m the President. Hey, Burr, when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement. The people are asking to hear my voice ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Well, I’ll be damned. Oh! Well, I’ll be damned. 20. YOUR OBEDIENT HAMILTON JEFFERSON SERVANT For the country is facing a difficult choice. And? BURR ENSEMBLE MADISON How does Hamilton, Oh! You won in a landslide. an arrogant, immigrant, orphan, HAMILTON BURR bastard, whoreson, And if you were to ask me who I’d promote – Congrats on a race well-run. somehow endorse I did give you a fight. Thomas Jefferson, his enemy, ENSEMBLE a man he’s despised since the beginning, Oh! JEFFERSON just to keep me from winning? Uh-huh. I wanna be in the room where it happens — HAMILTON –Jefferson has my vote. BURR AND COMPANY HAMILTON HAMILTON The room where it happens. Hey, I have not been shy. I have an early meeting out of town. The room where it happens. I am just a guy in the public eye Tryin’ to do my best for our republic. ELIZA BURR I don’t wanna fight, It’s still dark outside. You’ve kept me from— But I won’t apologize for doing what’s right. HAMILTON BURR AND COMPANY I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, I know. I just need to write something down. The room where it happens. A dot Ham. ELIZA BURR BURR Why do you write like you’re running out For the last time. Careful how you proceed, good man. of time?

Intemperate indeed, good man. HAMILTON Dear Alexander: Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet or prepare to bleed, good man. Shhh. I am slow to anger, but I toe the line HAMILTON ELIZA as I reckon with the effects Burr, your grievance is legitimate. Come back to bed. That would be enough. of your life on mine. I stand by what I said, every bit of it. HAMILTON I look back on where I failed, You stand only for yourself. I’ll be back before you know I’m gone. and in every place I checked, It’s what you do. the only common thread has been your I can’t apologize because it’s true. ELIZA disrespect. Come back to sleep. Now you call me “amoral,” BURR a “dangerous disgrace,” Then stand, Alexander. HAMILTON if you’ve got something to say, Weehawken. Dawn. This meeting’s at dawn. name a time and place, Guns. Drawn. face to face. ELIZA HAMILTON Well, I’m going back to sleep. I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, You’re on. A dot Burr. HAMILTON BURR AND HAMILTON Hey. Best of wives and best of women. HAMILTON I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, Mr. Vice President, I am not the reason no one trusts you. HAMILTON A dot Ham. 22. THE WORLD WAS No one knows what you believe. WIDE ENOUGH I will not equivocate on my opinion, BURR I have always worn it on my sleeve. A dot Burr. MALE COMPANY Even if I said what you think I said, One two three four you would need to cite a more specific grievance. FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of 21. BEST OF WIVES AND AND BURR) disagreements. BEST OF WOMEN Five six seven eight nine— BURR ELIZA BURR Sweet Jesus. Alexander, come back to sleep. There are ten things you need to know. COMPANY COMPANY HAMILTON Number one! Six! I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory. BURR BURR Is this where it gets me, on my feet, sev’ral We rowed across the Hudson at dawn. He examined his gun with such rigor? feet ahead of me? My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on I watched as he methodically fiddled with I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or as my— the trigger. let it be? There is no beat, no melody. BURR AND COMPANY COMPANY Burr, my first friend, my enemy, Number two! Seven! maybe the last face I ever see, BURR BURR If I throw away , is this how you remember me? Hamilton arrived with his crew: Confession time? Here’s what I got: What if this bullet is my legacy? Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew. My fellow soldiers’ll tell you I’m a terrible shot. COMPANY Legacy. What is a legacy? Number three! COMPANY It’s planting seeds in a garden you never Number eight! get to see. BURR I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song I watched Hamilton examine the terrain. BURR/HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE MEN someone will sing for me. I wish I could tell you what was happ’ning Your last chance to negotiate. America, you great unfinished symphony, you in his brain. Send in your seconds, see if they can set the sent for me. This man has poisoned my political pursuits! record straight. You let me make a difference. A place where even orphan immigrants COMPANY BURR can leave their fingerprints and rise up. Most disputes die and no one shoots! They won’t teach you this in your classes, I’m running out of time. I’m running, and my Number four! but look it up, Hamilton was wearing his time’s up. glasses. Wise up. Eyes up. BURR Why? If not to take deadly aim? I catch a glimpse of the other side. Hamilton drew first position. It’s him or me, the world will never be the Laurens leads a soldiers’ chorus on the Looking,to the world, like a man on a mission. same. other side. This is a soldier with a marksman’s ability. I had only one thought before the slaughter: My son is on the other side. The doctor turned around so he could have This man will not make an orphan of my He’s with my mother on the other side. deniability. daughter. Washington is watching from the other side. COMPANY COMPANY Teach me how to say goodbye. Five! Number nine! BURR Rise up, rise up, rise up, BURR Eliza, Now I didn’t know Look him in the eye, aim no higher. this at the time Summon all the courage you require. My love, take your time. But we were— Then count: I’ll see you on the other side. BURR AND PHILIP HAMILTON COMPANY Raise a glass to freedom… Near the same spot Near the same spot One two three four five six seven eight nine BURR AND COMPANY your son died, is my son died, is that Number ten paces! Fire!— He aims his pistol at the sky— that why— why— BURR but I’m the one who paid for it. MADISON Wait! He took our country from bankruptcy to I survived, but I paid for it. prosperity. I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t BURR get enough credit for all the credit he gave us. I strike him right between his ribs. Now I’m the villain in your history. I walk towards him, but I am ushered away. I was too young and blind to see... WASHINGTON AND COMPANY They row him back across the Hudson. I should’ve known. Who lives, I get a drink. I should’ve known who dies, the world was wide enough for both Hamilton who tells your story? COMPANY and me. Aaaah The world was wide enough for both Hamilton ANGELICA Aaaah and me. Every other founding father story gets told. Aaaah Every other founding father gets to grow old. BURR BURR I hear wailing in the streets. 23. WHO LIVES, And when you’re gone, who remembers WHO DIES, WHO your name? COMPANY TELLS YOUR STORY Who keeps your flame? Aaaah Aaaah WASHINGTON ANGELICA AND Aaaah Let me tell you what I wish I’d known BURR AND MEN WOMEN when I was young and dreamed of glory. Who tells your Who tells your story? BURR You have no control: story? Somebody tells me, “You’d better hide.” Who tells your Your story? WASHINGTON AND COMPANY story? COMPANY Who lives, Aaaah who dies, WOMEN Aaaah who tells your story? Eliza. Aaaah BURR ELIZA BURR President Jefferson: I put myself back in the narrative. They say JEFFERSON WOMEN BURR AND ANGELICA I’ll give him this: his financial system is a Eliza. Angelica and Eliza— work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried. And I tried. ELIZA BURR I stop wasting time on tears. Were both at his side when he died. WASHINGTON AND COMPANY I live another fifty years. Death doesn’t discriminate Who lives, It’s not enough. between the sinners and the saints, who dies, it takes and it takes and it takes. who tells your story? FULL COMPANY History obliterates. Eliza. In every picture it paints, BURR it paints me with all my mistakes. President Madison: ELIZA When Alexander aimed I interview every soldier who fought by at the sky, your side. he may have been the first one to die, MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS She tells our story. ELIZA I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings. You really do write like you’re running out of— ELIZA AND COMPANY Time. ELIZA I rely on— ELIZA AND ANGELICA Angelica. ELIZA While she’s alive— ELIZA AND ANGELICA We tell your story. ELIZA She is buried in Trinity Church, ELIZA AND ANGELICA Near you. ELIZA When I needed her most, she was right on— ELIZA AND COMPANY Time. ELIZA And I’m still not through. I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—” ELIZA AND COMPANY Time. ELIZA The Lord, in his kindness, He gives me what you always wanted. He gives me more— ELIZA AND COMPANY ELIZA Time. In their eyes I see you, Alexander. I see you every— ELIZA I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington ELIZA AND COMPANY Monument. Time. WASHINGTON ELIZA She tells my story. And when my time is up, ELIZA Have I done enough? COMPANY I speak out against slavery. Will they tell my Will they tell your You could have done so much more if you story? story? only had— ELIZA ELIZA AND COMPANY Oh, I can’t wait to see you again. Time. It’s only a matter of— ELIZA ELIZA AND COMPANY And when my time is up, have I done Time. enough? 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