LAFAYETTE: Rise up! HAMILTON: We will fight for this land But there’s only one man Who can give us a command so we can— HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ LAFAYETTE: Rise up! HAMILTON: Understand? It’s the only way to— HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ LAFAYETTE: Rise up! Rise up! HAMILTON: Here he comes! ENSEMBLE: Here comes the General! BURR: Ladies and gentlemen! ENSEMBLE: Here comes the General! BURR: The moment you’ve been waiting for! ENSEMBLE: Here comes the General! BURR: The pride of Mount Vernon! ENSEMBLE: Here comes the General! BURR: George Washington! WASHINGTON: We are outgunned ENSEMBLE: Outmanned What? Outnumbered Outplanned What? . Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! We gotta make an all out stand Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man. Buck, buck, Buck, buck, buck! WASHINGTON: Check it— Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? Now I’m the model of a modern major general The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal Writin’ letters to relatives Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence But the elephant is in the room The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go… ENSEMBLE: Boom! WASHINGTON: Any hope of success is fleeting How can I keep leading when the people I’m Leading keep retreating? We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn Knight takes rook, but look WASHINGTON: We are outgunned ENSEMBLE: Outmanned What? Outnumbered Outplanned What?
Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! We gotta make an all out stand Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man Buck, buck, Incoming! Buck, buck, buck! HAMILTON: They’re battering down the Battery, check the damages MULLIGAN: Rah! HAMILTON: We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages MULLIGAN: Rah! HAMILTON: Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us Hamilton won’t abandon ship Yo, let’s steal their cannons— MULLIGAN/COMPANY: Shh-boom! Boom! WASHINGTON: Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the spray and… COMPANY: Boom! WASHINGTON: Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kip’s Bay and… COMPANY: Boom! WASHINGTON: There’s another ship and… COMPANY: Boom! WASHINGTON: We just lost the southern tip and… COMPANY: Boom! WASHINGTON: We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip Guns and horses giddyup I decide to divvy up My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny I scream in the face of this mass mutiny: Are these the men with which I am to defend America? We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance I cannot be everywhere at once, people I’m in dire need of assistance… “Guns and Ships” BURR: How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower Somehow defeat a global superpower? How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire? Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher? Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon! An immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in! He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman! COMPANY: Lafayette! LAFAYETTE: I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’
Redcoats redder with bloodstains COMPANY: Lafayette! LAFAYETTE: And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m COMPANY: Lafayette! LAFAYETTE: Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em! Enragin’ em! I’m— COMPANY: Lafayette! LAFAYETTE: I go to France for more funds COMPANY: Lafayette! LAFAYETTE: I come back with more LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE: Guns And ships And so the balance shifts WASHINGTON: We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts LAFAYETTE: We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but For this to succeed, there is someone else we need: WASHINGTON: I know WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: Hamilton! LAFAYETTE: Sir, he knows what to do in a trench Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean— WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: Hamilton! LAFAYETTE: Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean— WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: Hamilton! LAFAYETTE: No one has more resilience Or matches my practical tactical brilliance— WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: Hamilton! LAFAYETTE: You wanna fight for your land back? COMPANY: Hamilton! WASHINGTON: I need my right hand man back! WOMEN: Hamilton! LAFAYETTE: MEN: Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back Get your right hand man back! You know you gotta get ya right hand man back Your right hand man back! I mean you gotta put Hamilton! some thought into the letter Ha—
but the sooner the better Ha— To get your right hand man back! WOMEN, MEN: Hamilton, Hamilton! Ha— ha—! WASHINGTON: Alexander Hamilton Troops are waiting in the field for you If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide Oh, Alexander Hamilton I have soldiers that will yield for you If we manage to get this right They’ll surrender by early light The world will never be the same, Alexander… “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)” COMPANY: The Battle of Yorktown. 1781 LAFAYETTE: Monsieur Hamilton HAMILTON: Monsieur Lafayette LAFAYETTE: In command where you belong HAMILTON: How you say, no sweat We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run LAFAYETTE: Immigrants: HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE: We get the job done HAMILTON: So what happens if we win? LAFAYETTE: I go back to France I bring freedom to my people if I’m given the chance HAMILTON: We’ll be with you when you do LAFAYETTE: Go lead your men HAMILTON: See you on the other side LAFAYETTE: ‘Til we meet again, let’s go! ENSEMBLE: I am not throwin’ away my shot! I am not throwin’ away my shot! Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young Scrappy and hungry And I’m not throwin’ away my shot! I am not throwin’ away my shot! HAMILTON: ‘Til the world turns upside down… ENSEMBLE: ‘Til the world turns upside down! HAMILTON: I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory This is where it gets me: on my feet The enemy ahead of me If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me... Not only that, my Eliza’s expecting We gotta go, gotta get the job done Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son! Take the bullets out your gun! ENSEMBLE: What?
ALL MEN: The world turned upside down FULL COMPANY: The world turned upside down The world turned upside down The world turned upside down Down Down, down, down LAFAYETTE: Freedom for America, freedom for France! COMPANY: Down, down, down HAMILTON: Gotta start a new nation Gotta meet my son COMPANY: Down, down, down MULLIGAN: We won! LAFAYETTE: We won! MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS: We won! MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/ HAMILTON/WASHINGTON: We won! COMPANY: The world turned upside down! “What Comes Next” KING GEORGE III: They say, The price of my war is not a price that they are willing to pay Insane You cheat with the French Now I am fighting with France and with Spain I am so blue I thought that we made an arrangement when you went away You were mine to subdue When even despite our estrangement I got a small query for yooouu What comes next? You've been freed Do you know how hard it is to lead? You're on your own Awesome...wow Do you have a clue what happens now? Oceans rise Empires fall It's much harder when it's all your call All alone Cross the sea When your people say they hate you Don't come crawling back to me Da da da da da Da da da da daye da Da da da da daye da You're on your own... “Cabinet Battle #1” WASHINGTON: Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you’re here with us in New York City. Are you ready for a cabinet meeting??? The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton’s plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank. Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir JEFFERSON: ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ We fought for these ideals; we shouldn’t settle for less These are wise words, enterprising men quote ‘em Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote ‘em JEFFERSON & MADISON: Oww JEFFERSON:
HAMILTON: Decisions are happening over dinner BURR: Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room BURR AND ENSEMBLE: Diametric’ly opposed, foes BURR: They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were BURR AND ENSEMBLE: Previously closed ENSEMBLE: Bros BURR The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power A system he can shape however he wants The Virginians emerge with the nation’s capital And here’s the pièce de résistance: BURR: No one else was in The room where it happened The room where it happened The room where it happened No one else was in The room where it happened The room where it happened The room where it happened No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in The room where it happens. BURR AND COMPANY: Thomas claims JEFFERSON: Alexander was on Washington’s doorstep one day In distress ‘n disarray BURR AND COMPANY: Thomas claims JEFFERSON: Alexander said HAMILTON: I’ve nowhere else to turn! JEFFERSON: And basic’ly begged me to join the fray BURR AND COMPANY: Thomas claims JEFFERSON: I approached Madison and said “I know you hate ‘im, but let’s hear what he has to say.” BURR AND COMPANY: Thomas claims JEFFERSON: Well, I arranged the meeting I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating BURR: But! No one else was in BURR AND COMPANY: The room where it happened The room where it happened The room where it happened BURR: No one else was in BURR AND COMPANY: The room where it happened The room where it happened
BURR: What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river? COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton! BURR: Did Washington know about the dinner? Was there Presidential pressure to deliver? COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton! BURR: Or did you know, even then, it doesn’t matter Where you put the U.S. Capital? HAMILTON: Cuz we’ll have the banks We’re in the same spot BURR: You got more than you gave HAMILTON: And I wanted what I got When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game Oh, you get love for it. You get hate for it You get nothing if you… HAMILTON AND COMPANY: Wait for it, wait for it, wait! HAMILTON: God help and forgive me I wanna build Something that’s gonna Outlive me HAMILTON/JEFFERSON/MADISON/ WASHINGTON: What do you want, Burr? What do you want, Burr? If you stand for nothing Burr, then what do you fall for? BURR: I wanna be in The room where it happens The room where it happens I wanna be in The room where it happens The room where it happens BURR: COMPANY: I I wanna be in . The room where it happens Wanna be The room where it happens In the room where it happens The room where it happens I I wanna be in the room . Where it happens I wanna be in the room… The room where it happens Oh The room where it happens Oh I wanna be in . The room where it happens I wanna be The room where it happens I wanna be The room where it happens I’ve got to be I wanna be in I’ve got to be The room where it happens In that room The room where it happens In that big ol’ room The room where it happens COMPANY: The art of the compromise— BURR:
We signed a treaty with a King whose head is now in a basket, Would you like to take it out and ask it? Should we honor our treaty, King Louis’s head? “Uh, do whatever you want, I’m super dead!” WASHINGTON: Enough enough, Hamilton is right. JEFFERSON: Mr. President! WASHINGTON: We’re too fragile to start another fight. JEFFERSON: But sir, do we not fight for freedom? WASHINGTON: Sure, when the French figure out who’s gonna lead ‘em. JEFFERSON: The people are leading! WASHINGTON: The people are rioting! There’s a difference! Frankly it’s a little disquieting you would let your ideals blind you to reality! Hamilton? HAMILTON: Sir WASHINGTON: Draft the statement of neutrality. JEFFERSON: Did you forget Lafayette? HAMILTON: What? JEFFERSON: Have you an ounce of regret? You accumulate debt, you accumulate power. Yet in their hour of need, you forget. HAMILTON: Lafayette’s a smart man, he’ll be fine. And before he was your friend, he was mine. If we try to fight in every revolution in the world, We never stop. Where do we draw the line? JEFFERSON: So quick witted. HAMILTON: Alas, I admit it. JEFFERSON: I bet you were quite a lawyer. HAMILTON: My defendants got acquitted JEFFERSON: Yeah, well someone ought to remind you HAMILTON: What? JEFFERSON: You’re nothing without Washington behind you. WASHINGTON: Hamilton! JEFFERSON: Daddy’s calling! “Washington On Your Side” BURR: It must be nice, it must be nice To have Washington on your side (x2) JEFFERSON: Ev'ry action has its equal, opposite reactions. Thanks to Hamilton, our cabinet’s fractured into factions. Try not to crack under the stress, we’re breaking down like fractions.
Shh. Talk less HAMILTON: I’ll use the press I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him WASHINGTON: I need you to draft an address HAMILTON: Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind WASHINGTON: No, he’s stepping down so he can run for President HAMILTON: Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir WASHINGTON: I’m stepping down. I’m not running for President HAMILTON: I’m sorry, what? WASHINGTON: One last time Relax, have a drink with me One last time Let’s take a break tonight And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye To say goodbye You and I HAMILTON: No, sir, why? WASHINGTON: I wanna talk about neutrality HAMILTON: Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time WASHINGTON: I want to warn against partisan fighting HAMILTON: But— WASHINGTON: Pick up a pen, start writing I wanna talk about what I have learned The hard-won wisdom I have earned HAMILTON: As far as the people are concerned You have to serve, you could continue to serve WASHINGTON: No! One last time The people will hear from me One last time And if we get this right We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say Goodbye You and I HAMILTON: Mr. President, they will say you’re weak WASHINGTON: No, they will see we’re strong HAMILTON: Your position is so unique WASHINGTON: So I’ll use it to move them along HAMILTON: Why do you have to say goodbye? WASHINGTON: If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on It outlives me when I’m gone Like the scripture says: “Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree And no one shall make them afraid.” They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made
I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree A moment alone in the shade At home in this nation we’ve made One last time HAMILTON: One last time HAMILTON: Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. I shall also carry with me HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: The hope HAMILTON: That my country will HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: View them with indulgence; HAMILTON: And that HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal HAMILTON: The faults of incompetent abilities will be HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: Consigned oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws Under a free government, the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers. WASHINGTON: One last time ALL WOMEN: George Washington’s going home! HAMILTON: Teach ‘em how to say goodbye COMPANY: George Washington’s going home WASHINGTON: You and I COMPANY: George Washington’s going home WASHINGTON: Going home COMPANY: George Washington’s going home WASHINGTON: History has its eyes on you COMPANY: George Washington’s going home WASHINGTON: COMPANY: We’re gonna teach ‘em how to Say goodbye! Teach ‘em how to say goodbye! Teach ‘em how to Say goodbye! Teach ‘em how! To say goodbye Say goodbye! Say goodbye! . Say goodbye! One last time! . One last time!