The room where it happensКомната, в которой это происходит
[Burr]
Ah, Mister Secretary
[Hamilton]
Mister Burr, sir
[Burr]
Didja hear the news about good old General Mercer?
[Hamilton]
No
[Burr]
You know Clermont Street?
[Hamilton]
Yeah
[Burr]
They renamed it after him. The Mercer legacy is secure
[Hamilton]
Sure
[Burr]
And all he had to do was die
[Hamilton]
That's a lot less work
[Burr]
We oughta give it a try
[Hamilton]
Ha
[Burr]
Now how're you gonna get your debt plan through?
[Hamilton]
I guess I'm gonna fin'ly have to listen to you
[Burr]
Really?
[Hamilton]
"Talk less. Smile more."
[Burr]
Ha
[Hamilton]
Do whatever it takes
To get my plan on the Congress floor
[Burr]
Now, Madison and Jefferson are merciless.
[Hamilton]
Well, hate the sin, love the sinner
[Madison]
Hamilton!
[Hamilton]
I'm sorry Burr, I've gotta go
[Burr]
But —
[Hamilton]
Decisions are happening over dinner
[Burr]
Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room
Diametric'ly opposed, foes
They emerge with a compromise,
Having opened doors that were previously closed
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:
No one else was in
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, company]
Thomas claims —
[Jefferson]
Alexander was on Washington's doorstep one day
In distress 'n disarray
[Burr, company]
Thomas claims —
[Jefferson]
Alexander said —
[Hamilton]
I've nowhere else to turn!
[Jefferson]
And basic'ly begged me to join the fray
[Burr, company]
Thomas claims —
[Jefferson]
I approached Madison and said —
"I know you hate 'im, but let's hear what he has to say."
[Burr, company]
Thomas claims —
[Jefferson]
Well, I arranged the meeting
I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating
[Burr]
But!
No one else was in
The room where it happened
No one really knows how the
Parties get to yesssss
The pieces that are sacrificed in
Ev'ry game of chesssss
We just assume that it happens
But no one else is in
The room where it happens.
Meanwhile —
Madison is grappling with the fact
That not ev'ry issue can be settled by committee
Meanwhile —
Congress is fighting over where to put the capital —
It isn't pretty
Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner and invite
And Madison responds with Virginian insight:
[Madison]
Maybe we can solve one problem with another
and win a victory for the Southerners, in other words —
A quid pro quo
[Jefferson]
I suppose
[Madison]
Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?
[Jefferson]
Actually, I would
[Madison]
Well, I propose the Potomac
[Jefferson]
And you'll provide him his votes?
[Madison]
Well, we'll see how it goes
[Jefferson]
Let's go
[Burr, company]
No one else was in
The room where it happened
My God!
In God we trust
But we'll never really know what got discussed
Click-boom then it happened
And no one else was in
The room where it happened
[Company]
Alexander Hamilton!
[Burr]
What did they say to you
To get you to sell New York City down the river?
Did Washington know about the dinner?
Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?
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, 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?
If you stand for nothing
Burr, then what do you fall for?
[Burr]
I wanna be in
The room where it happens
I've got to be
I've got to be
In that room
In that big ol' room
[Burr, company]
The art of the compromise —
Hold your nose and close your eyes
We want our leaders to save the day —
But we don't get a say in what they trade away
We dream of a brand new start —
But we dream in the dark for the most part
Dark as a tomb where it happens
[Burr]
I've got to be in
The room where it happens...
I've got to be, I've gotta be, I've gotta be...
In the room!
Click-boom!
