#45 The World Was Wide Enough

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[MALE COMPANY]

One two three four

[FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND BURR)]

Five six seven eight nine—

[BURR]

There are ten things you need to know

[COMPANY]

Number one!

[BURR]

We rowed across the Hudson at dawn

My friend, Winnie P. Van Ness signed on as my—

[BURR AND COMPANY]

Number two!

[BURR]

Hamilton arrived with her crew:

Nathalie Pendleton and a doctor that she knew

[COMPANY]

Number three!

[BURR]

I watched Hamilton examine the terrain

I wish I could tell you what was happ'ning in her brain

This lady's poisoned my political pursuits!

[COMPANY]

Most disputes die and no one shoots!

Number four!

[BURR]

Hamilton drew first position

Looking, to the world, like a lady on a mission

This is a soldier with a marksman's ability

The doctor turned around so he could have deniability

[COMPANY]

Five!

[BURR]

Now I didn't know this at the time

But we were—

[BURR AND PHILIP & HAMILTON]

Near the same spot (Near the same spot)

Your daughter died, is that (My daughter died, is that)

Why—(Why—)

[COMPANY]

Six!

[BURR]

She examined his gun with such rigor?

I watched as she methodically fiddled with the trigger

[COMPANY]

Seven!

[BURR]

Confession time? Here's what I got:

My fellow soldiers'll tell you I'm a terrible shot

[COMPANY]

Number eight!

[BURR/HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE MEN]

Your last chance to negotiate

Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight

[BURR]

They won't teach you this in your classes

But look it up, Hamilton was wearing her glasses

Why? If not to take deadly aim?

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