HAMILTON: In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment A yellow sky
When I was seventeen a hurricane Destroyed my town I didn't drown I couldn't seem to die
I wrote my way out Wrote everything down far as I could see I wrote my way out I looked up and the town had its eyes on me
They passed a plate around Total strangers Moved to kindness by my story Raised enough for me to book passage on a Ship that was New York bound...
I wrote my way out of hell I wrote my way to revolution I was louder than the crack in the bell I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well And in the face of ignorance and resistance I wrote financial systems into existence And when my prayers to God were met with indifference I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance
In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment
A yellow sky
I was twelve when my mother died She was holding me We were sick and she was holding me I couldn't seem to die
BURR: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...
HAMILTON: I'll write my way out...
BURR AND ENSEMBLE: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...
HAMILTON: Write ev'rything down, far as I can see...
BURR AND ENSEMBLE: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait...
WASHINTON, ELIZA, ANGELICA & MARIA: History has its eyes on you.
HAMILTON: I'll write my way out... Overwhelm them with honesty.
HAMILTON: This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only Way I can protect my legacy...
COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON): Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait...
HAMILTON: The Reynolds Pamphlet
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Hamilton Lyrics
PoetryAlexander Hamilton ~ Aaron Burr, Sir ~ My Shot ~ The Story Of Tonight ~ The Schuyler Sisters ~ Farmer Refuted ~ You'll Be Back ~ Right Hand Man ~ A Winter's Ball ~ Helpless ~ Satisfied ~ The Story Of Tonight (Reprise) ~ Wait For It ~ Stay Alive ~ Te...
