Hamilton Lyrics

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

WASHINGTON: Let me tell you what I wish I'd known When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no control:

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: Who lives Who dies Who tells your story?

BURR: President Jefferson:

JEFFERSON: I'll give him this: his financial system is a Work of genius. I couldn't undo it if I tried And I tried

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: Who lives Who dies Who tells your story?

BURR: President Madison:

MADISON: He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity I hate to admit it, but he doesn't get enough credit For all the credit he gave us

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: Who lives Who dies Who tells your story?

ANGELICA: Every other founding father story gets told Every other founding father gets to grow old

BURR: But when you're gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame?

BURR AND MEN: Who tells your story? ANGELICA AND WOMEN: . Who tells your story? Who tells your story? Your story?

WOMEN:

Eliza

ELIZA: I put myself back in the narrative

WOMEN: Eliza

ELIZA: I stop wasting time on tears I live another fifty years It's not enough

COMPANY: Eliza

ELIZA: I interview every soldier who fought by your side

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: Time

ELIZA: I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument

WASHINGTON: She tells my story

ELIZA: I speak out against slavery You could have done so much more if you only had—

ELIZA AND COMPANY: Time

ELIZA: And when my time is up, have I done enough?

ELIZA: COMPANY: Will they tell our story? Will they tell your story?

ELIZA: Oh. Can I show you what I'm proudest of?

COMPANY: The orphanage

ELIZA: I established the first private orphanage in New York City

COMPANY: The orphanage

ELIZA: I help to raise hundreds of children I get to see them growing up

COMPANY: The orphanage

ELIZA: In their eyes I see you, Alexander I see you every—

ELIZA AND COMPANY: Time

ELIZA: And when my time is up Have I done enough? COMPANY: Will they tell my story? Will they tell your story?

ELIZA: Oh, I can't wait to see you again It's only a matter of—

ELIZA AND COMPANY: Time

COMPANY: Will they tell your story? COMPANY: . Time... Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? . Time... Will they tell your story? . Time... Who lives, who dies—

FULL COMPANY: Who tells your story?