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, William P. Van Ness signed on as my

[Burr and Company:]
Number two!

[Burr:]
Hamilton arrived with his crew:
Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew

[Company:]
Number three!

[Burr:]
I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you what was happ'ning in his brain
This man has poisoned my political pursuits!

"I'm so sorry Burr..."

[Company:]
Most disputes die and no one shoots!
Number four!

[Burr:]
Hamilton drew first position
Looking, to the world, like a man 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 son died, is that why (My son died, is that why)

"No...Alexander I'm sorry..."

[Company:]
Six!

[Burr:]
He examined his gun with such rigor?
I watched as he 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 his glasses
Why? If not to take deadly aim?

"The cut song made that line so much sadder"

It's him or me, the world will never be the same
I had only one thought before the slaughter:
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter

[Company:]
Number nine!

[Burr:]
Look him in the eye, aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require
Then count:

[Company:]
One two three four five six seven eight nine
Number ten paces! Fire!

"This is different too"

[Hamilton:]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me, on my feet, sev'ral feet ahead of me?
I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be?

Everyone watched the bullet

There is no beat, no melody
Burr, my first friend, my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
If I throw away my shot, is this how you'll remember me?
What if this bullet is my legacy?

"Was it?"

Legacy. What is a legacy?
It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see

"That's very true..." Thomas said

I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me
America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me

Washington nodded

You let me make a difference
A place where even orphan immigrants
Can leave their fingerprints and rise up

Laf smiled

I'm running out of time. I'm running, and my time's up
Wise up. Eyes up
I catch a glimpse of the other side

Everyone looks at Lin

Laurens leads a soldiers' chorus on the other side

"I may not live to see our glory..."

My son is on the other side

"Dad"

He's with my mother on the other side

"Mamma?'

Washington is watching from the other side

"Son.."

Teach me how to say goodbye
Rise up, rise up, rise up
Eliza

My love, take your time
I'll see you on the other side
Raise a glass to freedom...

[Burr and Company:]
He aims his pistol at the sky

[Burr:]
Wait!

Alex closes his eyes

I strike him right between his ribs
I walk towards him, but I am ushered away

"But..."

They row him back across the Hudson
I get a drink

[Company:]
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

[Burr:]
I hear wailing in the streets

[Company:]
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

[Burr:]
Somebody tells me, "You'd better hide."

"Why did it end like this?"

[Company:]
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

[Burr:]
They say

[Burr and Angelica:]
Angelica and Eliza

[Burr:]
Were both at his side when he died

Alexander shook in his seat

Death doesn't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes
History obliterates
In every picture it paints
It paints me and all my mistakes
When Alexander aimed at the sky
He may have been the first one to die
But I'm the one who paid for it
I survived, but I paid for it

Samantha nodded

Now I'm the villain in your history

"I am?"

I was too young and blind to see...
I should've known
I should've known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me
The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me

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