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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Lyrics - Artist : Lin-Manuel Miranda
[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's 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 (Angelica and women):] Who tells your story? (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 and Company:] Will they tell our 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? [Eliza and Company:] Will they tell our 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? (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? |
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