Schuyler Defeated
[PHILLIP]Look!Grandpa’s in the paper!“War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr”Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate
[ELIZA]Sometimes that’s how it goes
[PHILLIP]Daddy’s gonna find out any minute
[ELIZA]I’m sure he already knows
[PHILLIP]Further down
[PHILLIP & ELIZA]Further down
[PHILLIP]Let’s meet the newest senator from New York
[ELIZA]New York
[PHILLIP & ELIZA]Our senator
[HAMILTON]Burr?Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?
[BURR]Since being one put me on the up and up again
[HAMILTON]No one knows who you are or what you do
[BURR]They don’t need to know meThey don’t like you
[HAMILTON]Excuse me?
[BURR]Oh, Wall Street thinks you’re greatYou’ll always be adored by the things you createBut upstate—
[HAMILTON]Wait
[BURR]—people think you’re crookedSchuyler’s seat was up for grabs so I took it
[HAMILTON]I’ve always considered you a friend
[BURR]I don’t see why that has to end
[HAMILTON]You changed parties to run against my father-in-law
[BURR]I changed parties to seize the opportunity I sawI swear your pride will be the death of us allBeware, it goeth before the fall