Hamilton (musical) "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" Songtext

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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

[WASHINGTON]Let me tell you what I wish I’d knownWhen I was young and dreamed of gloryYou have no control:

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]Who livesWho diesWho tells your story?

[BURR]President Jefferson:

[JEFFERSON]I’ll give him this: his financial system is aWork of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I triedAnd I tried

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]Who livesWho diesWho tells your story?

[BURR]President Madison:

[MADISON]He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperityI hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough creditFor all the credit he gave us

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]Who livesWho diesWho tells your story?

[ANGELICA]Every other founding father story gets toldEvery 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?

[BURR AND MEN]Who tells your story?[ANGELICA AND WOMEN]Who tells your story?

[WOMEN]Eliza

[ELIZA]I put myself back in the narrative

[WOMEN]Eliza

[ELIZA]I stop wasting time on tearsI live another fifty yearsIt’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 writingsYou 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 throughI ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]Time

[ELIZA]The Lord, in his kindnessHe gives me what you always wantedHe 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 slaveryYou 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?Will they tell our story?

[COMPANY]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 childrenI get to see them growing up

[COMPANY]The orphanage

[ELIZA]In their eyes I see you, AlexanderI see you every—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]Time

[ELIZA]And when my time is upHave I done enough?Will they tell my story?

[COMPANY]Will they tell your story?

[ELIZA]Oh, I can’t wait to see you againIt’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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