Hamilton (musical) "The Election of 1800" lyrics

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The Election of 1800

[FULL COMPANY]The election of 1800

[JEFFERSON]Can we get back to politics?

[MADISON]Please?

[JEFFERSON]Yo. Ev’ry action has an equal, opposite reactionJohn Adams shat the bed. I love the guy, but he’s in tractionPoor Alexander Hamilton? He is missing in actionSo now I’m facing—

[JEFFERSON AND MADISON]Aaron Burr!

[JEFFERSON]With his own faction

[MADISON]He’s very attractive in the North. New Yorkers like his chances

[JEFFERSON]He’s not very forthcoming on any particular stances

[MADISON]Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances

[JEFFERSON]And they say I’m a Francophile: at least they know I know where France is!

[MADISON]Thomas that’s the problem, see, they see Burr as a less extreme you

[JEFFERSON]Ha!

[MADISON]You need to change course, a key endorsement might redeem you

[JEFFERSON]Who did you have in mind?

[MADISON]Don’t laugh

[JEFFERSON]Who is it?

[MADISON]You used to work on the same staff

[JEFFERSON]Whaaaat

[MADISON]It might be nice, it might be niceTo get Hamilton on your side

[JEFFERSON AND MADISON]It might be nice, it might be niceTo get Hamilton on your side

[BURR]Talk less!

[ENSEMBLE]Burr!

[BURR]Smile more!

[ENSEMBLE]Burr!

[BURR]Don’t let ‘em know what you’re against or what you’re for!

[ENSEMBLE]Burr!

[BURR]Shake hands with him!

[ENSEMBLE]Burr!

[BURR]Charm her!

[ENSEMBLE]Burr!

[BURR]It’s eighteen hundred, ladies, tell your husbands: vote for

[BURR AND ENSEMBLE]Burr!

[MALE VOTER]I don’t like Adams

[FEMALE VOTER]Well, he’s gonna lose, that’s just defeatist

[ANOTHER MALE VOTER]And Jefferson—

[TWO MEN]In love with France!

[ANOTHER FEMALE VOTER]Yeah, he’s so elitist!

[TWO WOMEN]I like that Aaron Burr!

[A WOMAN]I can’t believe we’re here with him!

[A MAN]He seems approachable…?

[ANOTHER MALE VOTER]Like you could grab a beer with him!

[ENSEMBLE]Dear Mr. Hamilton: your fellow Fed’ralists would like to know how you’ll be voting

[HAMILTON]It’s quiet uptown

[ENSEMBLE]Dear Mr. Hamilton: John Adams doesn’t stand a chance, so who are you promoting?

[HAMILTON]It’s quiet uptown

[MEN]Jefferson or Burr?

[WOMEN]Jefferson or Burr?

[ENSEMBLE]We know it’s lose-lose

[MEN]Jefferson or Burr?

[WOMEN]Jefferson or Burr?

[ENSEMBLE]But if you had to choose

[ENSEMBLE]Dear Mr. HamiltonJohn Adams doesn’t stand a chance so who are you promoting?But if you had to choose

[HAMILTON]Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr. Sir!

[BURR]Alexander!

[HAMILTON]You’ve created quite a stir, sir!

[BURR]I’m going door to door!

[HAMILTON]You’re openly campaigning?

[BURR]Sure!

[HAMILTON]That’s new

[BURR]Honestly, it’s kind of draining

[HAMILTON]Burr—

[BURR]Sir!

[HAMILTON]Is there anything you wouldn’t do?

[BURR]No. I’m chasing what I wantAnd you know what?

[HAMILTON]What?

[BURR]I learned that from you

[ENSEMBLE]If you had to chooseIf you had to choose

[MADISON]It’s a tie!

[ENSEMBLE]If you had to chooseIf you had to choose

[JEFFERSON]It’s up to the delegates!

[ENSEMBLE]If you had to chooseIf you had to choose

[JEFFERSON/MADISON]It’s up to Hamilton!

[ENSEMBLE]If you had to chooseJefferson or Burr?Jefferson or Burr?ChooseChooseChoose!

[HAMILTON]Yo

[ENSEMBLE]Oh!

[HAMILTON]The people are asking to hear my voice

[ENSEMBLE]Oh!

[HAMILTON]For the country is facing a difficult choice

[ENSEMBLE]Oh!

[HAMILTON]And if you were to ask me who I’d promote—

[ENSEMBLE]Oh!

[HAMILTON]—Jefferson has my vote

[JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE]Oh!

[HAMILTON]I have never agreed with Jefferson once

[JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE]Oh!

[HAMILTON]We have fought on like seventy-five different fronts

[JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE]Oh!

[HAMILTON]But when all is said and all is doneJefferson has beliefs. Burr has none

[ENSEMBLE]Oooooooooooooh

[MADISON AND JEFFERSON]Well, I’ll be damnedWell, I’ll be damned

[MADISON]Hamilton’s on your side

[ENSEMBLE]Well, I’ll be damnedWell, I’ll be damned

[JEFFERSON]And?

[MADISON]You won in a landslide

[BURR]Congrats on a race well-runI did give you a fight

[JEFFERSON]Uh-huh

[BURR]I look forward to our partnership

[JEFFERSON]Our partnership?

[BURR]As your vice-President

[JEFFERSON]Ha. Yeah, rightYou hear this guy? Man openly campaigns against me, talkin’ bout, “I look forward to our partnership.”

[MADISON]It’s crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be vice President

[JEFFERSON]Yeah, you know what? We can change that. You know why?

[MADISON]Why?

[JEFFERSON]‘cuz I’m the President. Hey, Burr, when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement

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