It's Quiet Uptown
[ANGELICA]There are moments that the words don’t reachThere is suffering too terrible to nameYou hold your child as tight as you canAnd push away the unimaginableThe moments when you’re in so deepIt feels easier to just swim down
[ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE]The Hamiltons move uptownAnd learn to live with the unimaginable
[HAMILTON]I spend hours in the gardenI walk alone to the storeAnd it’s quiet uptownI never liked the quiet beforeI take the children to church on SundayA sign of the cross at the doorAnd I prayThat never used to happen before
[ANGELICA AND WOMEN]If you see him in the street, walking byHimself, talking to himself, have pity
[HAMILTON]Philip, you would like it uptownIt’s quiet uptown
[ANGELICA AND WOMEN]He is working through the unimaginable
[ALL MEN (EXCEPT HAMILTON)]His hair has gone grey. He passes every dayThey say he walks the length of the city
[HAMILTON]You knock me out, I fall apart
[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)]Can you imagine?
[HAMILTON]Look at where we areLook at where we startedI know I don’t deserve you, ElizaBut hear me out. That would be enough
If I could spare his lifeIf I could trade his life for mineHe’d be standing here right nowAnd you would smile, and that would be enoughI don’t pretend to knowThe challenges we’re facingI know there’s no replacing what we’ve lostAnd you need timeBut I’m not afraidI know who I marriedJust let me stay here by your sideThat would be enough
[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)]If you see him in the street, walking by herSide, talking by her side, have pity
[HAMILTON]Eliza, do you like it uptown? It’s quiet uptown
[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)]He is trying to do the unimaginableSee them walking in the park, long after darkTaking in the sights of the city
[HAMILTON]Look around, look around, Eliza
[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)]They are trying to do the unimaginable
[ANGELICA]There are moments that the words don’t reachThere is a grace too powerful to nameWe push away what we can never understandWe push away the unimaginableThey are standing in the gardenAlexander by Eliza’s sideShe takes his hand
[ELIZA]It’s quiet uptown
[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)]Forgiveness. Can you imagine?Forgiveness. Can you imagine?If you see him in the street, walking by herSide, talking by her side, have pityThey are going through the unimaginable