Take A Break
[ELIZA]Un deux trois quatreCinq six sept huit neuf
[PHILIP]Un deux trois quatreCinq six sept huit neuf
[ELIZA]Good! Un deux trois quatreCinq six sept huit neuf
[PHILIP]Un deux trois quatreCinq six sept huit neuf
[ELIZA]Sept huit neuf—
[PHILIP]Sept huit neuf—
[ELIZA]Sept huit neuf—
[PHILIP]Sept huit neuf—
[ELIZA AND PHILIP]One two three four five six seven eight nine!
[HAMILTON]My dearest, Angelica“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to day”I trust you’ll understand the reference toAnother Scottish tragedy without my having to name the playThey think me Macbeth, and ambition is my follyI’m a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive painMadison is Banquo, Jefferson’s MacduffAnd Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane
[HAMILTON/ANGELICA]And there you are, an ocean awayDo you have to live an ocean away?Thoughts of you subsideThen I get another letterI cannot put the notion away…
[ELIZA]Take a break
[HAMILTON]I am on my way
[ELIZA]There’s a little surprise before supperAnd it cannot wait
[HAMILTON]I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate
[ELIZA]Alexander—
[HAMILTON]Okay, okay—
[ELIZA]Your son is nine years old todayHe has something he’d like to sayHe’s been practicing all dayPhilip, take it away—
[PHILIP]Daddy, daddy, look—My name is PhilipI am a poetI wrote this poem justTo show itAnd I just turned nineYou can write rhymesBut you can’t write mine
[HAMILTON]What!
[PHILIP]I practice FrenchAnd play piano with my mother
[HAMILTON]Uh-huh!
[PHILIP]I have a sister, but I want a little brother
[HAMILTON]Okay!
[PHILIP]My daddy’s trying to start America’s bankUn deux trois quatre cinq!
[HAMILTON]Bravo!
[ELIZA]Take a break
[HAMILTON]Hey, our kid is pretty great
[ELIZA]Run away with us for the summerLet’s go upstate
[HAMILTON]Eliza, I’ve got so much on my plate
[ELIZA]We can all go stay with my fatherThere’s a lake I know…
[HAMILTON]I know
[ELIZA]In a nearby park
[HAMILTON]I’d love to go
[ELIZA]You and I can go when the night gets dark…
[HAMILTON]I will try to get away
[ANGELICA]My dearest AlexanderYou must get through to JeffersonSit down with him and compromiseDon’t stop ‘til you agreeYour fav’rite older sisterAngelica, reminds youThere’s someone in your corner all the way across the sea
In a letter I received from you two weeks agoI noticed a comma in the middle of a phraseIt changed the meaning. Did you intend this?One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking daysIt says:
[HAMILTON/ANGELICA]“My dearest Angelica”
[ANGELICA]With a comma after “dearest.” You’ve written
[HAMILTON AND ANGELICA]“My dearest, Angelica.”
[ANGELICA]Anyway, all this to sayI’m coming home this summerAt my sister’s invitationI’ll be there with your fam’lyIf you make your way upstateI know you’re very busyI know your work’s importantBut I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’t wait
[HAMILTON AND ANGELICA]You won’t be an ocean awayYou will only be a moment away…
[ELIZA]Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica’s arriving today!
[ELIZA]Angelica!
[ANGELICA]Eliza!
[HAMILTON]The Schuyler sisters!
[ANGELICA]Alexander
[HAMILTON]Hi
[ANGELICA]It’s good to see your face
[ELIZA]Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family
[HAMILTON]Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn’t have a real job anyway
[ANGELICA]…you’re not joining us? Wait
[HAMILTON]I’m afraid I cannot join you upstate
[ANGELICA]Alexander, I came all this way
[ELIZA]She came all this way—
[ANGELICA]All this way—
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]Take a break
[HAMILTON]You know I have to get my plan through Congress
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]Run away with us for the summerLet’s go upstate
[HAMILTON]I lose my job if I don’t get my plan through Congress
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]We can all go stay with our father
[ELIZA]There’s a lake I know
[ANGELICA]I know I’ll miss your face—
[ELIZA]In a nearby park
[ANGELICA]Screw your courage to the sticking place—
[ELIZA]You and I can go
[ANGELICA]Eliza’s right—Take a break
[ELIZA]Take a break and get away—
[ANGELICA]Run away with us for the summer—
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]Let’s go upstate
[ELIZA]Where we can stay
[ANGELICA]We can all go stay with our fatherIf you take your time—
[ELIZA]Look around, look aroundAt how lucky we are to be alive right now—
[ANGELICA]You will make your markClose your eyes and dream—
[ELIZA]We can go—
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]When the night gets darkTake a break.
[HAMILTON]I have to get my plan through CongressI can’t stop until I get this plan through Congress