What'd I Miss
[COMPANY]Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen...Se- se- seventeen…
[BURR]1789How does the bastard orphanImmigrant decorated war vetUnite the colonies through more debt?Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?Have it all, lose it allYou ready for more yet?Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the PresidentEv’ry American experiment sets a precedentNot so fast. Someone came along to resist himPissed him off until we had a two-party systemYou haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had the chance‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador to FranceBut someone’s gotta keep the American promiseYou simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!
[COMPANY]Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home,Lord he’s been off in Paris for so long!Aaa-ooo!Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]France is following us to revolutionThere is no more status quoBut the sun comes up and the world still spins
[ENSEMBLE]Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]I helped Lafayette draft a declarationThen I said, ‘I gotta goI gotta be in Monticello.’ Now the work atHome begins…
[ENSEMBLE]Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]So what’d I miss?What’d I miss?Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kissI’ve been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies...I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties...I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this…
[ENSEMBLE]Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]There’s a letter on my desk from the PresidentHaven’t even put my bags down yetSally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it?It says the President’s assembling a cabinetAnd that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!And that I’m already Senate-approved...I just got home and now I’m headed up to New York
[ENSEMBLE]Headin’ to New York!Headin’ to New York!
[JEFFERSON]Lookin’ at the rolling fieldsI can’t
[JEFFERSON AND ENSEMBLE]Believe that we are free
[JEFFERSON]Ready to faceWhatever’s awaiting
[JEFFERSON AND ENSEMBLE]Me in N.Y.C.
[JEFFERSON]But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the place?My friend James Madison, red in the face
[JEFFERSON]He grabs my arm andI respond“What’s goin’ on?”
[ENSEMBLE]Aaa-ooo!
[MADISON]Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation’s very soulCan you get us out of the mess we’re in?
[ENSEMBLE]Aaa-ooo!
[MADISON]Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing lessThan government controlI’ve been fighting for the South aloneWhere have you been?
[JEFFERSON]Uh...France.
[ENSEMBLE]Aaa-ooo!
[MADISON]We have to win
[JEFFERSON]What’d I miss?
[ENSEMBLE]Wha? Wha? What’d I miss?
[JEFFERSON]What’d I miss?
[ENSEMBLE]I’ve come home to this?
[JEFFERSON]Headfirst into a political abyss!
[ENSEMBLE]Headfirst, into the abyss!
[JEFFERSON]I have my first cabinet meeting today
[ENSEMBLE]Chik-a-pow!
[JEFFERSON]I guess I better think of something to sayI’m already on my wayLet’s get to the bottom of this…
[ENSEMBLE]What did I miss?Ahhh ah!
[WASHINGTON]Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
[HAMILTON]Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton
[WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE]Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
[COMPANY]Mr. Jefferson, welcome homeSir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long!
[JEFFERSON]So what did I miss?