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BURR
How can an ordinary bastard, orphan, son of a common slut
Constantly barge in and become more and more of a phenomenon?
How did such an ignorant, simple peasant, arrogant buffoon
Suddenly get into Washington's good graces?

Washington gave him a good job just like that
But Hamilton would rather take up arms instead
I will admit that this guy's a pretty decent writer
But there's something we have in common: we're extremely liked by-

(Ladies!) So many flowers to pick
(Ladies!) That's the effect the uniform has on them
(Ladies!) Alexander knew quite a lot of ladies
Martha Washington's gallivanting cat was named after him

HAMILTON
That's a fact

BURR
Year 1780, a winter's ball
At it: the Schuyler sisters, everyone would like to know them
Hey, how do you score a sister alongside her great fortune?

HAMILTON
Don't ask how, Burr, ask "which one?"

HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL WOMEN
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey

ELIZA
Oooh, I've dreamed of this day for years
Hey!
Oooh, I've always dreamed of this day
I can tell I'm
Drowning!
There's something in your eyes, some kind of a shine and flame, that I'm
Drowning!
I know, I well know, I won't be able to shield myself

ELIZA
I've never been much for grabbing the attention of a company
That night I was partying hard with my sister
I was standing and watching how she's again surrounded by a crowd
And then you entered, and my heart suddenly went boom
I have to do something to draw your attention
Everyone around is dancing and the music's playing loud
The crowd's all dancing, my head's buzzing, I'm out of breath
Leave this one for me, sis, he's gotta be mine

And my sister's walking straight towards you
I have a bad feeling, I'm thinking "everything but this!"
She whispers in your ear and I think "I'm done!"
But then you turn and look at me in such a way that I'm

ELIZA AND (WOMEN)
Drowning!
Oh, what a face!
(There's something in your eyes, some kind of a shine and flame, that I'm)
Drowning! I know
(I know, I well know, I won't be able to shield myself)
What is it about you? What is it about you?
(Drowning! There's something in your eyes, some kind of a shine and flame, that I'm)
Drowning! And I know
(I know, I well know, I won't be able to shield myself)

HAMILTON
We're leaving?

ANGELICA
In a moment you'll forget the world.

HAMILTON
I'm dying to find out.

ELIZA
I don’t think we’ve met; Elizabeth Schuyler.

HAMILTON
Schuyler?

ANGELICA
My sister.

ELIZA
You're a soldier; I respect that.

HAMILTON
Meetings like these are worth risking your life for.

ANGELICA
I'll leave you alone, then.

ELIZA
A week later
I write a letter every night
You write more often, you've suddenly become so dear
I laugh at my sister, she thinks of starting a harem with us

ANGELICA
Loving sisters should share everything

ELIZA
Ha!
One month later I'm in quite a stress
Because father's stony face is not a good sign
I suppress my fear, my head's buzzing, I'm out of breath
I'm standing here, trembling with apprehension
When you approach, asking him for my hand

And my father's walking straight towards you
I have a bad feeling, I'm thinking "everything but this!"
But he says with a smile, "be true"
And you turn and look at me in such a way that

ELIZA AND WOMEN
(Drowning! There's something in your eyes, some kind of a shine and flame, that I'm)
Drowning!
(I know, I well know, I won't be able to shield myself)
When you look at me like that, when you look like that
(Drowning! There's something in your eyes, some kind of a shine and flame, that I'm)
Drowning!
I know, I well know, I won't be able to shield myself

HAMILTON
Eliza, I have to tell you, like at confession
That I've lived in poverty till now, and nobody here believed in me
And all I have is a few old wounds
I have honor, a college diploma, a skilled mind, and a plan
You know, when I met you, it brought out a better side of me
Your sisters are cool too
Angelica wants to steal me from you in jest
But know that I am yours and you are what truly counts
And we'll find a place in New York where we'll live
Because I've never had a chance to have a family like yours
My father left, I was constantly alone
And mother's resting in her grave, too
I remember my mother's face and her tears like it was today
I couldn't ever look at your tears, Eliza, I swear you this

ELIZA
(Drowning!) I've dreamed of this day for years

HAMILTON
Eliza!

ELIZA
(Drowning!) I've dreamed of this day for years

HAMILTON
What are you doing with me

(Drowning!)
(I know, I well know, I won't be able to shield myself)
(Drowning!)

ELIZA
I know, I well know

HAMILTON
Hey, Eliza, trust me, you won't drown with me!

ELIZA
(Drowning!) There's something in your eyes, some kind of a shine and flame

(Drowning!)
(I know, I well know, I won't be able to shield myself)

(From now on you can be someone new)
(From now on you can be someone better)
(From now on you can be someone different)

ELIZA
I'm drowning...