What'd I Miss

[00:02.95] Seventeen, se- se- seventeen

[00:06.97] Se- se- seventeen

[00:08.48] Seventeen eighty-nine

[00:10.75] How does the bastard orphan, immigrant decorated war vet

[00:14.76] Unite the colonies through more debt?

[00:16.77] Fight the other founding fathers 'til he has to forfeit?

[00:19.52] Have it all, lose it all

[00:20.78] You ready for more yet?

[00:22.29] Treasury Secretary, Washington's the President

[00:25.06] Every American experiment sets a precedent

[00:27.57] Not so fast, someone came along to resist him

[00:30.59] Pissed him off until we had a two-party system

[00:33.61] You haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance

[00:35.87] 'Cause he's been kickin' ass as the ambassador to France

[00:38.64] But someone's gotta keep the American promise

[00:41.65] You simply must meet Thomas, Thomas

[00:45.17] Thomas Jefferson's coming home

[00:47.93] Thomas Jefferson's coming home

[00:50.19] Thomas Jefferson's coming home

[00:53.21] Thomas Jefferson's coming home

[00:55.47] Thomas Jefferson's coming home Lord he's been off in Paris for so long

[01:06.52] (Aaa-ooo)

[01:11.55] (Aaa-ooo)

[01:12.56] France is following us to revolution

[01:15.57] There is no more status quo

[01:18.33] But the sun comes up and the world still spins

[01:22.60] I helped Lafayette draft a declaration

[01:25.62] Then I said, I gotta go

[01:28.64] I gotta be in Monticello

[01:31.39] Now the work at home begins

[01:36.92] So what'd I miss?

[01:39.68] What'd I miss?

[01:42.94] Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss

[01:48.23] I've been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies

[01:50.74] I guess I basically missed the late eighties

[01:53.50] I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this

[01:58.52] Aaa-ooo

[01:59.77] There's a letter on my desk from the President

[02:02.28] Haven't even put my bags down yet Sally be a lamb, darlin' won'tcha open it?

[02:07.06] It says the President's assembling a cabinet

[02:09.57] And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great

[02:12.59] And that I'm already Senate-approved

[02:14.86] I just got home and now I'm headed up to New York

[02:18.38] Headin' to New York, headin' to New York

[02:21.15] Lookin' at the rolling fields I can't believe that we are free

[02:26.67] Ready to face, whatever's awaiting

[02:28.95] Me in N.Y.C.

[02:31.96] But who's waitin' for me when I step in the place?

[02:34.47] My friend James Madison, red in the face

[02:36.97] He grabs my arm

[02:38.75] And I respond, what's goin' on? (Aa-oo)

[02:43.25] Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation's very soul

[02:48.54] Can you get us out of the mess we're in?

[02:52.55] Hamilton's new financial plan is nothing less than government control

[02:58.83] I've been fighting for the South alone

[03:02.09] Where have you been?

[03:03.60] Uh France (aa-ooo)

[03:05.87] We have to win

[03:07.12] What'd I miss? (What'd what'd what'd I miss)

[03:09.89] What'd I miss? (I've come home to this)

[03:13.40] Headfirst into a political abyss (headfirst, into the abyss)

[03:18.67] I have my first cabinet meeting today (chik-a-pow)

[03:20.93] I guess I better think of something to say

[03:23.45] I'm already on my way get to the bottom of this

[03:26.99] (What did I miss?) aa-ooo

[03:30.74] Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

[03:33.25] Mr. Jefferson (Alexander Hamilton)

[03:35.76] Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

[03:41.29] Mr. Jefferson, welcome home, sir, you've been off in Paris for so long

[03:51.85] So what did I miss?