02-03_original_broadway_cast_of_hamilton_-_take_a_break

[00:00.54] Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf (un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf )

[00:04.55] Good, un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit (un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf )

[00:10.79] Sept-huit-neuf (sept-huit-neuf)

[00:13.31] Sept-huit-neuf (sept-huit-neuf)

[00:14.81] One-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine

[00:21.09] My dearest, Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

[00:24.13] Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

[00:26.85] I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play

[00:32.59] They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly

[00:35.61] I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain

[00:38.60] Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff

[00:41.59] And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane

[00:45.84] And there you are, an ocean away

[00:48.12] Do you have to live an ocean away

[00:51.09] Thoughts of you subside

[00:52.59] Then I get another letter

[00:54.10] I cannot put the notion away

[00:56.66] Take a break

[00:58.69] I am on my way

[01:00.19] There's a little surprise before supper and it cannot wait

[01:03.67] I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate

[01:05.93] Alexander (okay, okay)

[01:07.67] Your son is nine years old today

[01:10.43] He has something he'd like to say

[01:13.23] He's been practicing all day

[01:15.67] Philip, take it away

[01:18.68] Daddy, daddy, look

[01:20.19] My name is Philip

[01:21.68] I am a poet, I wrote this poem jus to show it

[01:26.66] And I just turned nine

[01:28.43] You can write rhymes but you can't write mine

[01:31.19] I practice French and play piano with my mother

[01:34.43] I have a sister, but I want a little brother (okay)

[01:37.43] My daddy's trying to start America's bank

[01:39.70] Un deux trois quatre cinq (bravo)

[01:42.43] Take a break

[01:44.43] Hey, our kid is pretty great

[01:45.67] Run away with us for the summer, let's go upstate

[01:49.18] Eliza, I've got so much on my plate

[01:51.18] We can all go stay with my father

[01:53.72] There's a lake I know (I know)

[01:56.96] In a nearby park (I'd love to go)

[01:59.70] You and I can go when the night gets dark

[02:05.19] I will try to get away

[02:06.69] My dearest Alexander

[02:07.91] You must get through to Jefferson

[02:09.70] Sit down with him and compromise

[02:11.18] Don't stop 'til you agree

[02:12.93] Your favourite older sister

[02:14.21] Angelica, reminds you

[02:15.71] There's someone in your corner all the way across the sea

[02:18.93] In a letter I received from you two weeks ago

[02:21.18] I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase

[02:23.95] It changed the meaning, did you intend this

[02:27.21] One stroke and you've consumed my waking days, it says

[02:30.19] My dearest Angelica

[02:33.67] With a comma after dearest, you've written

[02:36.93] My dearest, Angelica

[02:41.68] Anyway, all this to say

[02:43.45] I'm coming home this summer at my sister's invitation

[02:46.42] I'll be there with your family if you make your way upstate

[02:49.20] I know you're very busy I know your work's important

[02:52.45] But I'm crossing the ocean and I just can't wait

[02:55.43] You won't be an ocean away

[02:57.93] You will only be a moment away

[03:00.93] Alexander, come downstairs, Angelica's arriving today

[03:09.96] Angelica

[03:11.17] Eliza

[03:14.17] The Schuyler sisters

[03:16.45] Alexander

[03:18.68] Hi

[03:19.93] It's good to see your face

[03:22.41] Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family

[03:27.92] Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway

[03:34.18] You're not joining us, wait

[03:36.44] I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate

[03:39.45] Alexander, I came all this way

[03:41.69] She came all this way (all this way, take a break)

[03:45.21] You know I have to get my plan through Congress

[03:47.95] Run away with us for the summer let's go upstate

[03:50.97] I lose my job if I don't get my plan through Congress

[03:52.94] We can all go stay with our father

[03:55.44] There's a lake I know (I know I'll miss you face)

[03:58.71] (In a nearby park) (screw your courage to the sticking place)

[04:02.21] You and I can go (Eliza's right)

[04:04.19] Take a break and get away

[04:07.19] Run away with us for the summer (let's go upstate)

[04:10.68] Where we can stay (we can all go stay with our father)

[04:15.19] If you take your time (look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now)

[04:18.76] You will make your mark

[04:21.24] Close your eyes and dream

[04:23.47] When the night gets dark

[04:26.49] Take a break

[04:28.09] I have to get my plan through Congress

[04:30.80] I can't stop until I get this plan through Congress