Stay Alive
[00:00.00] STAY ALIVE
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[00:04.16] [ELIZA – 7]
[00:05.35] Stay alive…
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[00:10.94] [ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN – 5/6/7/8/9]
[00:11.88] Stay alive…
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[00:16.07] [HAMILTON – 1]
[00:17.84] I have never seen the General so despondent
[00:20.02] I have taken over writing all his correspondence
[00:23.16] Congress writes, “George, attack the British forces.”
[00:26.08] I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses
[00:29.22] Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance
[00:32.87] They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
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[00:36.16] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[00:36.37] The cavalry’s not coming [HAMILTON – 1]
[00:37.31] But, sir!
[00:38.04] Alex, listen. There’s only
[00:39.09] one way for us to win this
[00:41.28] Provoke outrage, outright
[00:43.89] That’s right
[00:44.82] Don’t engage, strike by night
[00:47.74] Remain relentless ‘til
[00:48.78] their troops take flight
[00:50.66] Make it impossible to justify
[00:52.44] the cost of the fight
[00:53.38] Uh-huh
[00:54.01] Outrun
[00:54.53] Outrun
[00:55.15] Outlast
[00:55.89] Outlast
[00:56.62] Hit ‘em quick, get out fast
[00:58.91] Chick-a-plao!
[01:00.05] Stay alive until this horror show is past
[01:01.71] We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast
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[01:04.95] [HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS – 1/4/5]
[01:05.05] Raise a glass!
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[01:05.99] [MULLIGAN – 6]
[01:06.20] I go back to New York and my apprenticeship
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[01:08.48] [LAFAYETTE – 4]
[01:08.69] I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship
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[01:11.61] [LAURENS – 5]
[01:11.82] I stay at work with Hamilton
[01:13.07] We write essays against slavery
[01:14.84] And every day’s a test of our camaraderie
[01:17.14] And bravery
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[01:17.88] [HAMILTON – 1]
[01:18.08] We cut supply lines, we steal contraband
[01:20.59] We pick and choose our battles
[01:22.26] And places to take a stand
[01:23.94] And ev’ry day “Sir, entrust me with a command,”
[01:26.76] And ev’ry day [WASHINGTON – 7]
[01:27.99] No
[01:28.50] He dismisses me out of hand
[01:29.35] [ELIZA/ANG – 7/8]
[01:29.56] [HAMILTON – 1] Stay alive…
[01:30.49] Instead of me
[01:31.11] He promotes [LEE – 8]
[01:31.74] Charles Lee Charles Lee
[01:32.98] Makes him second-in-command:
[01:34.13] I’m a General. Whee!!!!
[01:36.85] Yeah. He’s not the choice
[01:37.89] I would have gone with
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[01:39.75] [HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS – 1/4/5]
[01:39.96] He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
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[01:41.21] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[01:41.42] Ev’ryone attack! [LEE – 8]
[01:42.68] Retreat!
[01:43.51] Attack!
[01:44.25] Retreat!
[01:44.98] What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!
[01:47.77] But there’s so many of them!
[01:48.92] I’m sorry, is this not your speed?!
[01:50.80] Hamilton! [HAMILTON – 1]
[01:51.74] Ready, sir!
[01:52.37] Have Lafayette take the lead!
[01:53.73] Yes, sir!
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[01:54.35] [LAURENS – 5]
[01:54.56] A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
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[01:56.64] [LAFAYETTE – 4]
[01:56.96] As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
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[01:59.67] [HAMILTON – 1]
[02:00.19] Charles Lee was left behind
[02:01.65] Without a pot to piss in
[02:03.10] He started sayin’ this to anybody who would listen:
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[02:05.82] [LEE – 8]
[02:06.02] Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
[02:09.46] Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
[02:12.15] The best thing he can do for the revolution
[02:14.45] Is turn n’ go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon
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[02:17.05] [COMPANY – ALL]
[02:17.37] Oo!!
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[02:18.73] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[02:18.93] Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong
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[02:19.98] [HAMILTON – 1]
[02:20.61] But, sir!
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[02:21.55] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[02:21.76] We have a war to fight, let’s move along
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[02:23.53] [LAURENS – 5]
[02:23.85] Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it
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[02:27.08] [HAMILTON – 1]
[02:27.29] I can’t disobey direct orders
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[02:28.86] [LAURENS – 5]
[02:29.07] Then I’ll do it
[02:31.26] Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got
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[02:34.91] [HAMILTON – 1]
[02:35.33] Laurens, do not throw away your shot
