Hurricane
[00:00.00] HURRICANE
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[00:11.00] [HAMILTON – 1]
[00:12.35] In the eye of a hurricane
[00:14.35] There is quiet
[00:17.16] For just a moment
[00:20.18] A yellow sky
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[00:24.11] When I was seventeen a hurricane
[00:26.61] Destroyed my town
[00:28.91] I didn’t drown
[00:31.92] I couldn’t seem to die
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[00:34.84] I wrote my way out
[00:37.54] Wrote everything down far as I could see
[00:43.57] I wrote my way out
[00:46.19] I looked up and the town had its eyes on me
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[00:51.82] They passed a plate around
[00:55.15] Total strangers
[00:58.28] Moved to kindness by my story
[01:03.90] Raised enough for me to book passage on a
[01:07.11] Ship that was New York bound…
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[01:10.03] I wrote my way out of hell
[01:12.12] I wrote my way to revolution
[01:13.89] I was louder than the crack in the bell
[01:15.77] I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell
[01:18.68] I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well
[01:21.29] And in the face of ignorance and resistance
[01:24.31] I wrote financial systems into existence
[01:27.32] And when my prayers to God were met with indifference
[01:30.03] I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance
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[01:33.36] In the eye of a hurricane
[01:35.24] There is quiet
[01:38.26] For just a moment
[01:40.87] A yellow sky
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[01:45.13] I was twelve when my mother died
[01:47.53] She was holding me
[01:49.52] We were sick and she was holding me
[01:52.64] I couldn’t seem to die
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[01:55.45] [BURR – 3]
[01:56.28] Wait for it,
[01:57.00] wait for it,
[01:57.63] wait for it… [HAMILTON – 1]
[01:58.26] I’ll write my way out…
[01:59.67] [BURR/ENS –
[01:59.88] 3/4/9]
[02:00.19] Wait for it,
[02:00.72] wait for it,
[02:01.24] wait for it… Write ev’rything down,
[02:02.18] far as I can
[02:04.68] Wait for it, see… [WASH/ELIZA/MARIA – 2/5/6/7/8]
[02:06.03] wait for it, History
[02:06.66] wait for it, has it’s
[02:07.70] Wait… eyes…
[02:09.06] I’ll write my way out… on…
[02:10.93] Overwhelm them with honesty. you…
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[02:13.01] [HAMILTON – 1]
[02:13.32] This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only
[02:16.53] Way I can protect my legacy…
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[02:18.82] [COMPANY (EX. HAMILTON) – ALL]
[02:19.03] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait…
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[02:21.53] [HAMILTON – 1]
[02:22.68] The Reynolds Pamphlet
