The World Was Wide Enough
[00:00.00] THE WORLD WAS WIDE ENOUGH
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[00:02.00] [MALE COMPANY – 1/2/3/4]
[00:03.10] One two three four
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[00:04.46] [FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND BURR) – ALL]
[00:04.88] Five six seven eight nine—
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[00:06.74] [BURR – 3]
[00:06.84] There are ten things you need to know
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[00:09.24] [COMPANY – ALL]
[00:09.45] Number one! [BURR – 3]
[00:10.29] We rowed across the Hudson at dawn
[00:12.37] My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on as my—
[00:15.18] Number two! Number two!
[00:16.52] Hamilton arrived with his crew:
[00:18.61] Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew
[00:21.12] Number three!
[00:22.15] I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
[00:24.53] I wish I could tell you what was happ’ning in his brain
[00:27.66] This man has poisoned my political pursuits!
[00:30.48] Most disputes die
[00:31.84] and no one shoots!
[00:33.29] Number four!
[00:34.43] Hamilton drew first position
[00:37.02] Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission
[00:40.04] This is a soldier with a marksman’s ability
[00:42.95] The doctor turned around so he could have deniability
[00:45.96] Five!
[00:46.91] Now I didn’t know this at the time
[00:48.67] But we were—
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[00:49.40] [HAMILTON – 1] [BURR AND PHILIP – 3/5]
[00:49.61] Near the same spot Near the same spot
[00:50.45] My son died, is that why — Your son died, is that why—
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[00:52.09] [COMPANY – ALL]
[00:52.19] Six! [BURR – 3]
[00:52.92] He examined his gun with such rigor?
[00:55.41] I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger
[00:58.10] Seven!
[00:59.04] Confession time? Here’s what I got:
[01:00.91] My fellow soldiers will tell you I’m a terrible shot
[01:04.14] Number eight!
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[01:05.17] [BURR/HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE MEN – 1/2/3/4]
[01:05.58] Your last chance to negotiate
[01:07.64] Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight
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[01:10.86] [BURR – 3]
[01:11.28] They won’t teach you this in your classes
[01:13.77] But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses
[01:16.99] Why? If not to take deadly aim?
[01:20.54] It’s him or me, the world will never be the same
[01:23.55] I had only one thought before the slaughter:
[01:26.47] This man will not make an orphan of my daughter
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[01:29.19] [COMPANY – ALL]
[01:29.39] Number nine!
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[01:30.32] [BURR – 3]
[01:30.42] Look him in the eye, aim no higher
[01:31.98] Summon all the courage you require
[01:34.47] Then count:
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[01:35.40] [COMPANY – ALL]
[01:35.61] One two three four five six seven eight nine
[01:38.94] Number ten paces! Fire!—
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[01:42.39] [HAMILTON – 1]
[01:43.13] I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
[01:46.31] Is this where it gets me, on my feet, sev’ral feet ahead of me?
[01:50.98] I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
[01:55.15] There is no beat, no melody
[01:58.58] Burr, my first friend, my enemy
[02:02.11] Maybe the last face I ever see
[02:04.81] If I throw away my shot, is this how you’ll remember me?
[02:10.42] What if this bullet is my legacy?
[02:11.99] Legacy.
[02:12.72] What is a legacy?
[02:15.93] It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
[02:19.27] I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me
[02:22.77] America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me
[02:26.85] You let me make a difference
[02:28.62] A place where even orphan immigrants
[02:30.19] Can leave their fingerprints and rise up
[02:32.28] I’m running out of time. I’m running, and my time’s up
[02:34.50] Wise up. Eyes up
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[02:37.52] I catch a glimpse of the other side
[02:40.54] Laurens leads a soldiers’ chorus on the other side
[02:43.04] My son is on the other side
[02:44.70] He’s with my mother on the other side
[02:46.57] Washington is watching from the other side
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[02:49.18] Teach me how to say goodbye
[02:51.44] Rise up, rise up, rise up
[02:54.49] Eliza
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[02:57.00] My love, take your time
[03:01.27] I’ll see you on the other side
[03:05.25] Raise a glass to freedom…
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[03:08.06] [BURR AND COMPANY – ALL]
[03:08.06] He aims his pistol at the sky—
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[03:09.63] [BURR – 3]
[03:09.84] Wait!
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[03:15.61] I strike him right between his ribs
[03:20.77] I walk towards him, but I am ushered away
[03:27.31] They row him back across the Hudson
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[03:33.46] I get a drink [COMPANY – ALL]
[03:35.54] Aaaah (x3)
[03:39.70] I hear wailing in the
[03:41.47] Streets Aaaah (x3)
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[03:45.31] Somebody tells me, “You’d better
[03:47.09] hide.” Aaaah (x3)
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[03:51.24] They say [ANGELICA – 8]
[03:51.86] Angelica and Eliza— Angelica and Eliza—
[03:55.44] Were both at his side when he died
[03:59.73] Death doesn’t discriminate
[04:01.60] Between the sinners and the saints
[04:03.58] It takes and it takes and it takes
[04:06.18] History obliterates
[04:08.24] In every picture it paints
[04:09.79] It paints me and all my mistakes
[04:12.58] When Alexander aimed
[04:14.45] At the sky
[04:15.90] He may have been the first one to die
[04:18.60] But I’m the one who paid for it
[04:22.25] I survived, but I paid for it
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[04:27.98] Now I’m the villain in your history
[04:32.98] I was too young and blind to see…
[04:40.08] I should’ve known
[04:42.16] I should’ve known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me
[04:51.44] The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me
