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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
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[00:00.00] WHO LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO TELLS YOUR STORY

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[00:03.00] [WASHINGTON – 5]

[00:04.90] Let me tell you what I wish I’d known

[00:07.83] When I was young and dreamed of glory

[00:11.15] You have no control:

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[00:12.51] [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY – ALL]

[00:12.82] Who lives

[00:13.65] Who dies

[00:14.38] Who tells your story?

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[00:16.66] [BURR – 3]

[00:16.86] President Jefferson:

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[00:17.80] [JEFFERSON – 4]

[00:18.12] I’ll give him this: his financial system is a

[00:20.90] Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried

[00:24.65] And I tried

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[00:26.00] [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY – ALL]

[00:26.52] Who lives

[00:27.15] Who dies

[00:27.77] Who tells your story?

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[00:29.32] [BURR – 3]

[00:29.64] President Madison:

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[00:30.99] [MADISON – 6]

[00:31.20] He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity

[00:34.55] I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit

[00:37.46] For all the credit he gave us

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[00:38.71] [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY – ALL]

[00:39.24] Who lives

[00:39.86] Who dies

[00:40.70] Who tells your story?

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[00:42.27] [ANGELICA – 8]

[00:43.20] Every other founding father’s story gets told

[00:46.02] Every other founding father gets to grow old

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[00:48.93] [BURR – 3]

[00:49.23] But when you’re gone, who remembers your name?

[00:52.03] Who keeps your flame?

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[00:53.68] [BURR AND MEN – 1/2/3/4/5]

[00:53.89] Who tells your story? [ANGELICA/WOMEN – 6/8/9]

[00:55.77] Who tells your story?

[00:56.91] Who tells your story? Your story?

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[01:01.91] [WOMEN – 6/8/9] [ELIZA – 7]

[01:02.20] Eliza

[01:03.76] I put myself back in the narrative

[01:07.61] Eliza

[01:09.89] I stop wasting time on tears

[01:11.77] I live another fifty years

[01:14.59] [COMPANY – ALL] It’s not enough

[01:15.42] Eliza

[01:16.26] I interview every soldier

[01:18.13] who fought by your side

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[01:20.09] [LAFAYETTE/LAURENS – 4/5]

[01:20.19] She tells our story

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[01:21.96] [ELIZA – 7]

[01:22.17] I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings

[01:25.38] You really do write like you’re running out of— [COMPANY – ALL]

[01:27.98] Time Time

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[01:28.81] [ELIZA – 7]

[01:29.02] I rely on— [ANGELICA – 8]

[01:29.43] Angelica Angelica

[01:31.62] While she’s alive—

[01:32.24] We tell your story We tell your story

[01:35.06] She is buried in Trinity Church

[01:36.71] Near you Near you

[01:38.18] When I needed her most,

[01:39.43] She was right on— [COMPANY – ALL]

[01:40.47] Time Time

[01:41.93] And I’m still not through

[01:43.58] I ask myself, “What would you do

[01:45.56] if you had more—”

[01:46.80] Time Time

[01:48.26] The Lord, in his kindness

[01:50.46] He gives me what you always wanted

[01:51.50] He gives me more—

[01:53.16] Time Time

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[01:53.89] I raise funds in D.C.

[01:55.87] for the Washington Monument [WASHINGTON – 5]

[01:57.74] She tells my story

[02:00.03] I speak out against slavery

[02:02.65] You could have done so much more

[02:04.61] if you only had— [COMPANY – ALL]

[02:05.84] Time Time

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[02:07.18] And when my time is up,

[02:08.42] have I done enough?

[02:09.97] Will they tell our story? Will they tell your story?

[02:14.03] Oh.

[02:15.36] Can I show you what I’m

[02:16.81] proudest of?

[02:20.36] The orphanage

[02:22.55] I established the first private

[02:24.54] orphanage in New York City

[02:27.87] The orphanage

[02:29.94] I help to raise hundreds of children

[02:33.18] I get to see them growing up

[02:35.14] The orphanage

[02:36.91] In their eyes I see you, Alexander

[02:40.56] I see you every—

[02:41.90] Time Time

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[02:43.16] And when my time is up

[02:44.63] Have I done enough?

[02:46.40] Will they tell my story? Will they tell your story?

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[02:50.91] Oh, I can’t wait to see you again

[02:55.39] It’s only a matter of—

[02:58.08] Time… Time…

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[03:03.08] [COMPANY – 1/2/8/9]

[03:03.28] Will they tell your story? [COMPANY – 3/4/5/6/7]

[03:05.36] Time…

[03:08.69] Who lives, who dies,

[03:09.95] who tells your story?

[03:12.44] Time…

[03:17.02] Will they tell your story?

[03:19.29] Time…

[03:22.84] Who lives, who dies—

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[03:23.99] [FULL COMPANY – ALL]

[03:24.30] Who tells your story?