Lyrics! This has to be the wordiest polka yet (to no surprise).
Spoiler:
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore
And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot
In the Caribbean by providence impoverished,
In squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter by being a self-starter
By fourteen They placed him in charge of a trading charter!
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there’s a million things I haven’t done
But just you wait, just you wait
Wait for it
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
I am the one thing in life I can control
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it!)
I am inimitable
I am an original
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
When so many have died,
Then I'm willin' to-
I’m willin’ to-
(Work, work)
Angelica
(Work, work)
Eliza
And Peggy
Look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city
In the greatest city
In the world!
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside-
Down, down down, down down
(Hey!)
And you’ll blow us all away
Oceans rise, empires fall
We have seen each other through it all
And when push comes to shove
I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love
Da da da dat da dat da da da dye ya da
Da da dat dat da dye ya dow
No one else was in
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
No one else was in
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
No one really knows how the game is played
The art of the trade
How the sausage gets made
We just assume that it happens
But no one else is in
The room where it happens.
We are outgunned (What?!)
Outmanned (What?!)
Outnumbered, outplanned
We gotta make an all-out stand
And yo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man
(Hey!)
(Hamilton)
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean— (Hamilton)
Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually
What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean— (Hamilton)
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance— (Hamilton)
You wanna fight for your land back?
I need my right-hand man back (Hamilton)
I’ll get your right-hand man back (Hamilton)
You know you gotta get your right-hand man back (Hamilton)
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better
To get your right hand man back!
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
Look back at the Bill of Rights Which I wrote!
The ink hasn’t dried
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
Somebody has to stand up for the South!
Somebody has to stand up to his mouth!
If there’s a fire you’re trying to douse
You can’t put it out from inside the house
I’m in the cabinet. I am complicit in
Watching him grabbin’ at power and kissin' it
If Washington isn’t gon’ listen
To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference:
This kid is out!
In New York, you can be a new man
(Aww…)
How do you write like you’re running out of time? (Hey!)
Write day and night like you’re running out of time? (Hey!)
Ev’ry day you fight like you’re running out of time
Like you’re running out of time
Are you running out of time?
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control
Who lives, who dies
Who tells your story
I know that we can win
I know that greatness lies in you
But remember from here on in
History has its eyes on you (Whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-oh)
(Whoa-oh-oh)
(Whoa-oh-oh, oh)
And I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I’m just like my country
I’m young, scrappy and hungry
And I am not throwing away my shot
We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! (Not throwing away my shot)
We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! (Not throwing away my shot)
We’re gonna rise up (Rise up, rise up) It’s time to take a shot!
(Rise up, rise up)
And I am not throwing away my,
Not throwing away my shot!
There’s a million things I haven’t done
But just you wait
(Just wait) What’s your name, man?!
Alexander (Hey) (Hamilton)
Alexander (Hamilton)
Alexander (Hamilton)
Alexander (Hey!)
Edit: There's no lyrics to accompany it, but I just want to point out that
Spoiler:
Dear Theodosia is in the medley too, as an instrumental rift between The World Turned Upside Down and Blow Us All Away.
And it sounds really good
Last edited by drewdy9999 on Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:55 am, edited 5 times in total.
As I said earlier, I am very excited about this. Surprised that a polka would become a single, but it makes sense for a variety of reasons: all of the licensing is from one source so it would be much easier to make this work from a legal standpoint, Lin and Al are friends so both parties would be excited to make this happen, there is no polka on the tour right now so this gives them something to add into the mix.
Looking forward to hearing it tonight at midnight!
I couldn't tell a dirt clod from a plate of caviar.
Teh Dingo wrote:
Now, excuse me while I sneak out of this topic before anyone knows I know absolutely nothing about Hamilton......Hey look over there!!! *runs away*
All I know about it is that our VP got the royal treatment when he showed up to watch it. Other than that....I am a bit unedumacated. Hopefully I still enjoy the polka.
All I know about Hamilton is that Wayne Brady was in it at one point (Or still?) ... But I enjoyed most of Al's polkas and several of the ones I really like, I knew none/only one or two going into it, so, I bet I'll still enjoy it. Maybe not on first listen, but yeah.
