lirik lagu lin-manuel miranda – guns & ships (first draft 2014)
[burr]
how does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower
somehow defeat a global superpower?
how does king george underestimate his haters?
[king george]
when we beat the traitors, we’ll be greeted as liberators!
[company]
yay!
[burr]
no. turns out we have a secret weapon
an immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in
he’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the british henchmen
ev’ryone give it up for america’s favorite fighting frenchman!
[company]
lafayette!
[lafayette]
i’m takin this horse by the reins makin’
redcoats redder with bloodstains
[company]
lafayette!
[lafayette]
never gonna stop ’til i make ‘em
drop, burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, i’m—
[company]
lafayette!
[lafayette]
watch me engagin’ em, escapin’ em
enragin’ em, i am—
[company]
lafayette!
[lafayette]
i go to france for more funds
[company]
lafayette!
[lafayette]
come back with more
[lafayette and ensemble]
guns
and ships
and so the balance shifts
[washington]
we rendezvous with rochambeau, consolidate their gifts
we can end the war in yorktown, cut them off at sea
[lafayette]
oui
[washington]
for this to succeed, there’s someone else i need:
[lafayette]
please
[lafayette and ensemble]
hamilton!
[lafayette]
sir, he knows what to do in a trench
ingenuitive and fluent in french, i mean—
[washington and company]
hamilton!
[lafayette]
sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually
what’s he gonna do on the bench? i mean—
[washington and company]
hamilton!
[lafayette]
no one has more resilience
or matches my practical, tactical brilliance—
[washington and company]
hamilton!
[lafayette]
you wanna fight for your land back?
[washington and company]
hamilton!
[lafayette]
you need your right-hand man back!
hand man back!
[ensemble]
[lafayette] [washington] hamilton!
ah ah i need my right
ah ah hand man back!
you need your right
hand man back! hamilton!
i need my right
hand man back!
you need your right
hand man back!
[record scratching] i need my right
right hand man back! hand man back!
[washington]
alexander hamilton
troops are waiting in the field for you
if you join us right now, together we can turn the tide
alexander hamilton
i have soldiers who will yield for you
if we m—
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