Hamilton - Schuyler Defeated Songtexte

Look!
Grandpa's in the paper!
War hero Philip Schuyler
Loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr
Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate


Sometimes that's how it goes


Daddy's gonna find out any minute


I'm sure he already knows


Further down


Further down


Let's meet the newest senator from New York


New York


Our senator


Burr?
Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?


Since being one put me on the up and up again


No one knows who you are or what you do


They don't need to know me
They don't like you


Excuse me?


Oh, Wall Street thinks you're great
You'll always be adored by the things you create
But upstate


Wait


People think you're crooked
Schuyler's seat was up for grabs so I took it


I've always considered you a friend


I don't see why that has to end


You changed parties to run against my father-in-law


I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw
I swear your pride will be the death of us all
Beware, it goeth before the fall