Hamilton - Take a Break Lyrics

Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf


Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf


Good! Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf


Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf


Sept huit neuf


Sept huit neuf


Sept huit neuf


Sept huit neuf


One two three four five six seven eight nine!


My dearest, Angelica
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
I trust you'll understand the reference to
Another Scottish tragedy
Without my having to name the play
They think me Macbeth
And ambition is my folly
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain
Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff
And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane


And there you are, an ocean away
Do you have to live an ocean away?
Thoughts of you subside
Then I get another letter
I cannot put the notion away


Take a break


I am on my way


There's a little surprise before supper
And it cannot wait


I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate


Alexander


Okay, okay


Your son is nine years old today
And he has something that he'd like to say
He's been practicing all day
Philip, take it away


Daddy, daddy, look
My name is Philip
I am a poet
I wrote this poem just
To show it
And I just turned nine
You can write rhymes
But you can't write mine


What!


I practice French
And play piano with my mother


Uh-huh!


I have a sister, but I want a little brother


Okay!


My daddy's trying to start America's bank
Un deux trois quatre cinq!


Bravo!


Take a break


Hey, our kid is pretty great


Run away with us for the summer
Let's go upstate


Eliza, I've got so much on my plate


We can all go stay with my father
There's a lake I know


I know


In a nearby park


I'd love to go


You and I can go when the night gets dark


I will try to get away


My dearest Alexander
You must get through to Jefferson
Sit down with him and compromise
Don't stop 'til you agree
Your fav'rite older sister
Angelica, reminds you
There's someone in your corner
All the way across the sea

In a letter I received from you two weeks ago
I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase
It changed the meaning. Did you intend this?
One stroke and you've consumed my waking days
It says


My dearest Angelica


With a comma after dearest. You've written


My dearest, Angelica.


Anyway, all this to say
I'm coming home this summer
At my sister's invitation
I'll be there with your fam'ly
If you make your way upstate
I know you're very busy
I know your work's important
But I'm crossing the ocean
And I just can't wait


You won't be an ocean away
You will only be a moment away


Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica's arriving today!


Angelica!


Eliza!


The Schuyler sisters!


Alexander


Hi


It's good to see your face


Angelica, tell this man
John Adams spends the summer with his family


Angelica, tell my wife
John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway


You're not joining us? Wait


I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate


Alexander, I came all this way


She came all this way


All this way


Take a break


You know I have
To get my plan through Congress


Run away with us for the summer
Let's go upstate


I lose my job
If I don't get my plan through Congress


We can all go stay with our father


There's a lake I know


I know I'll miss your face


In a nearby park


Screw your courage to the sticking place


You and I can go


Eliza's right
Take a break


Take a break and get away


Run away with us for the summer
Let's go upstate


Let's go upstate
Where we can stay


We can all go stay with our father
If you take your time


Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now


You will make your mark
Close your eyes and dream


We can go
When the night gets dark


Take a break


I have to get my plan through Congress
I can't stop
Until I get this plan through Congress
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