Hamilton - Guns and Ships Lyrics |
Broadway musical (2015) Hamilton the Musical - Guns and Ships Lyrics
BURR: How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower Somehow defeat a global superpower? How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire? Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher? Yo. 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: And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m
COMPANY: Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE: Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em! Enragin’ em! I’m—
COMPANY: Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE: I go to France for more funds
COMPANY: Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE: I come back with more
LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE: Guns And ships And so the balance shifts
WASHINGTON: We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts
LAFAYETTE: We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but For this to succeed, there is someone else we need:
WASHINGTON: I know
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: 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?
COMPANY: Hamilton!
WASHINGTON: I need my right hand man back!
WOMEN: Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE: MEN: Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back Get your right hand man back! You know you gotta get ya right hand man back Your right hand man back!
I mean you gotta put Hamilton! some thought into the letter Ha— but the sooner the better Ha— To get your right hand man back!
WOMEN, MEN: Hamilton, Hamilton! Ha— ha—!
WASHINGTON: Alexander Hamilton Troops are waiting in the field for you If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide Oh, Alexander Hamilton I have soldiers that will yield for you If we manage to get this right They’ll surrender by early light The world will never be the same, Alexander…
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