Lyrics Lin–Manuel Miranda – Guns And Ships
Text:
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?
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
Everyone give it up for America’s favourite fighting Frenchman!
Company:
Lafayette!
Lafayette:
I’m taking 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 out!
Company:
Lafayette!
Lafayette:
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 in 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!)
Lafayette (women/men):
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter (Hamilton!)
But the sooner the better (Hamilton! Hamilton!)
To get your right hand man back! (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…