What'd I Miss

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Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen...
Se- se- seventeen...
BURR
1789.
How does the bastard orphan,
immigrant decorated war vet
unite the colonies through more debt?
Fight the other founding fathers til he has
to forfeit?
Have it all, lose it all,
you ready for more yet?
Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the
President,
ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent.
Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him.
Pissed him off until we had a two-party
system.
You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had
the chance,
‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador
to France
but someone’s gotta keep the American
promise.
You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!
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Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home Lord he’s
been off in Paris for so long!
Aaa-ooo!
Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON
France is following us to revolution,
there is no more status quo.
But the sun comes up and the world still spins.
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Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON
I helped Lafayette draft a declaration,
then I said, ‘I gotta go.
I gotta be in Monticello.’ Now the work at
home begins…
ENSEMBLE
Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON
So what’d I miss?
What’d I miss?
Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give
you a kiss.
I’ve been in Paris meeting lots of different
ladies...
I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties...
I traveled the wide, wide world and came
back to this…
ENSEMBLE
Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON
There’s a letter on my desk from the President.
Haven’t even put my bags down yet.
Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it?
It says the President’s assembling a cabinet
and that I am to be the Secretary of State,
great!
And that I’m already Senate-approved...
I just got home and now I’m headed up to
New York.
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Headin’ to New York!
Headin’ to New York!
JEFFERSON
Lookin’ at the rolling
fields
I can’t ENSEMBLE
believe that we
are free.
Believe that we are
free
Ready to face
whatever’s awaiting
me in N.Y.C. Me in N.Y.C.
JEFFERSON
But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the
place?
My friend James Madison, red in the face.
JEFFERSON
He grabs my arm and
I respond, ENSEMBLE
“What’s goin’ on?” Aaa-ooo!
MADISON
Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our
nation’s very soul.
Can you get us out of the mess we’re in?
ENSEMBLE
Aaa-ooo!
MADISON
Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing less
than government control.
I’ve been fighting for the South alone.
Where have you been?
ENSEMBLE JEFFERSON
Aaa-ooo! Uh...France.
MADISON
We have to win.
JEFFERSON ENSEMBLE
What’d I miss? Wha? Wha? What’d
I miss?
What’d I miss? I’ve come home to
this?
Headfirst into a
political abyss!
Headfirst, into the
abyss!
I have my first
cabinet meeting
today, Chik-a-pow!
I guess I better think
of something to say,
I’m already on my
way, On my way
let’s get to the
bottom of this…
What did I miss?
Ahhh ah!
WASHINGTON
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home.
HAMILTON
Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton.
WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home.
COMPANY
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Sir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long!
JEFFERSON
So what did I miss?