Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

WASHINGTON
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
when I was young and dreamed of glory.
You have no control:
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY
Who lives,
who dies,
who tells your story?
BURR
President Jefferson:
JEFFERSON
I’ll give him this: his financial system is a
work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried.
And I tried.
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY
Who lives,
who dies,
who tells your story?
BURR
President Madison:
MADISON
He took our country from bankruptcy to
prosperity. I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t
get enough credit for all the credit he gave us.
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY
Who lives,
who dies,
who tells your story?
ANGELICA
Every other founding father story gets told.
Every other founding father gets to grow old.
BURR
And when you’re gone, who remembers
your name?
Who keeps your flame?
BURR AND MEN ANGELICA ANDWOMEN
Who tells your
story?
Who tells your story?
Who tells your
story?
Your story?
WOMEN
Eliza.
ELIZA
I put myself back in the narrative.
WOMEN
Eliza.
ELIZA
I stop wasting time on tears.
I live another fifty years.
It’s not enough.
FULL COMPANY
Eliza.
ELIZA
I interview every soldier who fought by
your side.
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
She tells our story.
ELIZA
I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of
writings.
You really do write like you’re running out of—
ELIZA AND COMPANY
Time.
ELIZA
I rely on—
ELIZA AND ANGELICA
Angelica.
ELIZA
While she’s alive—
ELIZA AND ANGELICA
We tell your story.
ELIZA
She is buried in Trinity Church,
ELIZA AND ANGELICA
Near you.
ELIZA
When I needed her most, she was right on—
ELIZA AND COMPANY
Time.
ELIZA
And I’m still not through.
I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”
ELIZA AND COMPANY
Time.
ELIZA
The Lord, in his kindness,
He gives me what you always wanted.
He gives me more—