星期日, 11月 13, 2016
星期六, 11月 12, 2016
星期二, 6月 28, 2016
Alexander Hamilton
[BURR]
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence
Impoverished, in squalor
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
[LAURENS]
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a
Trading charter
[JEFFERSON]How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence
Impoverished, in squalor
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
[LAURENS]
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a
Trading charter
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
[MADISON]
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
[BURR]
Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man”
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
“Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and
The world is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?”
[HAMILTON]
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there’s a million things I haven’t done
But just you wait, just you wait...
[ELIZA]
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
[COMPANY]
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
[WASHINGTON]
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying
[WASHINGTON] “You gotta fend for yourself.” | [COMPANY] “Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.” |
[WASHINGTON]
He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf
He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf
[BURR] There would have been nothin’ left to do For someone less astute He woulda been dead or destitute Without a cent of restitution Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford Scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on Plannin’ for the future see him now as he stands on The bow of a ship headed for a new land In New York you can be a new man | [COMPANY] Scammin’ Plannin’ Oooh... |
[COMPANY] In New York you can Be a new man— In New York you can Be a new man— | [HAMILTON] Just you wait! Just you wait! |
[COMPANY]
In New York you can be a new man—
[WOMEN] In New York— | [MEN] New York— |
[HAMILTON]
Just you wait!
Just you wait!
[COMPANY] Alexander Hamilton We are waiting in the wings for you You could never back down You never learned to take your time! Oh, Alexander Hamilton When America sings for you Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game? The world will never be the same, oh [BURR] The ship is in the harbor now See if you can spot him Another immigrant Comin’ up from the bottom His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him | [COMPANY] Alexander Hamilton Waiting in the wings for you You never learned to take your time! Oh, Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton… America sings for you Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game? The world will never be the same, oh [MEN] Just you wait [COMPANY] Just you wait |
[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]
We fought with him
[LAURENS/PHILIP]
Me? I died for him
[WASHINGTON]
Me? I trusted him
[ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]
Me? I loved him
[BURR]
And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him
[COMPANY]
There’s a million things I haven’t done
But just you wait!
[BURR]
What’s your name, man?
[COMPANY]
Alexander Hamilton!
Impoverished 貧窮的
in squalor 貧窮/骯髒
Trading charter 貿易憲章
slaughtered 屠殺
carted 粗魯的運送
barter 以物易物
reign 統治/支配
temple 太陽穴/鬢角
testament 遺囑
split 分開/離婚
debt-ridden 受債務支配的
fend 照顧
treatise 專著
astute 聰敏/狡猾的
destitute 貧窮的
restitution 賠償/歸還
clerk 工作
星期三, 4月 20, 2016
星期二, 3月 29, 2016
星期一, 3月 28, 2016
星期二, 3月 22, 2016
星期三, 3月 09, 2016
星期四, 2月 18, 2016
星期四, 1月 07, 2016
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