Hamilton - Its Quiet Uptown - Misc Musicals

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[Angelica]
             
      There ar

              
e moments that

              
 the words don

   
't reach
              
There is suffe

              
ring too terri

       
ble to name
              
You hold your 

              
child as tight

         
 as you can
              
And push away 

            
the unimaginab

le
              
The moments wh

              
en you're in s

  
o deep
              
It feels easie

              
r to just swim

 
 down


[Angelica/Ensemble]
              
The Hamiltons 

       
move uptown
              
And learn to l

              
ive with the u

       
nimaginable


[Hamilton]
              
I spend hours 

                  
in the garden
              
I walk alone t

      
o the store
              
And it's quiet

          
 uptown
              
I never liked 

             
the quiet befo

re
              
I take the chi

              
ldren to churc

     
h on Sunday
              
A sign of the 

             
cross at the d


oor
              
And I pray


              
That never use

              
d to happen be

 
fore


[Angelica/Women]

If you see him in the street

Walking by him

self, talking 

to himself
     
Have pity


[Hamilton]
              
Phillip, you w

              
ould like it u

             
ptown, it's qu


iet uptown


[Angelica/Women]
              
He is working 

              
through the un

      
imaginable


[All men except Hamilton]
His hair has gone gray
   
He passes ever

y day
              
They say he wa

              
lks the length

        
 of the city


[Hamilton]
              
You knock me o

            
ut, I fall apa

rt

[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
              
Can you imagin

      
e?


[Hamilton]
Look at where we are

Look at where 

we started

I know I don't

 deserve you, 

Eliza

But hear me ou

t, that would 

be enough


If I could spa

re his life
             
If I could tra

              
de his life fo

  
r mine
              
He'd be standi

              
ng here right 


now

And you would smile
              
And that would

            
 be enough

              
I don't preten

            
d to know the 

              
challenges we'

    
re facing
              
I know there's

        
 no replacing 

what we've los

t
             
And you need t

ime
              
But I'm not af

         
raid

I know who I married
            
Just let me st

              
ay here by you

  
r side
              
That would be 

          
enough


[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
If you see him in the street

Walking by her

 side

Talking by her side
     
Have pity


[Hamilton]
Eliza, do you like it uptown
      
It's quiet upt

own


[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
              
He is trying t

              
o do the unima

   
ginable

              
See them walki

              
ng in the park

  
, long after d

ark
              
Taking in the 

              
sights of the 


city


[Hamilton]
              
Look around, l

              
ook around, El


iza


[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
              
They are tryin

              
g to do the un

      
imaginable


[Angelica]
              
There are mome

              
nts that the w

            
ords don't rea

ch
              
There is a gra

              
ce too powerfu

     
l to name
              
We push away w

              
hat we can nev

        
er understand
              
We push away t

           
he unimaginabl

e
              
They are stand

              
ing in the gar

       
den
              
Alexander by E

        
liza's side
              
She takes his 

   
hand


[Eliza]
             
It's quiet upt

own


[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
              
Forgiveness

  

Can you imagine?
            
Forgiveness

  

Can you imagine?


If you see him

 in the street

Walking by her

 side

Talking by her side
     
Have pity
            
They are going

              
 through the u

       
nimaginable

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