[Intro]

There’s nothin

g rich folks l

ove more

Than going dow

ntown and slum

min’ it with t

he poor

They pull up i

n their carria

ges and gawk

At the student

s in the commo

n

Just to watch 

them talk

Take Philip Sc

huyler: the ma

n is loaded

Uh-oh, but lit

tle does he kn

ow that

His daughters,

 Peggy, Angeli

ca, Eliza
             
Sneak into the

              
 city just to 

   
watch all the 

guys at—

Work, work! An

gelica!

Work, work! El

iza!

And Peggy! The

 Schuyler sist

ers!

Angelica!
N.C.
Peggy!
N.C.
Eliza!

Work!

[Verse]

Daddy said to 

be home by sun

down

Daddy doesn’t 

need to know

Daddy said not

 to go downtow

n

Like I said, y

ou’re free to 

go

But—look aroun

d, look around

, the
             
Revolution’s h

             
appening in Ne


w York New Yor

k Angelica

Work!

It’s bad enoug

h daddy wants 

to go to war

People shoutin

g in the squar

e

It’s bad enoug

h there’ll be 

violence on ou

r shore

New ideas in t

he air

Look around, l

ook around—
             
Angelica, remi

              
nd me what we’

     
re looking for

…
N.C.
She’s lookin’ for me!

[Chorus]
              
Eliza, I’m loo

           
kin’ for a min

/     
d at work
              
I’m lookin’ fo

             
r a mind at wo

rk!
              
I’m lookin’ fo

              
r a mind at wo


rk!

Whooaaaaa! Who

oaaaaa!

Work!   

[Verse]

There’s nothin

’ like summer 

in the city

Someone in a r

ush next to so

meone lookin’ 

pretty

Excuse me, mis

s, I know it’s

 not funny

But your perfu

me smells like

 your daddy’s 

got money

Why you slummi

n’ in the city

 in your fancy

 heels

You searchin f

or an urchin w

ho can give yo

u ideals?

Burr, you disg

ust me
N.C.
Ah, so you’ve discussed me

I’m a trust fu

nd, baby, you 

can trust me!

I’ve been read

ing Common Sen

se by Thomas P

aine

So men say tha

t I’m intense 

or I’m insane

You want a rev

olution? I wan

t a revelation

So listen to m

y declaration:

“We hold these

 truths to be 

self-evident

That all men a

re created equ

al”

And when I mee

t Thomas Jeffe

rson

I’m ‘a compel 

him to include

 women in the 

sequel!

Work!

[Chorus]

Look around, l

ook around at 

how

Lucky we are t

o be alive rig

ht now!

Look around, l

ook around at 

how

Lucky we are t

o be alive rig

ht now!
           
History is hap

          
pening in Manh


attan and we j

ust happen to 

be

In the greates

t city in the 

world!
              
In the greates

         
t city in the 


world!

[Verse]

Cuz I’ve been 

reading Common

 Sense by Thom

as Paine

So men say tha

t I’m intense 

or I’m insane

You want a rev

olution? I wan

t a revelation

So listen to m

y declaration:
           
We hold these 

              
truths to be s

                 
elf evident 

That all men a

re created equ

al

Look around, l

ook around

At how lucky w

e are to be al

ive right now!
           
History is hap

          
pening in Manh


attan and we j

ust happen to 

be

In the greates

t city in the 

world

In the greates

t city in the 

world!

[Outro]

Work, work! An

gelica!

Eliza!

And Peggy! The

 Schuyler sist

ers!

We’re looking 

for a mind at 

work!

Whoa!

In the greates

t
             
City in the wo

   
rld