Hamilton - Wait For It - Misc Musicals

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[Intro]
     


[Verse]
           
Theodosioa wri

              
tes me a lette

        
r every day
            
I'm keeping th

             
e bed warm whi

              
le her husband

     
 is away
            
he's on the Br

              
itish side in 


Georgia
     
He's try'na ke

ep the colonie

s in line
            
well he can ke

          
ep all of Geor

gia
    
Theodosia she'

s mine


[Chorus]
            
love doesn't d

           
iscriminate
              
between the si

              
nners and the 


saints

it takes and it takes and it takes
            
and we keep lo

           
ving anyway
              
we laugh and w

  
e cry

and we break and we make our mistakes
            
and if there's

          
 a reason I'm 

by her side
     
when so many h

ave tried
              
then I'm willi

            
ng to wait for

   
 it
              
I'm willing to

 
 wait for it


[Verse]
            
my grandfather

       
 was a fire
            
a brimstone pr

eacher

but there are 

things
             
that the homil

              
ies and hymns 

      
won't teach ya
            
my mother was 

  
a genius
   
my father comm

anded respect
            
when they died

      
 they left no 

instructions

just a legacy 

to protect


[Chorus]
            
death doesn't 

            
discriminate
              
between the si

              
nners and the 


saints

it takes and it takes and it takes
            
and we keep li

           
ving anyway
              
we rise and we

 
 fall

and we break and we make our mistakes
            
and if there's

          
 a reason I'm 

still alive
     
when everyone 

who loves me h

as died
              
then I'm willi

            
ng to wait for

   
 it
              
I'm willing to

 
 wait for it


[Verse]
 
             
I am the one t

              
hing in life I

             
 can control
             
I am inimitabl

              
e I am an orig

     
inal
             
I'm not fallin

              
g behind or ru

           
nning late
             
I'm not standi

              
ng still I am 

              
lying in wait
             
Hamilton faces

              
 an endlesss u

            
phill climb
             
he has somethi

              
ng to prove he

              
 has nothing t

       
o lose, lose
             
Hamilton's pac

              
e is relentles

              
s he wastes no

      
 time

what is it lik

e in his shoes
            
Hamilton doesn

           
't hesitate
              
he exhibits no

   
 restraint

he takes and he takes and he takes
            
and he keeps w

              
inning anyways
            
changes the ga

me

plays and he raises the stakes
            
and if there's

          
 a reason he s

eems to thrive
     
when so few su

rvive
              
then goddamn i

              
t I'm willing 

            
to wait for it
              
I'm willing to

 
 wait for it


[Chorus]
            
life doesn't d

           
iscriminate
              
between the si

              
nners and the 


saints

it takes and it takes and it takes
            
and we keep li

            
ving anyways
              
we rise and we

 
 fall and we b

reak

and we make our mistakes
            
and if there's

          
 a reason I'm 

still alive
     
when so many h

ave died
              
then I'm willi

        
ng to
              
(wait for it w

             
ait for it)

(wait for it)

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