[INTRO]

 


[WASHINGTON]

            
Let me tell yo

              
u what I wish 

        
I’d known
              
When I was you

              
ng and dreamed

    
 of glory

You have no control:


[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

    
Who lives
Who dies
    
Who tells your

 story?


[BURR]


President Jeff

erson:


[JEFFERSON]

              
I’ll give him 

            
this: his fina

ncial system i

s a
              
Work of genius

  
. I couldn’t u

ndo it if I tr

ied
And I tried


[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

    
Who lives
Who dies
    
Who tells your

 story?


[BURR]


President Madi

son:


[MADISON]

              
He took our co

              
untry from ban

             
kruptcy to pro

            
sperity
              
I hate to admi

              
t it, but he d

              
oesn’t get eno

    
ugh credit
For all the credit he gave us


[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

    
Who lives
Who dies
    
Who tells your

 story?


[ANGELICA]


Every other fo

unding father 

story gets tol

d

Every other fo

unding father 

gets to grow o

ld


[BURR]


But when you’r

e gone, who re

members your n

ame?

Who keeps your

 flame?


[BURR AND MEN]

    
Who tells your

 story?    [AN

GELICA AND WOM

EN]
                               
                          Who tells your story?
Who tells your story?              Bm
                          Your story?
        
 
[WOMEN]


Eliza


[ELIZA]

              
I put myself b

           
ack in the nar

rative


[WOMEN]

Eliza


[ELIZA]

  
I stop wasting

 time on tears
             
I live another

       
 fifty years
It’s not enough


[COMPANY]

Eliza


[ELIZA]

             
I interview ev

              
ery soldier wh

  
o fought by yo

ur side


[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

She tells our story


[ELIZA]

            
I try to make 

              
sense of your 

              
thousands of p

        
ages of writin

gs
              
You really do 


write like you

’re running ou

t of—


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]


Time


[ELIZA]

I rely on—


[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]

Angelica


[ELIZA]


While she’s al

ive—


[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]

We tell your story


[ELIZA]


She is buried 

in Trinity Chu

rch


[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 yo

u do if you ha

d more—”


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]


Time


[ELIZA]

The Lord, in his kindness
             
He gives me wh

              
at you always 


wanted
He gives me more—


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]


Time


[ELIZA]

              
I raise funds 

              
in D.C. for th

  
e Washington M

onument


[WASHINGTON]

             
She tells my s

   
tory


[ELIZA]

I speak out against slavery
            
You could have

              
 done so much 


more if you on

ly had—


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]


Time


[ELIZA]

              
And when my ti

              
me is up, have

   
 I done enough

?


[ELIZA]                         [COMPANY]

              
Will they tell

         
 our story?   

    Will they 

tell your stor

y?
 

[ELIZA]
              
Oh. Can I show

              
 you what I’m 


proudest of?


[COMPANY]

    
The orphanage


[ELIZA]

              
I established 

            
the first priv

    
ate orphanage 

in New York Ci

ty


[COMPANY]

    
The orphanage


[ELIZA]

              
I help to rais

              
e hundreds of 


children
  
I get to see t

hem growing up


[COMPANY]

    
The orphanage


[ELIZA]

              
In their eyes 

           
I see you, Ale

xander
I see you every—


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]


Time


[ELIZA]

And when my time is up
       
Have I done en

ough?
              
Will they tell

          
 my story?    

  [
  Will they te

ll your story?

         
 

[ELIZA]

              
Oh, I can’t wa

              
it to see you 

 
again
     
It’s only a ma

tter of—


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

  
Time


[COMPANY]

Will they tell your story?
                               [COMPANY]
Who lives, who dies,            Cm  Ab         
who tells your story?           Time...
              
              

              
              

      
    Time...
Will they tell your story?      Cm  Ab
                                Time...
Who lives, who dies—     
 

[FULL COMPANY]

            
Who tells your

     
 story?