Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Lyrics
[WASHINGTON] Let me tell you what I wish I’d known When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no control:
[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY] Who lives Who dies Who tells your story?
[BURR] President Jefferson:
[JEFFERSON] I’ll give him this: his financial system is a Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried And I tried
[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY] Who lives Who dies Who tells your story?
[BURR] President Madison: [MADISON] He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit For all the credit he gave us
[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY] Who lives Who dies Who tells your story?
[ANGELICA] Every other founding father's story gets told Every other founding father gets to grow old
[BURR] But when you’re gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame?
[BURR AND MEN] Who tells your story? Who tells your story?
[ANGELICA AND WOMEN] Who tells your story? Your story? [WOMEN] Eliza
[ELIZA] I put myself back in the narrative
[WOMEN] Eliza
[ELIZA] I stop wasting time on tears I live another fifty years It’s not enough
[COMPANY] Eliza
[ELIZA] I interview every soldier who fought by your side
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS] She tells our story
[ELIZA] I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings You really do write like you’re running out of— [ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time
[ELIZA] I rely on—
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA] Angelica
[ELIZA] While she’s alive—
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA] We tell your story
[ELIZA] She is buried in Trinity Church
[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 you do if you had more—”
[ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time
[ELIZA] The Lord, in his kindness He gives me what you always wanted He gives me more—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time
[ELIZA] I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument
[WASHINGTON] She tells my story
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gnypiKNaJE[/embed][ELIZA] I speak out against slavery You could have done so much more if you only had—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time
[ELIZA] And when my time is up, have I done enough?
[ELIZA] Will they tell our story?
[COMPANY] Will they tell your story?
[ELIZA] Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of?
[COMPANY] The orphanage
[ELIZA] I established the first private orphanage in New York City
[COMPANY] The orphanage
[ELIZA] I help to raise hundreds of children I get to see them growing up
[COMPANY] The orphanage
[ELIZA] In their eyes I see you, Alexander I see you every—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time
[ELIZA] And when my time is up Have I done enough? Will they tell my story?
[COMPANY] Will they tell your story?
[ELIZA] Oh, I can’t wait to see you again It’s only a matter of—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY] Time
[COMPANY] Will they tell your story? Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? Will they tell your story? Who lives, who dies—
[COMPANY] Time… Time… Time...
[FULL COMPANY] Who tells your story?
