the hamilton polka
Singer:weird al yankovic
dropped in the middle of a forgotten
spot in the caribbean by providence
grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
the ten-dollar founding father without a father
got a lot farther by working a lot harder
they placed him in charge of the trading charter
my name is alexander hamilton
and there's a million things i haven't done
i am the one thing in life i can control
and if there's a reason i'm still alive
at how lucky we are to be alive right now!
history is happening in manhattan and we just happen to be
in the greatest city in the world!
the world turned upside down
the world turned upside down
the world turned upside down
the world turned upside down
yeah you'll blow us all away
we have seen each other through it all
and when push comes to shove
i will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!
da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
da da dat dat da da ya da!
the room where it happened
the room where it happened
the room where it happened
the room where it happened
the room where it happened
the room where it happened
no one really knows how the game is played
how the sausage gets made
we just assume that it happens
but no one else is in the room where it happens
we gotta make an all out stand
i'm gonna need a right-hand man
he knows what to do in a trench
ingenuitive and fluent in french
you're gonna have to use him eventually
what's he gonna do on the bench? i mean--
no one has more resilience
or matches my practical tactical brilliance--
you wanna fight for your land back?
i need my right hand man back!
get ya right hand man back
you know you gotta get ya right hand man back
i mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better
to get your right hand man back!
to have washington on your side
to have washington on your side
look back at the bill of rights
to have washington on your side--
somebody has to stand up for the south!
somebody has to stand up to his mouth!
if there's a fire you're trying to douse
you can't put it out from inside the house
watching him grabbin' at power and kiss it
if washington isn't gon' listen
to disciplined dissidents
this is the difference: this kid is out
in new york you can be a new man
how do you write like you're running out of time?
write day and night like you're running out of time?
ev'ry day you fight like you're running out of time
like you're running out of time
are you running out of time?
let me tell you what i wish i'd known
when i was young and dreamed of glory
i know that greatness lies in you
but remember from here on in
history has its eyes on you
and i am not throwing away my shot
i am not throwing away my shot
and i'm not throwing away my shot
and i am not throwing away my
not throwing away my shot
there's a million things i haven't done