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Sept huit neuf (sept huit neuf)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
I trust you'll understand the reference to
Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play
They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain
Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff
And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane
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And there you are, an ocean away
Do you have to live an ocean away
Then I get another letter
I cannot put the notion away
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And play piano with my mother (uh-huh)
I have a sister, but I want a little brother (okay)
My daddy's trying to start America's bank
Un deux trois quatre cinq (bravo)
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Hey, our kid is pretty great
Run away with us for the summer
Eliza, I've got so much on my plate
We can all go stay with my father
There's a lake I know (I know)
In a nearby park (I'd love to go)
You and I can go when the night gets dark
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You must get through to Jefferson
Sit down with him and compromise
Don't stop 'til you agree
Your fav'rite older sister
There's someone in your corner all the way across the sea
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In a letter I received from you two weeks ago
I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase
It changed the meaning, did you intend this
One stroke and you've consumed my waking days
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I'm coming home this summer
At my sister's invitation
I'll be there with your fam'ly
If you make your way upstate
I know your work's important
But I'm crossing the ocean, and I just can't wait
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Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family
Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway
You're not joining us, wait
I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate
Alexander, I came all this way
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There's a lake I know (I know I'll miss your face)
In a nearby park (screw your courage to the sticking place)
You and I can go (Eliza's right)
Take a break and get away (run away with us for the summer)
Where we can stay (we can all go stay with our father)
Look around, look around (if you take your time)
At how lucky we are to be alive right now (you will make your mark)
We can go (Close your eyes and dream)