“I have to get my plan through Congress”
Alexander Hamilton
Lyrics: Take a Break
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf
Good
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf
Sept, huit, neuf (sept, huit, neuf)
Sept, huit, neuf (sept, huit, neuf)
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine
My dearest, Angelica
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, 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
And there you are an ocean away
Do you have to live an ocean away?
Thoughts of you subside
Then I get another letter
And I cannot put the notion away
Take a break
I am on my way
There’s a little surprise before supper and it cannot wait
I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate
Alexander
Okay, okay
Your son is nine years old today
He has something he’d like to say
He’s been practicing all day
Philip, take it away
Daddy, daddy, look
My name is Philip
I am a poet
I wrote this poem just to show it
And I just turned nine
You can write rhymes but you can’t write mine
What!
I practice French 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!
Take a break
Hey, our kid is pretty great
Run away with us for the summer
Let’s go upstate
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
I will try to get away
My dearest Alexander, you must get through to Jefferson
Sit down with him and compromise
Don’t stop ’til you agree
Your favourite older sister Angelica reminds you
There’s someone in your corner all the way across the sea
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
It says
“My dearest, Angelica”
With a comma after dearest
You’ve written
“My dearest, Angelica”
Anyway, all this to say
I’m coming home this summer
At my sister’s invitation
I’ll be there with your family if you make your way upstate
I know you’re very busy, I know your work’s important
But I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’t wait
You won’t be an ocean away
You’ll only be a moment away
Alexander come downstairs, Angelica’s arriving today
Angelica!
Eliza!
The Schuyler sisters
Alexander!
Hi
It’s good to see your face
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
She came all this way
All this way
Take a break
You know I have to get my plan through Congress
Run away with us for the summer
Let’s go upstate
I’ll lose my job if we don’t get this plan through Congress
We’ll all go stay with our father
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
Take a break and get away
Run away with us for the summer
Let’s go upstate
Where we can stay
We can all go stay with our father
If you take your time, you will make your mark
Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now
Close your eyes and dream
We can go
When the night gets dark
Take a break
I have to get my plan through Congress
I can’t stop ’til I get this plan through Congress
Lyrics: Say no to this
There’s nothing like summer in the city
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
There’s trouble in the air, you can smell it
And Alexander’s by himself
I’ll let him tell it
I hadn’t slept in a week
I was weak, I was awake
You’ve never seen a bastard orphan
More in need of a break
Longing for Angelica
Missing my wife
That’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life
She said
I know you are a man of honor
I’m so sorry to bother you at home
But I don’t know where to go
And I came here all alone
She said
My husband’s doin’ me wrong
Beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me
Suddenly he’s up and gone
I don’t have the means to go on
So I offered her a loan
I offered to walk her home, she said
(You’re too kind, sir)
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said
(This one’s mine, sir)
Then I said, “Well, I should head back home”
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said
(Stay?)
Hey…
(Hey)
That’s when I began to pray:
Lord, show me how to say no to this
I don’t know how to say no to this
But my God, she looks so helpless
And her body’s saying, “hell, yes”
No, show me how to say no to this (Whoa)
I don’t know how to say no to this
In my mind, I’m trynna go (Go, go, go!)
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say (No! No!)
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
I wish I could say that was the last time
I said that last time, it became a pastime
A month into this endeavor
I received a letter from a Mr. James Reynolds
Even better, it said
Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
In the pockets of people like me
Down on their luck
You see, that was my wife who you decided to
Fu—
Uh-oh!
You made the wrong sucker a cuckold
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife
If the price is right
If not, I’m telling your wife
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed “How could you?” in her face
She said
(No, sir!)
Half dressed, apologetic
A mess, she looked pathetic
She cried
(Please don’t go, sir!)
So was your whole story a setup?
(I don’t know about any letter!)
Stop crying goddamnit, get up!
(I didn’t know any better!)
I am ruined
(Please don’t leave me with him)
I am helpless (I am helpless)
How could I do this?
Just give him what he wants and you can have me (I don’t want you)
Whatever you want (I don’t want you)
If you pay you can stay (I don’t-)
Lord, show me how to say no to this (Tonight)
I don’t know how to say no to this
But the situation’s helpless (Helpless)
And her body’s screaming “hell, yes”
No, show me how to say no to this! (Whoa!)
How can I say no to this?
There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go!)
When her body’s on mine I do not say
(No!)
Yes!
Yes… (Say no to this)
(No!) Yes!
Yes… (Say no to this)
(No!) Yes!
Yes… (Say no to this)
(No!) Yes!
Yes! (Say no to this!)
Say no to this, I don’t say no to this
There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go)
So?
Nobody needs to know
Listen again: Take a Break
Listen again: Say no to this
„How can I say no to this?”
Something to think about:
Could Hamilton’s affair and the money he paid Maria’s husband get back to him?
Could it have an effect on his life?
Could it have an effect on his career?
Task 1
Task 2