Album Cover Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Christopher Jackson

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Mr. President, you asked to see me

I know you′re busy

What do you need sir?Sir?

I wanna give you a word of warning

Sir, I don't know what you heard,

But whatever it is, Jefferson started it

Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning

You′re kidding

I need a favor

Whatever you say sir, Jefferson will pay for this behavior

Talk less

I'll use the press,

I'll write under a pseudonym, you′ll see what I can do to him

I need you to draft an address

Yes! He resigned, you can finally speak your mind

No. He′s stepping down so he can run for President

Ha! Good luck defeating you, sir

I'm stepping down, I′m not running for President

I'm sorry, what?

One last time- relax, have a drink with me

One last time.

Let′s take a break tonight, and then we'll teach em how to say goodbye

To say goodbye, you and I

No, sir, why?

I want to talk about neutrality

Sir, with Britain and France on the

Verge of war, is this the best time-

I want to warn against partisan fighting

But-

Pick up a pen start writing

I wanna talk about what I have learned

The hard won wisdom I have earned

As far as the people are concerned, you have to serve

You could continue to serve

No. One last time, the people will hear from me

One last time, and if we get this right

We′re gonna teach' em how to say goodbye

You and I

Mr. President- they will say you're weak

No- they will see we′re strong

Your position is so unique

So I′ll use it to move them along

Why do you have to say goodbye?

If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on

It outlives me when I'm gone

Like the scripture says,

Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree

And no one shall make them afraid

They′ll be safe in the nation we've made

I want to sit under my own vine and fig tree

A moment alone in the shade

At home, in this nation we′ve made

One last time

One last time

Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration

I am unconscious of intentional error.

I am nevertheless too sensible of my

Defects not to think it probable that

I may have committed many errors.

I shall also carry with me the hope that

My country will view them with indulgence;

And that after 45 years of my life

Dedicated to it's service with an upright zeal

The faults of incopetent abilities will

Be consigned to oblivion,

As I myself will soon be- to the mansions of rest.

I anticipate with pleasing expectation

That retreat in which I promised myself to

Realize, the sweet enjoyment of partaking

In the midst of my fellow citizens

The benign influence of good laws and a free government

The ever-favorite object of my heart

And the happy reward, as I trust, of a mutual cares

Of labours, and dangers.

One last time

(George Washington′s going home)

We'll teach em how to say goodbye

(George Washington's going home)

You and I

(George Washinton′s going home)

Going home

(George Washington′s going home)

History has it's eyes on you...

We′re gonna teach them how to say goodbye

Teach them how to say goobye

To say goodbye, say goodbye

One Last Time