Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - The World Was Wide Enough
One two three four five
six seven eight nine
There are ten things
you need to know
number one
We rowed across the Hudson at dawn
My friend William P. Van Ness
signed on as my
number two
Hamilton arrived with his crew
Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor
that he knew
number three
I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you
what was happening in his brain
This man has poisoned my political pursuits
Most disputes die and no one shoots
number four
Hamilton drew first position
Looking to the world
like a man on a mission
This is a soldier with a marksman's ability
The doctor turned around so
he could have deniability
five
Now I didn't know this at the time
But we were near the same spot
my son died is that why
six
He examined his gun with such rigor
I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger
Seven
confession time
here's what I got
My fellow soldiers'll tell you
I'm a terrible shot
number eight
Your last chance to negotiate
Send in your seconds
see if they can set the record straight
They won't teach you this in your classes
But look it up Hamilton
was wearing his glasses
Why If not to take deadly aim
It's him or me the world
will never be the same
I had only one thought before the slaughter
This man will not make an orphan
of my daughter
number nine
Look him in the eye
aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require
Then count
one two three four five six
seven eight nine number ten paces fire
I imagine death so much
it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me
on my feet
sev'ral feet ahead of me
I see it coming
do I run or fire my gun
or let it be
There is no beat no melody
Burr my first friend my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
If I throw away my shot
is this how you'll remember me
What if this bullet is my legacy
Legacy what is a legacy
It's planting seeds in a garden
you never get to see
I wrote some notes at the beginning
of a song someone will sing for me
America you great unfinished symphony
you sent for me
You let me make a difference
a place where even orphan immigrants
Can leave their fingerprints and rise up
I'm running out of time
I'm running and my time's up
Wise up eyes up
I catch a glimpse of the other side
Lawrence leads a soldiers'
chorus on the other side
My son is on the other side
He's with my mother on the other side
Washington is watching from the other side
Teach me how to say goodbye
Rise up rise up rise up Eliza
My love take your time
I'll see you on the other side
Raise a glass to freedom
He aims his pistol at the sky wait
I strike him right between his ribs
I walk towards him
but I am ushered away
They row him back across the Hudson
I get a drink
I hear wailing in the streets
Somebody tells me
you'd better hide
They say Anjelica and Eliza
Were both at his side when he died
Death doesn't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
it takes and it takes and it takes
History obliterates
in every picture it paints
It paints me and all my mistakes
When Alexander aimed at the sky
He may have been the first one to die
But I'm the one who paid for it
I survived
but I paid for it
Now I'm the villain in your history
I was too young and blind to see
I should've known
I should've known the world was
wide enough for both Hamilton and me
The world was wide enough for both
Hamilton and me