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What'd I Miss Lyrics
[COMPANY]
Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen...
Se- se- seventeenâŚ
[BURR]
1789
How does the bastard orphan
Immigrant decorated war vet
Unite the colonies through more debt?
Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?
Have it all, lose it all
You ready for more yet?
Treasury Secretary. Washingtonâs the President
Evâry American experiment sets a precedent
Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him
Pissed him off until we had a two-party system
You havenât met him yet, you havenât had the chance
âcause heâs been kickinâ ass as the ambassador to France
But someoneâs gotta keep the American promise
You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!
[COMPANY]
Thomas Jeffersonâs coming home!
Thomas Jeffersonâs coming home!
Thomas Jeffersonâs coming home!
Thomas Jeffersonâs coming home!
Thomas Jeffersonâs coming home Lord heâs
Been off in Paris for so long!
Aaa-ooo!
Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]
France is following us to revolution
There is no more status quo
But the sun comes up and the world still spins
[ENSEMBLE]
Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]
I helped Lafayette draft a declaration
Then I said, âI gotta go
I gotta be in Monticello.â Now the work at
Home beginsâŚ
[ENSEMBLE]
Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]
So whatâd I miss?
Whatâd I miss?
Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss
Iâve been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies...
I guess I basicâlly missed the late eighties...
I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to thisâŚ
[ENSEMBLE]
Aaa-ooo!
[JEFFERSON]
Thereâs a letter on my desk from the President
Havenât even put my bags down yet
Sally be a lamb, darlinâ, wonâtcha open it?
It says the Presidentâs assembling a cabinet
And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!
And that Iâm already Senate-approved...
I just got home and now Iâm headed up to New York
[ENSEMBLE]
Headinâ to New York!
Headinâ to New York!
[JEFFERSON]
Lookinâ at the rolling fields
I canât believe that we are free
Ready to face
Whateverâs awaiting
Me in N.Y.C.
[ENSEMBLE]
Believe that we are free
Me in N.Y.C.
[JEFFERSON]
But whoâs waitinâ for me when I step in the place?
My friend James Madison, red in the face
[JEFFERSON]
He grabs my arm and
I respond
âWhatâs goinâ on?â
[ENSEMBLE]
Aaa-ooo!
[MADISON]
Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nationâs very soul
Can you get us out of the mess weâre in?
[ENSEMBLE]
Aaa-ooo!
[MADISON]
Hamiltonâs new financial plan is nothing less
Than government control
Iâve been fighting for the South alone
Where have you been?
[ENSEMBLE]
Aaa-ooo! [JEFFERSON]
Uh...France.
[MADISON]
We have to win
[JEFFERSON]
Whatâd I miss?
Whatâd I miss?
Headfirst into a political abyss!
I have my first cabinet meeting today
I guess I better think of something to say
Iâm already on my way
Letâs get to the bottom of thisâŚ
[ENSEMBLE]
Wha? Wha? Whatâd I miss?
Iâve come home to this?
Headfirst, into the abyss!
Chik-a-pow!
On my way
What did I miss?
Ahhh ah!
[WASHINGTON]
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
[HAMILTON]
Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton
[WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE]
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
[COMPANY]
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Sir, youâve been off in Paris for so long!
[JEFFERSON]
So what did I miss?
Last Update: November, 12th 2015
Hamilton Lyrics
- Act 1
- Alexander Hamilton
- Aaron Burr
- My Shot
- The Story of Tonight
- The Schuyler Sisters
- Farmer Refuted
- You'll Be Back
- Right Hand Man
- A Winter's Ball
- Helpless
- Satisfied
- The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
- Wait For It
- Stay Alive
- Ten Duel Commandments
- Meet Me Inside
- That Would Be Enough
- Guns and Ships
- History Has Its Eye on You
- Yorktown
- What Comes Next?
- Dear Theodosia
- Non-Stop
- Act 2
- What'd I Miss
- Cabinet Battle #1
- Take a Break
- Say No to This
- The Room Where It Happens
- Schuyler Defeated
- Cabinet Battle #2
- Washington on Your Side
- One Last Time
- I Know Him
- The Adams Administration
- We Know
- Hurricane
- The Reynolds Pamphlet
- Burn
- Blow Us All Away
- Stay Alive (Reprise)
- It's Quiet Uptown
- The Election of 1800
- The Obedient Servant
- Best of Wives and Best of Women
- The World Was Wide Enough
- Finale (Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story)