Take a Break

Un, deux, trois

Quatre, cinq, six, sept (un, deux, trois)

Huit, neuf (quatre, cinq, six, sept, huif, neuf)

Good!

Un, deux, trois

Quatre, cinq, six, sept (un, deux, trois)

Huit, neuf (quatre, cinq, six, sept, huif, 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

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

And there you are, an ocean away

Do you have to live an ocean away?

Thoughts of you subside

Then I get another letter

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

And he has something that 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

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 favorite 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 will 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 lose my job if we don't get this plan through Congress

We can 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 and get away (run away with us for the summer)

Let's go upstate (let's go upstate)

Where we can stay (we can all go stay with our father)

If you take your time (look around, look around)

At how lucky we are to be alive right now (you will make your mark)

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