Guns And Ships

How does a ragtag volunteer army, in need of a shower

Somehow defeat a global superpower?

How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?

Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross's flag higher?

Yo, turns out we have a secret weapon

An immigrant you know and love who's unafraid to step in

He's constantly confusing, confounding the British henchmen

Everyone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman

Lafayette!

I'm taking this horse by the reins

Making redcoats redder with bloodstains

Lafayette!

And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em drop

And burn 'em up and scatter the remains

I'm—Lafayette!

Watch me engaging 'em, escaping 'em, enraging 'em, ow

Lafayette!

I go to France for more funds

Lafayette!

I come back with more guns

And ships

And so the balance shifts

We rendezvous with Rochambeau

Consolidate their gifts

We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but

For this to succeed, there is someone else we need

I know (Hamilton!)

Sir, he knows what to do in the trench

Ingenuitive and fluent in French

I mean (Hamilton!)

Sir, you're going to have to use him eventually

What's he going to do on the bench

Ami (Hamilton!)

No one has more resilience

Or matches my practical, tactical brilliance (Hamilton!)

You want to fight for your land back? (Hamilton!)

I need my right hand man back (Hamilton!)

(Ah, uh, ) get your right hand man back (Hamilton!)

(You know you gotta get ya) right hand man back (Hamilton!)

I mean, you gotta put some thought into the letter (Ha- Ha-)

(Hamilton, Hamilton) But the sooner the better

To get your right hand man back (Ha- Ha-)

Alexander Hamilton

Troops are waiting in the field for you

If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide

Oh, Alexander Hamilton

I have soldiers that will yield for you

If we manage to get this right

They'll surrender by early light

The world will never be the same

Alexander