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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story (2014 Workshop)Lin-Manuel Miranda

Released: February 17, 2015

Featuring: Isaiah Johnson Ciara Renee Anthony Ramos Leslie Odom Jr. Okieriete Onaodowan Daveed Diggs Renée Elise Goldsberry Phillipa Soo

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Lin-Manuel Miranda

[ELIZA]
"My very dear Eliza, this letter will not be delivered to you unless I shall first have terminated my earthly career to begin a happy immortality. I'd need not tell you of the pangs I feel from the idea of quitting you and exposing you to the anguish which I know you would feel. Nor could I dwell on the topic lest it should unman me. Fly to the bosom of your God and be comforted. With my last idea; I shall cherish the sweet hope of meeting you in a better world. Adieu best of wives and best of women. Ever yours, Alexander."

[WASHINGTON]
Let me tell you what I wish I'd known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control:

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who lives
Who dies
Who tells your story?

[BURR]
President Jefferson:

[JEFFERSON]
With Hamilton gone, I dismantled the Federalist party
He did leave us with good credit though
I got Louisiana on sale

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who lives
Who dies
Who tells your story?

[BURR]
President Madison:

[MADISON]
He was in a position to enrich himself a thousand ways, and he didn't
Does that make him foolish
Or honest?

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who lives
Who dies
Who tells your story?

[ANGELICA]
Every other founding father story gets told
Every other founding father gets to grow old

[BURR]
And when you're gone, who remembers your name?
Who keeps your flame?


[BURR AND MEN]
Who tells your story?
Who tells your story?
 
[ANGELICA AND WOMEN]
Who tells your story?
Your story?
 

[WOMEN]
Eliza

[ELIZA]
I put myself back in the narrative

[WOMEN]
Eliza

[ELIZA]​
I stop wasting time on tears
I live another fifty years
It's not enough

[WOMEN]
Eliza

[ELIZA]
I interview every soldier who fought by your side

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]
We tell your story

[ELIZA]
I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings
You really do write like you're running out of-

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
I rely on-

[ANGELICA AND ELIZA]
Angelica

[ELIZA]
While she's alive

[ANGELICA AND ELIZA]
We tell your story

[ELIZA]
She is buried in Trinity Church

[ANGELICA AND ELIZA]
Near you

[ELIZA]
When I needed her most, she was right on-

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
Every day is new
I ask myself, "What would you do if you had more-"

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
The Lord, in his kindness
He gives me what you always wanted
He gives me more-

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
I live to meet so many subsequent presidents

[MEN]
She tells your story

[ELIZA]
I speak out against slavery
You could've done so much more if you only had-

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
And I ask myself, "Have I done enough?"

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Will they tell your story?

[ELIZA]
Oh. Can I show you what I'm proudest of?

[WOMEN]
The orphanage

[ELIZA]
I established the first private orphanage in New York City

[WOMEN]
The orphanage

[ELIZA]
I help to raise hundreds of children
I get to see them growing up

[WOMEN]
The orphanage


[ELIZA]
In their eyes I see you, Alexander
I see you every time
And when my time is up, have I done enough?
Will they tell my story?
 [COMPANY]
Time
Will they tell your story?
 

[ELIZA]
Oh, I can't wait to see you again

[ELIZA AND HAMILTON]
It's only a matter of-

[ELIZA/HAMILTON/COMPANY]
Time

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.

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