Released: June 3, 2008
Featuring: Lin-Manuel Miranda Karen Olivo
Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Producer: Joel Moss Kurt Deutsch Andres Levin Bill Sherman Alex Lacamoire Lin-Manuel Miranda
[VANESSA]
So I got you a present
I went downtown to get it
Doing anything tonight?
[USNAVI]
Cleaning
[VANESSA]
Done for the day
[USNAVI]
No way
[VANESSA]
‘Cuz we got a date
[USNAVI]
Okay—
[VANESSA]
Before you board that plane
I owe you a bottle of cold champagne
[USNAVI]
No…
[VANESSA]
Yeah, cold champagne
[USNAVI]
Damn, the bottle’s all sweaty and everything
You went and got this—
[VANESSA]
Pop the champagne
[USNAVI]
I don’t know if we have coffee cups
Or plastic cups, I think Sonny has the cups—
[VANESSA]
Tonight we’re drinking straight from the bottle. Usnavi?
[USNAVI]
Yeah?
[VANESSA]
Daniela told me what you did for me
And it’s honestly the sweetest thing anyone ever did for me
Now, what can I say or do to possibly repay you for your kindness?
[USNAVI]
How do you get this gold shit off?
[VANESSA]
Usnavi!
[USNAVI]
Yeah!
[VANESSA]
Before we both leave town!
Before the corner changes and the signs are taken down
Let’s walk around the neighborhood and say our goodbyes
Usnavi, are you alright?
[USNAVI]
I’m fine, I’m tryn’a open this champagne
Y'see the twisty thing is broken
But I’m gonna open this damn champagne!
[VANESSA]
Lemme see it
[USNAVI]
No, I got it!
[VANESSA]
Yo, Usnavi, drop the champagne!
[USNAVI]
I mean you went to all this trouble to get us a little bubbly—
[VANESSA]
And it’s gonna be okay
[USNAVI]
I’m sorry, it’s been a long day
[VANESSA]
You oughta stay
[USNAVI]
What?
[VANESSA]
You can use that money to fix this place
[USNAVI]
Ha ha, very funny
[VANESSA]
And it’s not like Sonny’s got role models—
[USNAVI]
Role models?
[VANESSA]
Stepping up to the plate—
[USNAVI]
Yo, what are you talking about?
[VANESSA]
I’m just saying, I think your vacation can wait—
[USNAVI]
Vacation? Vanessa, you’re leaving too—
[VANESSA]
I’m going down to West Fourth Street; you can take the A—
[USNAVI]
What are you trying to say?
[VANESSA]
You’re leaving the country, and we’re never gonna see you again—
[USNAVI]
What are you trying to say?
[VANESSA]
You get everyone addicted to your coffee then off you go
[USNAVI]
Vanessa, I don’t know why you’re mad at me
[VANESSA]
I wish I was mad—
I’m just too late
So I got you a present
I went downtown to get it
Doing anything tonight?
[USNAVI]
Cleaning
[VANESSA]
Done for the day
[USNAVI]
No way
[VANESSA]
‘Cuz we got a date
[USNAVI]
Okay—
[VANESSA]
Before you board that plane
I owe you a bottle of cold champagne
[USNAVI]
No…
[VANESSA]
Yeah, cold champagne
[USNAVI]
Damn, the bottle’s all sweaty and everything
You went and got this—
[VANESSA]
Pop the champagne
[USNAVI]
I don’t know if we have coffee cups
Or plastic cups, I think Sonny has the cups—
[VANESSA]
Tonight we’re drinking straight from the bottle. Usnavi?
[USNAVI]
Yeah?
[VANESSA]
Daniela told me what you did for me
And it’s honestly the sweetest thing anyone ever did for me
Now, what can I say or do to possibly repay you for your kindness?
[USNAVI]
How do you get this gold shit off?
[VANESSA]
Usnavi!
[USNAVI]
Yeah!
[VANESSA]
Before we both leave town!
Before the corner changes and the signs are taken down
Let’s walk around the neighborhood and say our goodbyes
Usnavi, are you alright?
[USNAVI]
I’m fine, I’m tryn’a open this champagne
Y'see the twisty thing is broken
But I’m gonna open this damn champagne!
[VANESSA]
Lemme see it
[USNAVI]
No, I got it!
[VANESSA]
Yo, Usnavi, drop the champagne!
[USNAVI]
I mean you went to all this trouble to get us a little bubbly—
[VANESSA]
And it’s gonna be okay
[USNAVI]
I’m sorry, it’s been a long day
[VANESSA]
You oughta stay
[USNAVI]
What?
[VANESSA]
You can use that money to fix this place
[USNAVI]
Ha ha, very funny
[VANESSA]
And it’s not like Sonny’s got role models—
[USNAVI]
Role models?
[VANESSA]
Stepping up to the plate—
[USNAVI]
Yo, what are you talking about?
[VANESSA]
I’m just saying, I think your vacation can wait—
[USNAVI]
Vacation? Vanessa, you’re leaving too—
[VANESSA]
I’m going down to West Fourth Street; you can take the A—
[USNAVI]
What are you trying to say?
[VANESSA]
You’re leaving the country, and we’re never gonna see you again—
[USNAVI]
What are you trying to say?
[VANESSA]
You get everyone addicted to your coffee then off you go
[USNAVI]
Vanessa, I don’t know why you’re mad at me
[VANESSA]
I wish I was mad—
I’m just too late
- In the Heights
- Congratulations (2014 Workshop)
- Breathe
- 96,000
- Carnaval del Barrio
- First Burn
- The Adams Administration (2014 Workshop)
- Blackout
- Almost Like Praying
- It Won’t Be Long Now
- The Hamilton Mixtape
- Benny’s Dispatch
- No Me Diga
- Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us
- Sunrise
- What the Heck I Gotta Do
- When You’re Home
- Paciencia y Fe
- Finale
- The Club
- Dear Theodosia (Reprise)
- Champagne
- One Last Ride
- Everything I Know