Soft Power - I'm With Her Lyrics

2019 Off-Broadway
Soft Power the Musical - I'm With Her Lyrics

The song is written by David Henry Hwang & Jeanine Tesori.

DHH: (spoken)
It's a campaign rally
At the most famous American restaurant of all

WAITER: (spoken)
Dudes! Welcome to McDonald's.
What can I getchya?

DHH:
Hamburger

CUSTOMER: (spoken)
Hamburger

XUE XING: (spoken)
Uhh...hamburger?

CAMPAIGN MANAGER: (spoken)
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
Please welcome the next President
of the United States
Hillary Clinton!

HILLARY: (spoken)
Hello voters!

(sung)
We got problems
Problems
We got complicated problems,
All across our nation
Bank reforming, global warming
Too much militarization
Problems
I've laid out my plans,
You can read 'em now or la-tah
I provided, subdivided all the critical data
Oooooh

(spoken)
Problems

My plan may seem costly if you only glance it
But the charts in these parts show how I will finance it
Yeah!
Solving complicated problems takes time and expertise
Can't affirm short term any instant guarantees
Democracy demands we engage the grassroots
So let's debate the tax rates
And implications of these statutes
Ah ah ah ah ah ah

CAMPAIGN MANAGER: (spoken)
Hillary! Attention spans!

HILLARY: (spoken)
You want a show?
Hit it!
Swing!
Hip hop!

CAMPAIGN MANAGER: (spoken)
Pose!

HILLARY:
(spoken) Tap!
(sung) Doo-doo, doo-doo
(spoken) Oh!

XUE XING & DHH: (spoken)
Oh?

HILLARY:
Oh!

XUE XING & DHH: (spoken)
Oh?

HILLARY:
Oh!

CAMPAIGN MANAGER:
Sexy, sexy

HILLARY:
Aaaahhh!!!

(sung)
I must admit
All this primping and preening
Feels foppish, big-toppish
And rather demeaning
But I will dance faster
In my rose-colored glasses
For I must put my trust
In the wisdom in the masses

You never finished school
But that don't make you lesser
You're in touch, just as much
As any big-time professor

(spoken)
Are you ready to vote?

CROWD: (spoken)
Whoo!

HILLARY:
Is this the greatest system in the world?

CROWD:
Yeah!

HILLARY:
Here we go!

VOTER:
I'm with her
I'm with her
Of this much I am sure
She's with us, we're with you
We know that much is true

ALL:
With H-E-R we will go far
We're with Hill to the Hill
to capital Capitol Hill to the Hill to the Hill
We're with Hill to the Hill
to capital Capitol Hill to the Hill to the Hill
We're with Hill to the Hill
to capital Capitol Hill to the Hill to the Hill
We're with Hill to the Hill
to capital Capitol Hill to the Hill to the Hill
We're with H-I-double L-A-R-Y

You can see she's the [?] we prefer
I'm with her
I'm with her
I'm with her

Soft Power the Musical Lyrics

Dutiful
Welcome to America
Fuxing Park
I'm With Her
It Just Takes Time
Election Night
I Am
Song of the Campaign
Happy Enough
Good Guy with A Gun
The New Silk Road
Democracy
Democracy (reprise)