Hamilton - The World Was Wide Enough Lyrics

Broadway musical (2015)
Hamilton the Musical - The World Was Wide Enough Lyrics

"The World Was Wide Enough" is a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton performed by Leslie Odom Jr. (Burr), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton).

MALE COMPANY:
One two three four

FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND BURR):
Five six seven eight nine—

BURR:
There are ten things you need to know

COMPANY:
Number one!

BURR:
We rowed across the Hudson at dawn
My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on as my—

BURR AND COMPANY:
Number two!

BURR:
Hamilton arrived with his crew:
Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew

COMPANY:
Number three!

BURR:
I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you what was happ’ning in his brain
This man has poisoned my political pursuits!

COMPANY:
Most disputes die and no one shoots!
Number four!

BURR:
Hamilton drew first position
Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission
This is a soldier with a marksman’s ability
The doctor turned around so he could have deniability

COMPANY
Five!

BURR
Now I didn’t know this at the time
But we were—

BURR, PHILIP and HAMILTON:                               
Near the same spot
Your son died, is that
Why—

COMPANY:
Six!

BURR:
He examined his gun with such rigor?
I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger

COMPANY:
Seven!

BURR:
Confession time? here’s what I got:
My fellow soldiers’ll tell you I’m a terrible shot

COMPANY:
Number eight!

BURR/HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE MEN:
Your last chance to negotiate
Send in your seconds,
See if they can set the record straight

BURR:
They won’t teach you this in your classes
But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses
Why? If not to take deadly aim?
It’s him or me, the world will never be the same
I had only one thought before the slaughter:
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter

COMPANY:
Number nine!

BURR:
Look him in the eye, aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require
Then count:

COMPANY:
One two three four five six seven eight nine
Number ten paces! Fire!—

HAMILTON:
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me,
On my feet, sev’ral feet ahead of me?
I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
There is no beat, no melody
Burr, my first friend, my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
If I throw away my shot,
Is this how you’ll remember me?
What if this bullet is my legacy?

Legacy. What is a legacy?
It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
I wrote some notes at the beginning
Of a song someone will sing for me
America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me
You let me make a difference
A place where even orphan immigrants
Can leave their fingerprints and rise up
I’m running out of time. I’m running, and my time’s up
Wise up. Eyes up
I catch a glimpse of the other side
Laurens leads a soldiers’ chorus on the other side
My son is on the other side
He’s with my mother on the other side
Washington is watching from the other side

Teach me how to say goodbye

Rise up, rise up, rise up
Eliza

My love, take your time
I’ll see you on the other side
Raise a glass to freedom...

BURR AND COMPANY:
He aims his pistol at the sky—

BURR:
Wait!

BURR:
I strike him right between his ribs
I walk towards him, but I am ushered away
They row him back across the Hudson
I get a drink

COMPANY:
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

BURR:
I hear wailing in the streets

COMPANY:
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

BURR:
Somebody tells me, “You’d better hide.”

COMPANY:
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

BURR:
They say

BURR AND ANGELICA:
Angelica and Eliza—

BURR:
Were both at his side when he died
Death doesn’t discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes
History obliterates
In every picture it paints
It paints me and all my mistakes
When Alexander aimed
At the sky
He may have been the first one to die
But I’m the one who paid for it

I survived, but I paid for it

Now I’m the villain in your history
I was too young and blind to see...
I should’ve known
I should’ve known
The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me
The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me

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Hamilton the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr, Sir
My Shot
The Story Of Tonight
The Schuyler Sisters
Farmer Refuted
You'll Be Back
Right Hand Man
A Winter's Ball
Helpless
Satisfied
The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
Wait For It
Stay Alive
Ten Duel Commandments
Meet Me Inside
That Would Be Enough
Guns and Ships
History Has Its Eyes On You
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
What Comes Next
Dear Theodosia
Non-Stop
What'd I Miss
Cabinet Battle #1
Take A Break
Say No To This
The Room Where It Happens
Schuyler Defeated
Cabinet Battle #2
Washington On Your Side
One Last Time
I Know Him
The Adams Administration
We Know
Hurricane
The Reynolds Pamphlet
Burn
Blow Us All Away
Stay Alive (Reprise)
It's Quiet Uptown
Election of 1800
Your Obedient Servant
Best of Wives and Best of Women
The World Was Wide Enough
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Congratulations
Tomorrow There Will Be More of Us