Stay Alive (interlude) Lyrics - Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton

[ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN] 

Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance 

They only take British money, 

[WASHINGTON] 

[HAMILTON] 

But, sir! 

[WASHINGTON] 

[HAMILTON] 

That's right 

[WASHINGTON] 

Don't engage, strike by night 

Remain relentless 'til their troops take flight 

[HAMILTON] 

Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight 

[WASHINGTON] 

Outrun 

[HAMILTON] 

Outrun 

[WASHINGTON] 

Outlast 

[HAMILTON] 

Outlast 

[WASHINGTON] 

[HAMILTON] 

[WASHINGTON] 

Stay alive 'til this horror show is past 

We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast 

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE] 

Raise a glass! 

[MULLIGAN] 

[LAFAYETTE] 

[LAURENS] 

I stay at work with Hamilton 

[HAMILTON] 

And ev'ry day 

"Sir, entrust me with a command," 

And ev'ry day 

[WASHINGTON] 

No 

[HAMILTON] 

He 

[HAMILTON] 

Instead of me 

He promotes 

Makes him: 

[LEE] 

[ELIZA/ANGELICA] 

[] 

[HAMILTON] 

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE] 

[WASHINGTON] 

Ev'ryone attack! 

[LEE] 

Retreat! 

[WASHINGTON] 

Attack! 

[LEE] 

Retreat! 

[WASHINGTON] 

What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet! 

[LEE] 

But there's so many of them! 

[WASHINGTON] 

I'm sorry, is this not your speed?! 

Hamilton! 

[HAMILTON] 

Ready, sir! 

[WASHINGTON] 

Have Lafayette take the lead! 

[HAMILTON] 

Yes, sir! 

[LAURENS] 

[LAFAYETTE] 

[HAMILTON] 

Charles Lee was left behind 

Without a pot to piss in 

He started sayin' this to anybody who would listen: 

[LEE] 

Washington cannot be left alone to his devices 

Indecisive, from crisis to crisis 

The best thing he can do for the revolution 

Is turn n' go back to plantin' tobacco in Mount Vernon 

[COMPANY] 

Oo!! 

[WASHINGTON] 

[HAMILTON] 

[WASHINGTON] 

We have a war to fight, let's move along 

[LAURENS] 

[HAMILTON] 

[LAURENS] 

[HAMILTON]