One Last Time

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HAMILTON: Mr. President, you asked to see me? WASHINGTON: I know you're busy HAMILTON: What do you need, sir? Sir? WASHINGTON: I wanna give you a word of warning HAMILTON: Sir, I don't know what you heard But whatever it is, Jefferson started it WASHINGTON: Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning HAMILTON: You're kidding WASHINGTON: I need a favor HAMILTON: Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior WASHINGTON: Shh. Talk less HAMILTON: I'll use the press I'll write under a pseudonym, you'll see what I can do to him WASHINGTON: I need you to draft an address HAMILTON: Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind WASHINGTON: No, he's stepping down so he can run for President HAMILTON: Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir WASHINGTON: I'm stepping down. I'm not running for President HAMILTON: I'm sorry, what? WASHINGTON: One last time Relax, have a drink with me One last time Let's take a break tonight And then we'll teach them how to say goodbye To say goodbye You and I HAMILTON: No, sir, why? WASHINGTON: I wanna talk about neutrality HAMILTON: Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time WASHINGTON: I want to warn against partisan fighting HAMILTON: But WASHINGTON: Pick up a pen, start writing I wanna talk about what I have learned The hard-won wisdom I have earned HAMILTON: As far as the people are concerned You have to serve, you could continue to serve WASHINGTON: No! One last time The people will hear from me One last time And if we get this right We're gonna teach 'em how to say Goodbye You and I HAMILTON: Mr. President, they will say you're weak WASHINGTON: No, they will see we're strong HAMILTON: Your position is so unique WASHINGTON: So I'll use it to move them along HAMILTON: Why do you have to say goodbye? WASHINGTON: If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on It outlives me when I'm gone Like the scripture says: "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree And no one shall make them afraid" They'll be safe in the nation we've made I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree A moment alone in the shade At home in this nation we've made One last time HAMILTON: One last time HAMILTON: Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration I am unconscious of intentional error I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think It probable that I may have committed many errors I shall also carry with me HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: The hope HAMILTON: That my country will HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: View them with indulgence HAMILTON: And that HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal HAMILTON: The faults of incompetent abilities will be HAMILTON & WASHINGTON: Consigned oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking In the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws Under a free government, the ever-favorite object of my heart And the happy reward, as I trust Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers WASHINGTON: One last time ALL WOMEN: George Washington's going home! HAMILTON: Teach 'em how to say goodbye COMPANY: George Washington's going home WASHINGTON: You and I COMPANY: George Washington's going home WASHINGTON: Going home COMPANY: George Washington's going home WASHINGTON: History has its eyes on you COMPANY: George Washington's going home WASHINGTON: COMPANY: We're gonna teach 'em how to Say goodbye! Teach 'em how to say goodbye! Teach 'em how to Say goodbye! Teach 'em how! To say goodbye! . Say goodbye! Say goodbye! . Say goodbye! One last time! . One last time!