The World Was Wide Enough

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There are ten things you need to know
Number one
We rowed across the hudson at dawn
My friend william p van ness signed on as my
Number two
Hamilton arrived with his crew
Nathaniel pendleton and a doctor that he knew
Number three
I watched hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you what was happening in his brain
This man has poisoned my political pursuits
Most disputes die and no one shoots
Number four
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
Five
Now I didn't know this at the time but we were
Near the same spot son died is that why
Number six
He examined his gun with such rigor
I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger
Seven
Confession time here's what I got
My fellow soldiers will tell you I'm a terrible shot
Number eight
Your last chance to negotiate
You send in your second see if they can set the record straight
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
Number nine
Look him in the eye aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require
Then count
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Number ten places fire
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me on my feet several 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 soldier's 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
He aims his pistol at the sky
Wait
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
I hear wailing in the streets
Somebody tells me you'd better hide
They say angelica and eliza
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
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