Cabinet Battle #1

Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight
 But you're here with us in New York City
 Are you ready for a cabinet meeting, huh?
 The issue on the table
 Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume
 State debt and establish a national bank
 Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir
 Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
 We fought for these ideals; we shouldn't settle for less
 These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em
 Don't act surprised, you guys, 'cause I wrote 'em
 Oww, but Hamilton forgets
 His plan would have the government assume state's debts
 Now, place your bets as to who that benefits
 The very seat of government where Hamilton sits
 Not true!
 Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it
 If New York's in debt, why should Virginia bear it?
 Uh! Our debts are paid, I'm afraid
 Don't tax the South 'cause we got it made in the shade
 In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground
 We create, you just wanna move our money around
 This financial plan is an outrageous demand
 And it's too many damn pages for any man to understand
 Stand with me in the land of the free
 And pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy
 Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky
 Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whiskey
 Thank you, Secretary Jefferson
 Secretary Hamilton, your response
 Thomas, that was a real nice declaration
 Welcome to the present, we're running a real nation
 Would you like to join us, or stay mellow
 Doin' whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?
 If we assume the debts, the union gets
 A new line of credit, a financial diuretic
 How do you not get it? If we're aggressive and competitive
 The union gets a boost, you'd rather give it a sedative?
 A civics lesson from a slaver, hey neighbor
 Your debts are paid 'cause you don't pay for labor
 "We plant seeds in the South, we create"
 Yeah, keep ranting we know who's really doing the planting
 And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment
 Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it
 You think I'm frightened of you, man?
 We almost died in a trench while you
 Were off getting high with the French
 Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President reticent
 There isn't a plan he doesn't jettison
 Madison, you're mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine
 Damn, you're in worse shape than the national debt is in
 Sittin' there useless as two shits
 Hey, turn around, bend over
 I'll show you where my shoe fits
 Excuse me! Madison, Jefferson
 Take a walk! Hamilton, take a walk!
 We'll reconvene after a brief recess
 Hamilton!
 Sir!
 A word
 You don't have the votes
 You don't have the votes
 (Aha-ha-ha ha!)
 You're gonna need congressional approval and you don't have the votes
 Such a blunder sometimes it makes me
 Wonder why I even bring the thunder
 Why he even brings the thunder
 You wanna pull yourself together
 I'm sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather
 Young man, I'm from Virginia, so watch your mouth
 So we let Congress get held hostage by the South?
 You need the votes
 No, we need bold strokes, we need this plan
 No, you need to convince more folks
 James Madison won't talk to me, that's a nonstarter
 Ah, winning was easy, young man, governing's harder
 They're being intransigent
 You have to find a compromise
 But they don't have a plan, they just hate mine!
 Convince them otherwise
 What happens if I don't get congressional approval?
 I imagine they'll call for your removal
 Sir-
 Figure it out, Alexander
 That's an order from your commander