Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)

The battle of Yorktown, 1781
 Monsieur Hamilton
 Monsieur Lafayette
 In command where you belong
 How you say, no sweat
 Finally on the field, we've had quite a run
 Immigrants, we get the job done
 So what happens if we win?
 I go back to France
 I bring freedom to my people
 If I'm given the chance
 We'll be with you when you do
 Go lead your men
 I see you on the other side
 'Til we meet again, let's go!
 I am not throwin' away my shot!
 I am not throwin' away my shot!
 Hey yo, I'm just like my country
 I'm young scrappy and hungry
 And I'm not throwin' away my shot!
 I am not throwin' away my shot!
 'Til the world turns upside down
 'Til the world turns upside down!
 I imagine death so much, it feels more like a memory
 This is where it gets me, on my feet the enemy ahead of me
 If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me
 Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me
 Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me
 Not only that, my Eliza's expecting
 We gotta go, gotta get the job done
 Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
 Take the bullets out your gun! (What?)
 The bullets out your gun! (What?)
 We move undercover and we move as one
 Through the night, we have one shot to live
 Another day
 We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away
 We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it
 It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet
 The code word is "Rochambeau", dig me? (Rochambeau!)
 You have your orders now, go, man, go!
 And so the American experiment begins
 With my friends all scattered to the winds
 Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery
 We'll never be free until we end slavery!
 When we finally drive the British away
 Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!
 How did we know that this plan would work?
 We had a spy on the inside, that's right
 Hercules Mulligan!
 A tailor spyin' on the British government!
 I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it! (Up)
 To my brother's revolutionary covenant
 I'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin' it!
 See, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians
 We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
 Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
 When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!
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 Left! Right! Hold!
 Go!
 What! What! What!
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 After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet
 We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief
 And just like that, it's over, we tend to our wounded, we count our dead
 Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
 Not yet
 We negotiate the terms of surrender
 I see George Washington smile
 We escort their men out of Yorktown
 They stagger home single file
 Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
 There are screams and church bells ringing
 And as our fallen foes retreat
 I hear the drinking song they're singing
 The world turned upside down
 The world turned upside down
 The world turned upside down
 The world turned upside down
 Down, down, down, down
 Freedom for America, freedom for France!
 Down, down, down
 Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son
 Down, down, down
 We won!
 We won!
 We won!
 We won!
 The world turned upside down!