Take a Break

Lyrics

Un deux trois quatre
 Cinq six sept huit neuf (un deux trois quatre)
 (Cinq six sept huit neuf)
 Good, un deux trois quatre
 Cinq six sept huit neuf (un deux trois quatre)
 (Cinq six sept huit neuf)
 Sept huit neuf
 (Sept huit neuf)
 Sept huit neuf (sept huit neuf)
 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
 My dearest, Angelica
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
 Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
 I trust you'll understand the reference to
 Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play
 They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly
 I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain
 Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff
 And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane
 And there you are, an ocean away
 Do you have to live an ocean away
 Thoughts of you subside
 Then I get another letter
 I cannot put the notion away
 Take a break
 I am on my way
 There's a little surprise before supper
 And it cannot wait
 I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate
 Alexander
 Okay, okay
 Your son is nine years old today
 He has something he'd like to say
 He's been practicing all day
 Phillip, take it away
 Daddy, daddy, look
 My name is Phillip
 I am a poet
 I wrote this poem just to show it
 And I just turned nine
 You can write rhymes
 But you can't write mine (what!)
 I practice French
 And play piano with my mother (uh-huh)
 I have a sister, but I want a little brother (okay)
 My daddy's trying to start America's bank
 Un deux trois quatre cinq (bravo)
 Take a break
 Hey, our kid is pretty great
 Run away with us for the summer
 Let's go upstate
 Eliza, I've got so much on my plate
 We can all go stay with my father
 There's a lake I know (I know)
 In a nearby park (I'd love to go)
 You and I can go when the night gets dark
 I will try to get away
 My dearest Alexander
 You must get through to Jefferson
 Sit down with him and compromise
 Don't stop 'til you agree
 Your fav'rite older sister
 Angelica, reminds you
 There's someone in your corner all the way across the sea
 In a letter I received from you two weeks ago
 I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase
 It changed the meaning, did you intend this
 One stroke and you've consumed my waking days
 It says
 My dearest Angelica
 With a comma after dearest, you've written
 My dearest, Angelica
 Anyway, all this to say
 I'm coming home this summer
 At my sister's invitation
 I'll be there with your fam'ly
 If you make your way upstate
 I know you're very busy
 I know your work's important
 But I'm crossing the ocean, and I just can't wait
 You won't be an ocean away
 You will only be a moment away
 Alexander, come downstairs, Angelica's arriving today
 Angelica
 Eliza
 The Schuyler sisters
 Alexander
 Hi
 It's good to see your face
 Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family
 Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway
 You're not joining us, wait
 I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate
 Alexander, I came all this way
 She came all this way
 All this way
 Take a break
 You know I have to get my plan through Congress
 Run away with us for the summer
 Let's go upstate
 I lose my job if I don't get my plan through Congress
 We can all go stay with our father
 There's a lake I know (I know I'll miss your face)
 In a nearby park (screw your courage to the sticking place)
 You and I can go (Eliza's right)
 Take a break and get away (run away with us for the summer)
 Let's go upstate
 Where we can stay (we can all go stay with our father)
 Look around, look around (if you take your time)
 At how lucky we are to be alive right now (you will make your mark)
 We can go (Close your eyes and dream)
 When the night gets dark
 Take a break
 I have to get my plan through Congress
 I can't stop 'til I get this plan through Congress
 

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Duration
04:46
Key
4
Tempo
82 BPM

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