Guns and Ships

How does a ragtag volunteer army, in need of a shower Somehow defeat a global superpower? How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire? Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross's flag higher? Yo, turns out we have a secret weapon An immigrant you know and love who's unafraid to step in He's constantly confusing, confounding the British henchmen Everyone give it up for America's favourite fighting Frenchman Lafayette! I'm taking this horse by the reins Making redcoats redder with bloodstains Lafayette! And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em drop And burn 'em up and scatter the remains I'm—Lafayette! Watch me engaging 'em, escaping 'em, enraging 'em, ow Lafayette! I go to France for more funds Lafayette! I come back with more guns And ships And so the balance shifts We rendezvous with Rochambeau Consolidate their gifts We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but For this to succeed, there is someone else we need I know (Hamilton!) Sir, he knows what to do in the trench Ingenuitive and fluent in French I mean (Hamilton!) Sir, you're going to have to use him eventually What's he going to do on the bench I mean (Hamilton!) No one has more resilience Or matches my practical, tactical brilliance (Hamilton!) You want to fight for your land back? (Hamilton!) I need my right hand man back (Hamilton!) (Ah, uh,) get your right hand man back (Hamilton!) (You know you gotta get ya) right hand man back(Hamilton!) I mean, you gotta put some thought into the letter (Ha- Ha-) (Hamilton, Hamilton) But the sooner the better To get your right hand man back (Ha- Ha-) Alexander Hamilton Troops are waiting in the field for you If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide Oh, Alexander Hamilton I have soldiers that will yield for you If we manage to get this right They'll surrender by early light The world will never be the same Alexander