What'd I Miss

[COMPANY]

Seventeen

Se-se-seventeen

Se-se-seventeen

[BURR]

1789

How does the bastard, orphan

Immigrant, decorated war vet

Unite the colonies through more debt?

Fight the other founding fathers 'til he has to forfeit?

Have it all, lose it all, you ready for more yet?

Treasury Secretary, Washington's the President

Every American experiment sets a precedent

Not so fast, someone came along to resist him

Pissed him off until we had a two-party system

You haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance

'Cause he's been kickin' ass as the ambassador to France

But someone's gotta keep the American promise

You simply must meet Thomas, Thomas

[WOMEN, MEN, ALL]

Thomas Jefferson's comin' home

Thomas Jefferson's comin' home

Thomas Jefferson's comin' home

Thomas Jefferson's comin' home

Thomas Jefferson's comin' home

Lord, he's been off in Paris for so long

Ah-ooh

Ah-ooh

[THOMAS JEFFERSON]

France is followin' us to revolution

There is no more status quo

But the sun comes up and the world still spins

[ENSEMBLE]

Ah-ooh

[JEFFERSON]

I helped Lafayette draft a declaration

Then I said, "I gotta go

I gotta be in Monticello"

Now the work at home begins

[ENSEMBLE]

Ah-ooh

[JEFFERSON]

So what'd I miss? What'd I miss? Mh

Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss

Mwah, mhm

I've been in Paris meetin' lots of different ladies

I guess I basically missed the late eighties

I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this

[ENSEMBLE]

Ah-ooh

[JEFFERSON]

There's a letter on my desk from the President

Haven't even put my bag down yet

Sally be a lamb, darlin', won't ya open it?

It says the President's assembling a cabinet

And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great

And that I'm already Senate-approved

I just got home and now I'm headed up to New York

[ENSEMBLE]

Headin' to New York, headin' to New York

[JEFFERSON, JEFFERSON & ENSEMBLE]

Lookin' at the rollin' fields, I can't believe that we are free

Ready to face whatever's awaitin' me in NYC

But who's waitin' for me when I step in the place?

My friend James Madison, red in the face

He grabs my arm and I respond, "What's goin' on?"

[ENSEMBLE]

Ah-ooh

[JAMES MADISON]

Thomas, we are engaged in a battle

For our nation's very soul

Can you get us out of the mess we're in?

[ENSEMBLE]

Ah-ooh

[MADISON]

Hamilton's new financial plan

Is nothing less than government control

I've been fighting for the South alone

Where have you been?

[JEFFERSON]

Uh, France

[ENSEMBLE]

Ah-ooh

[MADISON]

We have to win

[JEFFERSON, ENSEMBLE, BOTH]

Well, what'd I miss? (Wha-wha-what'd I miss?)

What'd I miss? (I've come home to this?)

Headfirst into a political abyss

Headfirst into the abyss

I have my first cabinet meetin' today (Chik-a-pow)

I guess I better think of somethin' to say

I'm already on my way

To get to the bottom of this

What did I miss? Ah-ah

[WASHINGTON]

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

[HAMILTON]

Mr. Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton

[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE]

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

[COMPANY]

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

Sir, you've been off in Paris for so long

[JEFFERSON]

So what did I miss?