A to the groom! (To the groom, to the groom, to the groom) To the bride! (To the bride, to the bride, to the bride) your sister (Angelica, Angelica, Angelica) Who is always by side (By your side, by side) To your union and the hope you provide (You provide, you provide) May you (always) Be (rewind)
Rewind! I remember that night, I might I that night, I just might I that night, I remember that
I that night, I just might Regret night for the rest of my days I those soldier boys Tripping themselves to win our praise I remember that dreamlike Like a dream that you can't place But Alexander, I'll never the first time I saw your face
I have been the same Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang And when you said "hi" I forgot my name Set my aflame, ev'ry part aflame This is not a
You strike me as a woman who has been satisfied
I'm sure I know what you mean, you forget yourself
You're like me, I've never been
Is that
I have never been
My Angelica Schuyler
Alexander
your fam'ly from?
Unimportant, there's a million things I done Just you wait, just you
So so so So this is what it like to match wits With someone at your level! the hell is the catch? it's The feeling of freedom, of the light Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You see it, right? The conversation lasted two minutes, three minutes Ev'rything we in total agreement, it's A dream and it's a bit of a A bit of a posture, it's a bit of a He's a bit of a flirt, but I'm 'a give him a I asked his fam'ly, did you see his answer? His hands started fidgeting, he looked He's penniless, he's flying by the seat of his Handsome, boy, he know it! fuzz, and he can't even grow it! I wanna take him far away this place I turn and see my sister's face and she is
And I she is And her are just And I realize three fundamental truths at the same time
I'm a in a world in which My only job is to marry My father has no so I'm the one Who has to social for one Cause I'm the and the wittiest and the gossip in New York City is And Alexander is Ha! that doesn't I want him any less (Doesn't mean I him any less) (Doesn't mean I him any less) (Doesn't I want him any less)
He's after me 'cause I'm a Schuyler That his status, I'd Have to be to set that aside Maybe is why I him to Eliza Now that's his going, Angelica, he was right You will be satisfied (I will be satisfied) (I never be satisfied)
I know my like I know my own mind You will never anyone as trusting or as kind If I tell her that I love him be silently resigned be mine She say "I'm fine" But she'd be
But I fantasize at night Alexander's eyes As I romanticize what might have If I hadn't Him up so At least my dear Eliza's his At I keep his eyes in my life
A to the groom! (To the groom, to the groom, to the groom) To the bride! (To the bride, to the bride, to the bride) From sister (Angelica, Angelica, Angelica) Who is by your side (By side, by your side) To your union and the that you provide (You provide, you provide) May you Be
And I (yeah) be happy as his bride And I He will never be I will never be