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 your (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 night, I just might I remember that night, I just I remember that night, I that
I remember night, I just might Regret that for the rest of my days I remember soldier boys Tripping over themselves to win our I remember that candlelight Like a dream you can't quite place But Alexander, I'll forget the first time I saw your face
I have never the same Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang And you said "hi" I forgot my dang name Set my aflame, ev'ry part aflame This is not a
You me as a woman who has never been satisfied
I'm sure I don't know what you mean, you yourself
You're like me, I've never been
Is right?
I have been satisfied
My name's Schuyler
Alexander
your fam'ly from?
Unimportant, there's a things I haven't done Just you wait, you wait
So so so So this is what it feels to match wits someone at your level! What the hell is the catch? it's The feeling of freedom, of seein' the Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You see it, right? The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe minutes Ev'rything we in total agreement, it's A dream and it's a bit of a A bit of a posture, a bit of a stance He's a bit of a flirt, but I'm 'a give him a I asked about his fam'ly, did you see his His hands started fidgeting, he askance He's penniless, he's by the seat of his pants Handsome, boy, does he it! Peach fuzz, and he can't grow it! I wanna take him far away from place Then I turn and see my 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 girl in a in which My job is to marry rich My has no sons so I'm the one Who has to social for one Cause I'm the oldest and the and the gossip in New York is insidious And is penniless Ha! that mean 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 I'm a Schuyler sister elevates his status, I'd Have to be naïve to set that that is why I introduce him to Now that's his going, Angelica, he was right You never be satisfied (I will be satisfied) (I will be satisfied)
I know my like I know my own mind You will never find as trusting or as kind If I tell her I love him she'd be silently resigned be mine She say "I'm fine" But be lying
But I fantasize at night It's Alexander's As I romanticize might have been If I hadn't Him up so At least my Eliza's his wife 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) your sister (Angelica, Angelica, Angelica) Who is always by your (By side, by your side) To your union and the hope you provide (You provide, you provide) May you Be
And I (yeah) She'll be happy as his And I He will never be I will never be