Hamilton Act 1 Lyric Starters

classicrosie:

  • “What’s your name, man?”
  • “My name is __________ and there’s a million things I haven’t done, but just you wait.”
  • “In New York you can be a new man.”
  • “Pardon me. Are you _____ _____, sir?”
  • “You punched the bursar.”
  • “He looked at me like I was stupid, I’m not stupid.”
  • “God, I wish there was a war! Then we could prove that we’re worth more than anyone bargained for.”
  • “While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice.”
  • “Talk less, smile more.”
  • “Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for.”
  • “Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.”
  • “If you stand for nothing, ______, what’ll you fall for?”
  • “I am not throwing away my shot!”
  • “Don’t be shocked when your history book mentions me.”
  • “I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory.”
  • “When our children tell our story they’ll tell the story of tonight.”
  • “Look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!”
  • “Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution.”
  • “They’re playing a dangerous game.”
  • “It’s hard to listen to you with a straight face.”
  • “Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us, honestly you shouldn’t even talk.”
  • “I’ll love you till my dying days.”
  • “When push comes to shove, I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love.”
  • “If they tell my story I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or rise up.”
  • “How can I keep leading when the people I’m leading keep retreating?”
  • “I was just like you when I was younger, head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr.”
  • “Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder.”
  • “But what do we have in common? We’re reliable with the ladies!”
  • “Boy you got me helpless.” 
  • “I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight.”
  • “I’m about to change your life.”
  • “If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it.”
  • “I’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you would share him.”
  • “I remember that night, I just might regret that night for the rest of my days.”
  • “When you said “Hi,” I forgot my dang name.”
  • “You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied.”
  • “You’re like me. I’m never satisfied.”
  • “So this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level! What the hell is the catch?”
  • “He’s a bit of a flirt, but I’m ‘a give it a chance.”
  • “I know my sister like I know my own mind.”
  • “Well, I heard you’ve got a special someone on the side, ____.”
  • “If you love this woman, go get her! What are you waiting for?”
  • “I’m keeping the bed warm while her husband is away.”
  • “Love doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints.”
  • “Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints.”
  • “If there’s a reason I’m still alive, when everyone who loves me has died I’m willing to wait for it.”
  • “I am the one thing in life I can control.”
  • “Life doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes. And we keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes. And if there’s a reason I’m still alive when so many have died, then I’m willin’ to wait for it.”
  • “Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong.”
  • “I can’t disobey direct orders.”
  • “Don’t call me son.”
  • “You could die and we need you alive.”
  • “I’m more than willing to die.”
  • “Look at where you are, look at where you started. The fact that you’re alive is a miracle. Just stay alive, that would be enough.”
  • “I led my men straight into a massacre, I witnessed their deaths firsthand.”
  • “History has its eyes on you.”
  • “And just like that, it’s over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead.”
  • “Domestic life was never quite my style.”
  • “I swear that I’ll be around for you. I’ll do whatever it takes.”
  • “Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?”
  • “Why do you write like you’re running out of time?”
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