Guns And Ships Song Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a showerSomehow defeat a global superpower?How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher?Yo, turns out we have a secret weaponAn immigrant, you know and love, who’s unafraid to step inHe’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmenEv’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman
Lafayette!
I’m takin’ this horse by the reins makin’Redcoats redder with bloodstainsLafayette!And I’m never gonna stop until I make ’emDrop and burn ’em up and scatter their remains, I’mLafayette!Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!Enragin’ em! I’m-Lafayette!I go to France for more fundsLafayette!I come back with more guns
And shipsAnd so the balance shiftsWe rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their giftsWe can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, butFor this to succeed, there is someone else we needI know
Hamilton!Sir, he knows what to do in a trenchIngenuitive and fluent in French, I mean-Hamilton!Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventuallyWhat’s he gonna do on the bench ami?Hamilton!No one has more resilienceOr matches my practical tactical brillianceHamilton!You wanna fight for your land back?Hamilton!I need my right-hand man back!
Ah! Uh, get ya right-hand man, backYou know you gotta get ya right-hand man backI mean you gotta put some thoughtInto the letter but the sooner the betterTo get your right-hand man back
Alexander HamiltonTroops are waiting in the field for youIf you join us right now, together we can turn the tideOh, Alexander HamiltonI have soldiers that will yield for youIf we manage to get this rightThey’ll surrender by early lightThe world will never be the same, Alexander