Karaoké We Know Hamilton

Mr. Vice President

Mr. Madison

Senator Burr

What is this

We have the check stubs

From separate accounts

Almost a thousand dollars paid in different amounts

To a Mister James Reynolds way back in seventeen ninety-one

Is that what you have

Are you done

You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position though virtue is not a word

I'd apply to this situation

To seek financial gain to stray from your sacred mission

And the evidence suggests you've engaged in speculation

An immigrant embezzling our government funds

I can almost see the headline

Your career is done

I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons

Ya best g'wan run back where ya come from

Hah

You don't even know what you're asking me to confess

Confess

You have nothing I don't have to tell you anything at all

Unless

Unless

If I can prove that

I never broke the law do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw

No one else was in the room where it happened

Um yes

Is that a yes

Dear Sir

I hope this letter finds you in good health

And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth in the pockets of people like me down on their luck

You see that was my wife who you decided to

What

She courted me

Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner that's when Reynolds extorted me

For a sordid fee

I paid him quarterly

I may have mortally wounded my prospects but my papers are orderly

As you can see I kept a record of every check in my checkered history

Check it again against your list and see consistency

I never spent a cent that wasn't mine

You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine

Yes I have reasons for shame but I have not committed treason and sullied my good name

As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action

Are my answers to your satisfaction

My God

Gentlemen let's go

So

The people won't know what we know

Burr

How do I know you won't use this against me the next time we go toe to toe

Alexander

Rumors only grow

And we both know what we know