Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story - Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Lyrics by：Lin-Manuel Miranda

Washington：

Let me tell you what I wish I'd known

When I was young and dreamed of glory

You have no control

Company：

Who lives who dies who tells your story

Company：

Who lives who dies who tells your story

Company：

Who lives who dies who tells your story

Angelica：

Every other founding father's story gets told

Every other founding father gets to grow old

Burr：

And when you're gone who remembers your name

Who keeps your flame

Who tells your story

Company：

Who tells your story

Who tells your story

Eliza

Eliza：

I put myself back in the narrative

Company：

Eliza

Eliza：

I stop wasting time on tears

I live another fifty years

It's not enough

Company：

Eliza

Eliza：

I interview every soldier who fought by your side

Lafayette Laurens Mulligan：

She tells our story

Eliza：

I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings

You really do write like you're running out of

Time

I rely on

Angelica

While she's alive

We tell your story

She is buried in trinity church

Near you

When I needed her most she was right on

Time

And I'm still not through

I ask myself what would you do if you had more

Time

The lord in his kindness

He gives me what you always wanted

He gives me more

Time

I raise funds in d c for the Washington monument

Washington：

She tells my story

Eliza：

I speak out against slavery

You could have done so much more if you only had

Time

And when my time is up have I done enough

Will they tell your story

Oh can I show you what I'm proudest of

Company：

The orphanage

Eliza：

I establish the first private orphanage in New York city

Company：

The orphanage

Eliza：

I help to raise hundreds of children

I get to see them growing up

Company：

The orphanage

Eliza：

In their eyes I see you alexander

I see you every

Time

And when my time is up

Have I done enough

Will they tell your story

Oh I can't wait to see you again

It's only a matter of

Time

Will they tell your story

Time

Who lives who dies who tells your story

Time

Will they tell your story

Time

Who lives who dies

Who tells your story