The Shape of H(2)amilt0n
Alexander Hamilton
He saw the water drip, dripping through the beams
The creature’s in the harbor now
See if you can spot him
What’s an egg? Man!
Aaron Burr, Sir
He looked at me like I was stupid, I’m not stupid
You’re an orphan, Of course! I’m an orphan
Talk less??
Lock up your daughters
It’s hard to have relations
With a godly creation
My Shot
These Baltimore streets get colder
I’m joining the rebellion and I don’t need no pants
I’ll try not to get shot!
The Story of Tonight
When our (mixed species) children tell our story
They’ll tell the story of tonight
The Schuyler Sisters
They pull up with their clipboards and gawk
Just to watch them talk
Zelda, Elisa and Giles
Look around, look around
The evolution’s happening in Bal’mer!
Farmer Refuted
Oh my God, tear this dude apart!
Let him be
They’re playing a dangerous game
Silence! A message from Fleming!
You’ll be Back
You say, the price of my love is just one egg a day
Oceans rise, shyness falls,
We have seen each other in the all(together)
Right Hand Man
Elisa Esposito’s in the water
She sets a timer for her time in the water
Here she comes!
The moment she’s been waiting for!
I’m gonna use my right hand, man!
A Winters Ball
Amphibious mans skill with the krill is undeniable
But he’s more reliable with the ladies!
Helpless
I’m down for the fount
But I’m not drowning in it
One week later
I’m signing to you nightly
In the water we float lightly
Elisa
All I have is a supremacy over pain
And my top notch brain
Satisfied
To the coast with the groom
With the bride
To your union
To the evolution
I remember that fathomless night
Like a dream you cannot place
I have never been the same
Intelligent eyes and amphibian frame
Each conversation lasted two minutes
Maybe three minutes
Everything we signed in total agreement
A bit absurd but I’ll give it a chance
Amphibian man is impecunious
Doesn’t mean I want him any less
Wait For It
Esposito, she’s mine
Love doesn’t discriminate
Between the species or the race
Wade for it
Wade for it
Stay Alive
I have never seen the janitor so despondent
She ran out of salt to put on it
Don’t engage, breakout at night
Escape in the van, take flight
10 Duel Commandments
Time to get some fuses and a scientist on site
Never pick a place that is high and dry
Ok, so we’re doing this
Look him in the eye, aim no higher
Summon all the breath you desire
Then count
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Nosedive!
Meet Me Inside
You prodded him in the side
Yes he kneels
Here comes the janitor
She needs you alive
That Would Be Enough
Swim around, swim around
Would you relish being a fish mans wife?
Will it cause you any strife?
Your world’s underwater and remote and strange
But I’m not afraid
To me you’re not scary
Guns and Ships
He’s from an oceanic trench
He is foreign, but he’s not French
Amphibious man, she is waiting in the tub for you
If you turn the water on, you’ll make a tide
History Has Its Eyes on You
Science has its eyes on me
I do have control
Who lives, who dies, who signs my story
Yorktown
Gotta start a new nation
Gotta meet our son
We move underwater
And we move as one
The code word is Gilman(beau)
Amphibian man
I need no introduction
When you strike me down
I get the fuck back up again
F U C K Y O U
Tens of thousands of gallons flood the theatre
As the world turns upside down
What Comes Next
I thought we’d made an arrangement
Then you went away
You were mine to subdue
With an electric cattle prod
It didn’t hurt you
Oceans rise, rains fall
Don’t come crawling back to me
Dear Theodosia
Terra firma life was never quite my style
I’ll give the sea to you
And you’ll blow us all away
Non Stop
After the fight I went back to the docks
How to account for your rise to the top
Your breath is constant
Why do you swim like it’s going out of style
Swimming every night like it’s going out of style
I won’t wait here to see which way the knots will blow
I am swimming off to South America
Accompanied by someone who will always amaze
What’d I Miss
What’d I miss?
Watercourse my home sweet home
I wanna give you a kiss
I traveled the wide wide world
And ended up in this….
Lab
Cabinet Battle #1
You’re here in Baltimore City
Are you ready for a laboratory test?
In South America we create
You just want to prod and test and grind me down
Take a Break
Here you are, and ocean being
Will I become an ocean being?
I only do sign,
You can too
If you follow my line
One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking days
I’ll be with you, with your family,
If we make our way upriver
Take a lake!
Say No to This
Someone underwater meets someone looking pretty
I hadn’t swam in a week
I was weak
Then Miss Esposito walked into my life
She signed
Here’s an egg, sir
She signed
This is jazz, sir
She led me to the tub and said
Stay
Her body saying hell yes
I can’t say no to this
The Room Where It Happened
The room where I’m flapping
The room where I’m slapping
The room with an overflow
The room where we are immersed
A squid pro quo!
Schuyler Defeated
Further down
Further down
No one knows who you are or what you do
They don’t need to know me
I only like you
Cabinet Battle #2
Are you outta your godddamned mind!
Filling the room to the brink
And making a watery mess
A game of excess
Washington on Your Side
It must be nice
It must be nice
To have gills on your side
The amphibian has no clothes
One Last Time
Relax
Have an egg with me
Let’s break out tonight
And we’ll teach ‘em how to sign goodbye
I want to talk about respiration
I want to warn against species fighting
As far as the people are concerned
This is what you deserve
Amphibian man’s going home
And Elisa’s going home
They’re gonna teach us how to sign goodbye
One last sign
I Know Him
That poor man
The fish might eat him alive
Oceans rise
Port of call
Watch them swim
The piranhas will tear them to pieces
Poseidon this will be fun!
Agua agua agua agua
The Adams Administration
Protean creator
Of the coast guard
Sit down Richard, you fat mother- f#&$*$)@!!!!!
We Know
Almost a dozen eggs
Well, too many to count
A colonel conducting experiments for fun
I can almost read the headline
Your career is done
Hurricane
I didn’t drown
I couldn’t seem to die
I was young when my parents died
No one was holding me
I just survived
The Reynolds Pamphlet
Amphibious man had a torrid affair
An amorous connection
With a fishwife
Burn
I knew you were mine
When you tried to sign
Be careful
He’s like a god, and he will survive
Your signs flooded my senses
(And my apartment)
And you were mine
I forfeit my place in bed
We’ll sleep in the ocean instead
Blow Us All Away
Where is this happening
In the canal in Bal’mer
When the time comes
Jump into the water
If you follow me
I’ll know you are a woman of honor
Stay Alive(2)
Save your strength
Use your gills
And stay alive
You showed me how to sign
You put your hands on mine
It’s Quiet Uptown
There are fathoms that the world won’t reach
There are moments when you’re in so deep
It’s easier to just swim down
I know I won’t drown
I am living with the unimaginable
It’s quiet deep down
Can you imagine?
Evolvement?
Can you imagine?
Election of 1800
Can we get back to aqueous?
Flow.
It might be nice
It might be nice
To have Hoffstetler on your side
Talk none!
Sign more!
It’s 1960’s ladies!
Water, Brrrrr!
Well, I’ll be damned
Hoffstetlers on our side
Your Obedient Servant
I have the honor to be your obedient colonel
A dot Strick
I have the honor to be placed in formol
A dot Man
Canals, dusk.
Gills, cusk.
Best of Wives and Best of Women
Amphibian come back to the deep
It’s dark outside
Best of brides
Now let’s go swimmin’
The World Was Wide Enough
We arrived at the canals at dusk
Assisted by a scientist we knew
Look each other in the eye, never tire
Count 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 paces
Dive!
I see whaling in the seas
Giles and Elisa were both at his side
He survived
The ocean’s wide enough for both the asset and she
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Who swims? Who dives? Who believes this story?
Giles tells the story
Elisa
I took myself back to my heritage
Elisa
Giles will tell our story
Can I tell you how I knew?
I lived over the Orpheum
I had a clue so I flooded
The Orpheum
Now I live in the sea, but it all started at
The Orpheum
Who swims? Who dives?
Giles tells our story.
