The Schuyler Sisters

Lyrics

[BURR] There's nothin' rich folks love more Than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor They pull up in their carriages and gawk At the students in the common, just to watch 'em talk Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded Uh-oh, but little does he know That his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at— [COMPANY] Work, work [ANGELICA] Angelica [COMPANY] Work, work [ELIZA] Eliza [PEGGY] And Peggy [COMPANY] Work, work The Schuyler sisters [ANGELICA] Angelica [PEGGY] Peggy [ELIZA] Eliza [COMPANY] Work [PEGGY] Daddy said to be home by sundown [ANGELICA] Daddy doesn't need to know [PEGGY] Daddy said not to go downtown [ELIZA] Like I said, you're free to go [ANGELICA] But – look around, look around The revolution's happening in New York [ELIZA & PEGGY] New York [COMPANY] Angelica [SCHUYLER SISTERS & COMPANY] Work [PEGGY] It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war [ELIZA] People shouting in the square [PEGGY] It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore [ANGELICA] New ideas in the air [ANGELICA & MALE ENSEMBLE] Look around, look around [ELIZA] Angelica, remind me what we're looking for [ALL MEN] She's lookin' for me [ANGELICA & COMPANY] Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work) I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work) I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work) Woah-woah [SCHUYLER SISTERS] Woah-woah [SCHUYLER SISTERS & COMPANY] Work [BURR] Woo There's nothin' like summer in the city Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' pretty Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels You searchin' for an urchin who can give you ideals? [ANGELICA] Burr, you disgust me [BURR] Ah, so you've discussed me I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me [ANGELICA] I've been readin' Common Sense by Thomas Paine So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane You want a revolution? I want a revelation So listen to my declaration: [SCHUYLER SISTERS] We hold these truths to be self-evident That all men are created equal [ANGELICA] And when I meet Thomas Jefferson [COMPANY] Unh [ANGELICA] I'ma compel him to include women in the sequel [WOMEN] Work [ELIZA] Look around, look around At how lucky we are to be alive right now [ELIZA & PEGGY] Look around, look around At how lucky we are to be alive right now [SCHUYLER SISTERS] History is happenin' in Manhattan And we just happen to be In the greatest city in the world [SCHUYLER SISTERS & COMPANY] In the greatest city in the world [ANGELICA, ELIZA & PEGGY, MEN, WOMEN] 'Cause I've been readin' Common Sense by Thomas Paine Hey, hey, hey, hey Look around, look around The revolution's happening in New York So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane Hey, hey, hey, hey You want a revolution? I want a revelation Hey, hey, hey, hey Look around, look around In New York The revolution's happening Hey, hey, hey, hey So listen to my declaration: [SCHUYLER SISTERS, MEN, WOMEN] We hold these truths to be self evident Hey, hey, hey, hey Look around, look around At how lucky we are to be alive right now That all men are created equal Hey, hey, hey, hey [FULL COMPANY] Look around, look around At how lucky we are to be alive right now History is happenin' in Manhattan And we just happen to be [ALL WOMEN] In the greatest city in the world [ALL MEN] In the greatest city [COMPANY] In the greatest city in the world Work, work [ANGELICA] Angelica [COMPANY] Work, work [ELIZA] Eliza [PEGGY] And Peggy [SCHUYLER SISTERS & COMPANY] Work, work The Schuyler sisters Work, work We're lookin' for a mind at work Work, work (Hey) Work, work [ANGELICA, ELIZA & PEGGY, COMPANY] (Hey) Woah Work, work (Hey) Work, work [ELIZA & PEGGY, SCHUYLER SISTERS, COMPANY] In the greatest city (Work, work) In the greatest city (Work, work) In the world [COMPANY] In the greatest city in the world