The Egg

Lyrics

[ADAMS] It's a masterpiece, I say They will cheer every word, every letter [JEFFERSON] I wish I felt that way [FRANKLIN] I believe I can put it better Now then attend, as friend to friend Our Declaration Committee For us I see immortality [ADAMS, JEFFERSON & FRANKLIN] In Philadelphia city [FRANKLIN] A farmer, a lawyer, and a sage A bit gouty in the leg You know, it's quite bizarre To think that here we are Playing midwives to an egg [ADAMS, spoken] Egg? What egg? [FRANKLIN, spoken] America. The birth of a new nation! [ADAMS] We're waiting for the — [ADAMS, JEFFERSON & FRANKLIN] Chirp, chirp, chirp Of an eaglet being born Waiting for the chirp, chirp, chirp On this humid Monday morning in this Congressional incubator [FRANKLIN] God knows the temperature's hot enough To hatch a stone, let alone an egg [ADAMS, JEFFERSON & FRANKLIN] We're waiting for the Scratch, scratch, scratch Of that tiny little fellow Waiting for the egg to hatch On this humid Monday morning in this Congressional incubator [ADAMS] God knows the temperature's hot enough To hatch a stone [JEFFERSON] But will it hatch an egg? [ADAMS] The eagle's going to crack the shell Of the egg that England laid [ADAMS, JEFFERSON & FRANKLIN] Yes, sir, we can Tell, tell, tell On this humid Monday morning in this Congressional incubator [FRANKLIN] And just as Tom here has written Though the shell may belong to Great Britain The eagle inside belongs to us [ADAMS & FRANKLIN] And just as Tom here has written [ADAMS, JEFFERSON & FRANKLIN] We say, "To hell with Great Britain!" The eagle inside belongs to us!