The battle of Yorktown
1781
Monsieur Hamilton
Monsieur Lafayette
In command where you belong
Are you saying no sweat
We're finally on the field
we've had quite a run
Immigrants
we get the job done
So what happens if we win
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people
if I'm given the chance
We'll be with you
when you do
Go lead your men
I see you on the other side
'Til we meet again
Let's go
I am not throwin'
away my shot
I am not throwin'
away my shot
Hey yo I'm just
like my country
I'm young scrappy
and hungry
And I'm not throwin'
away my shot
I am not throwin'
away my shot
'Til the world turns
upside down
'Til the world turns
upside down
I imagine death so much
it feels more like a memory
This is where it gets me
on my feet the enemy
ahead of me
If this is the end of me
at least I have
a friend with me
Weapon in my hand
a command and my
men with me
Then I remember
my Eliza's expecting me
Not only that
my Eliza's expecting
We gotta go
gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation
gotta meet my son
Take the bullets
out your gun
What
The bullets
out your gun
What
We move undercover
and we move as one
Through the night we
have one shot to live
Another day
We cannot let a stray
gunshot give us away
We will fight up close
seize the moment
and stay in it
It's either that or
meet the business
end of a bayonet
The code word is
Rochambeau
dig me
Rochambeau
You have your orders now
go man go
And so the American
experiment begins
With my friends all
scattered to the winds
Laurens is in
South Carolina
redefining bravery
We'll never be free
until we end slavery
When we finally drive
the British away
Lafayette is there waiting
in Chesapeake Bay
How did we know that
this plan would work
We had a spy on the inside
that's right
Hercules Mulligan
A tailor spyin' on the
British government
I take their measurements
information and then
I smuggle it
Up
To my brother's
revolutionary covenant
I'm runnin' with
the Sons of Liberty
and I am lovin' it
See that's what happens
when you up against
the ruffians
We in the shit now
somebody gotta shovel it
Hercules Mulligan
I need no introduction
When you knock me down
I get the fuck back up again
Left
Right
Hold
Go
What what what
After a week of fighting
a young man in a red
coat stands on a parapet
We lower our guns as
he frantically waves
a white handkerchief
And just like that it's over
we tend to our wounded
we count our dead
Black and white soldiers
wonder alike if this
really means freedom
Not yet
We negotiate the terms
of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men
out of Yorktown
They stagger home
single file
Tens of thousands of
people flood the streets
There are screams and
church bells ringing
And as our fallen
foes retreat
I hear the drinking
song they're singing
The world turned
upside down
The world turned
upside down
The world turned
upside down
The world turned
upside down
Down down down down
Freedom for America
freedom for France
Down down down
Gotta start a new nation
gotta meet my son
Down down down
We won
We won
We won
We won
The world turned
upside down