Say No To This (Draft 11.7.13)

[HAMILTON]
When I’m alone in my room
Sometimes I stare at the wall
On this particular night
I felt my conscience stall
I heard a knock at the door
I knew it wasn't my wife
And that’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:

[MARIA]
I know you are a man of honor
I’m so sorry to bother you at home
But I don’t know where to go, and I came here all alone…

[HAMILTON]
She said:

[MARIA]
My husband’s doin’ me wrong
Beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me...
Suddenly he’s up and gone
I don’t have the means to go on

[HAMILTON]
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said:

[MARIA]
You’re too kind, sir

[HAMILTON]
I gave her thirty pounds that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said:

[MARIA]
Go inside, sir

[HAMILTON]
Then I said, “Well, I should head back home,”
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said:

[MARIA]
Stay?

[HAMILTON]
Hey…

[MARIA]
Hey…

[HAMILTON]
That’s when I began to pray:
Lord, show me how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
I don’t know how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
'Cause my God, she looks so

[MARIA]
Helpless

[HAMILTON]
And my body’s screaming, “Hell, yes”

[ENSEMBLE]
No...

[HAMILTON]
Oh show me how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
I don’t know how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go

[ENSEMBLE]
Go! Go! Go! Go!

[HAMILTON]
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say…

[ENSEMBLE]
Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

[HAMILTON]
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[MARIA]
Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

[ELIZA]
Now you got me
​helpless!
I look into your eyes, and the
​sky’s the
​limit
I’m helpless!

I'm down
​for the count
And I’m drownin’ in ‘em

[ENSEMBLE]
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey

[ANGELICA]
Will he ever be satisfied?

I would never
​be
​satisfied

[HAMILTON]
I wish I could say that was the last time
I said that last time. It became a pastime
A month into this endeavor, I received a letter
From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:

[JAMES]
Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck
You see, that was my wife who you decided to

[HAMILTON]
Fuck

[JAMES]
Uh-oh! You made the wrong would-be sucker a cuckold
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife
If the price is right; if not I’m telling

[JAMES & ENSEMBLE]
Your wife

[HAMILTON]
I burned the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed “How could you?!” in her face
She said:

[MARIA]
No, sir!

[HAMILTON]
Half dressed, she looked pathetic
A mess, apologetic, she cried:

[MARIA]
Please don’t go, sir!

[HAMILTON]
So was this whole story a setup?

[MARIA]
I don’t know about any letter!

[HAMILTON]
Stop crying
Goddamnit, get up!

[MARIA]
I didn’t know any better

[HAMILTON]
I am ruined...

[MARIA]
Please don’t leave me
With him helpless

Just give him what he wants
And you can
​have me
Whatever you want
If you pay
​you can stay!

[HAMILTON]
I am helpless—
Why would you do this?

I don’t want you
I don’t want you
I don’t want you
I don’t want you

[MARIA]
And I

Helpless

Yeah
Whoa!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Don't say no to this
[HAMILTON]
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I don't know how to
Say no to this
'Cause the situation’s helpless

And her body’s screaming, “Hell, yes”
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I don't know how to
Say no to this
There is nowhere I can go

When her body's on mine, I cannot say

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Say no to this, I
Don't say no to
​this
In my mind I'm tryin' to go

[ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

Say no to this

Say no to this

Say no to this

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

No no no...

[JAMES]
So?

[HAMILTON]
Nobody needs to know