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Album Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

2015

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story by Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Release Date
Fri Sep 25 2015
Performed by
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Produced by
Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Black Thought & ?uestlove
Writed by
Lin-Manuel Miranda
About

The cast and company return to usher in Eliza, who takes over for Burr and narrates the Afterword of our story. The play ends by asking the audience directly, “Who tells your story?”

Hamilton the man and Hamilton the musical are both concerned with historiography and legacy—how we view, understand,...

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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Lyrics

[WASHINGTON]
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control:

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who lives
Who dies
Who tells your story?

[BURR]
President Jefferson:

[JEFFERSON]
I’ll give him this: his financial system is a
Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried
And I tried

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who lives
Who dies
Who tells your story?

[BURR]
President Madison:

[MADISON]
He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity
I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit
For all the credit he gave us

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who lives
Who dies
Who tells your story?

[ANGELICA]
Every other founding father's story gets told
Every other founding father gets to grow old

[BURR]
But when you’re gone, who remembers your name?
Who keeps your flame?

[BURR AND MEN]
Who tells your story?
Who tells your story?

[ANGELICA AND WOMEN]
Who tells your story?
Your story?

[WOMEN]
Eliza

[ELIZA]
I put myself back in the narrative

[WOMEN]
Eliza

[ELIZA]
I stop wasting time on tears
I live another fifty years
It’s not enough

[COMPANY]
Eliza

[ELIZA]
I interview every soldier who fought by your side

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]
She tells our story

[ELIZA]
I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings
You really do write like you’re running out of—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
I rely on—

[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]
Angelica

[ELIZA]
While she’s alive—

[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]
We tell your story

[ELIZA]
She is buried in Trinity Church

[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]
Near you

[ELIZA]
When I needed her most, she was right on—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
And I’m still not through
I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
The Lord, in his kindness
He gives me what you always wanted
He gives me more—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument

[WASHINGTON]
She tells my story

[ELIZA]
I speak out against slavery
You could have done so much more if you only had—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
And when my time is up, have I done enough?

[ELIZA]
Will they tell our story?

[COMPANY]
Will they tell your story?

[ELIZA]
Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of?

[COMPANY]
The orphanage

[ELIZA]
I established the first private orphanage in New York City

[COMPANY]
The orphanage

[ELIZA]
I help to raise hundreds of children
I get to see them growing up

[COMPANY]
The orphanage

[ELIZA]
In their eyes I see you, Alexander
I see you every—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[ELIZA]
And when my time is up
Have I done enough?
Will they tell my story?

[COMPANY]
Will they tell your story?

[ELIZA]
Oh, I can’t wait to see you again
It’s only a matter of—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Time

[COMPANY]
Will they tell your story?
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?
Will they tell your story?
Who lives, who dies—

[COMPANY]
Time…
Time…
Time...

[FULL COMPANY]
Who tells your story?

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Q&A

Who wrote Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story's ?

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Who produced Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story's ?

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story was produced by Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Black Thought & ?uestlove.

When did Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton release Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?

Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton released Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story on Fri Sep 25 2015.

What did Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton say about "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"?

In Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda said of this song:

It’s unusual to end a musical with somebody other than the protagonist, but I felt like I had permission to end with Eliza after seeing Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s Caroline, or Change. At the end of the show, Caroline’s daught...

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Does the track have any certifications?

Yes, “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” was certified gold by the RIAA on June 23, 2023.

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