Honor - Eric Hansen

MY NAME IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON

I DIED BY THE GUN OF AARON BURR

DEVOTED FATHER, DEDICATED CHRISTIAN

ATTORNEY, STATESMAN

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

I AM AARON BURR

UNITED STATES VICE PRESIDENT

ATTORNEY GENERAL, SENATOR

I KILLED ALEXANDER HAMILTON

I AM A MAN OF HONOR

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY

OR WE’LL CROSS THE MIGHTY HUDSON

ONE OF US WILL DIE TODAY

WITH A GUN AS MY WEAPON

I SHALL AIM TO KILL

ON THE CLIFFS OF WEEHAWKEN

YOU KNOW I SURELY WILL

STAND UP

FACE DESTRUCTION

TEN STEPS… TO THE

DANCE OF DEATH

MEET YOU IN

THE FIELD OF HONOR

WHERE YOU SHALL DRAW

YOUR FINAL BREATH

THE SKY WAS CLEAR

THE AIR HUNG HEAVY WITH A SICKENING FEELING OF DOOM

THE BLACKBIRDS

WERE GHOSTLY QUIET

FOR THEY KNEW

THEY KNEW

YES, THEY KNEW

TWO SHOTS RANG OUT

ONE MAN FELL

THE BULLET RIPPED THROUGH HIS SIDE

AS ALEXANDER LAY THERE GASPING FOR LIFE

ACROSS THE RIVER

HIS WIDOW CRIED

FOR SHE KNEW

SOMEHOW SHE KNEW

BOTH MEN THOUGHT THEY WERE RIGHT

BOTH MEN WERE WILLING TO FIGHT

NOBODY WINS IF SOMEBODY DIES

SO, HERE LIES ALEXANDER HAMILTON

HE DIED FOR THE HONOR OF HIS NAME

HIS HAND SHOOK, HIS MIND FALTERED

ONE PROUD MOMENT

HIS LIFE WAS OVER

HERE STANDS AARON BURR

HIS HAND WAS STILL

HIS AIM WAS SURE