Lin-Manuel Miranda - Say No To This (Draft 11.7.13) lyrics
[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] f** [JAMES] Uh-oh! You made the wrong would-be s**er a cuckold So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled And hey, you can keep seein' my who*e 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