Honor
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