There?s nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slummin? it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
At the students in the common
Just to watch them talk
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at?
Work, work! Angelica!
Work, work! Eliza!
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
Angelica!
NC
Work!
Verse
Daddy said to be home by sundown
Daddy doesn?t need to know
Daddy said not to go downtown
Like I said, you?re free to go
But?look around, look around, the
Revolution?s happening in New York New York Angelica
Work!
It?s bad enough daddy wants to go to war
People shouting in the square
It?s bad enough there?ll be violence on our shore
New ideas in the air
Look around, look around?
Angelica, remind me what we?re looking for?
NC
Eliza, I?m lookin? for a mind at work
I?m lookin? for a mind at work!
I?m lookin? for a mind at work!
Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!
Work!
Verse
There?s nothin? like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin? pretty
Excuse me, miss, I know it?s not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy?s got money
Why you slummin? in the city in your fancy heels
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Burr, you disgust me
NC
I?m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
I?ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I?m intense or I?m insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
?We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal?
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
I?m ?a compel him to include women in the sequel!
Work!
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world!
In the greatest city in the world!
Verse
Cuz I?ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I?m intense or I?m insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
We hold these truths to be self evident
That all men are created equal
Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world!
Outro
Work, work! Angelica!
Eliza!
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
We?re looking for a mind at
work!
Whoa!
In the greatest
City in the world