Let It Go Lyrics

[WASHINGTON]
You know you really oughta listen to your wife, right?

[ALEXANDER]
I know

[ELIZA]
So let it go

[BURR]
Talk less!

[ENSEMBLE]
Burr!

[BURR]
Smile more!

[ENSEMBLE]
Burr!


[BURR]
Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for!

[ENSEMBLE]
Burr!
[BURR]
Shake hands with him!

[ENSEMBLE]
Burr!

[BURR]
Charm her!

[ENSEMBLE]
Burr!

[ENSEMBLE]
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Senator Aaron Burr!

[ELIZA]
Ooh

[WASHINGTON]
Let everybody know
You can take a body blow
Let everybody know
You can learn to let it go

[ELIZA]
Look around, look around at how
Lucky you are to be alive right now


[WASHINGTON/ENSEMBLE]
Let everybody know
You can take a body blow
Let everybody know
You can take a body blow
Let everybody know
You can take a body blow
Let everybody know
You can take a body blow


[ELIZA]
Look around, look around at how
Lucky you are to be alive right now

If somebody tries to lay you low

[ELIZA/WASHINGTON]
Let it go

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Taking place directly after “Schuyler Defeated” in the Off-Broadway production, Alexander yells at Eliza for interrupting his confrontation with Burr. She calms him down with the help of Washington as they advise him to let it go.

‘Let it go’ is an idiom meaning to give up a past grudge, something that Hamilton isn’t great at. For example, his relationship with Burr was always marred by the events of the past, as highlighted in ‘Your Obedient Servant’.

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    Let It Go
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February 17, 2015
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