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!

(Work, work!)

The Schuyler sisters!

Angelica!

Peggy!

Eliza!

(Work!)

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…

She's lookin' for me!

Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work!)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work! (Work, work!)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work! (Work, work!)

Whooaaaaa!

Work!

Wooh!

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

Ah, so you've discussed me

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

So listen to my declaration:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident

That all men are created equal”

And when I meet Thomas Jefferson

Unh!

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!

Cuz I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine (Look around, look around)

So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane (The revolution's happening in—)

You want a revolution? I want a revelation (New York! In New York!)

So listen to my declaration:

We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal (Look around! Look around!)

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 greatest city in the world!

Work, work!

Angelica!

Work, work!

Eliza!

And Peggy!

The Schuyler sisters!

We're looking for a mind at work!

(Work, work!)

Hey!

Whooa!

In the greatest city—

In the greatest city

Whoooa!

In the world! (In the greatest city in the world!)