Sherman Edwards - But, Mr. Adams текст песни

John Adams:
(All right, gentlemen, let's get on with it. Which of us will write our Declaration of Independence?)

Benjamin Franklin:
Mr. Adams, I say you should write it
To your legal mind and brilliance we defer

John Adams:
Is that so?
Well, if I'm the one to do it
They'll run their quill pens through it
I'm obnoxious and disliked, you know that, sir

Benjamin Franklin:
(Yes, I know)

John Adams:
But I say you should write it, Franklin
Yes, you

Benjamin Franklin:
Hell, no

John Adams:
Yes, you, Dr. Franklin
You

Benjamin Franklin:
But-

John Adams:
You

Benjamin Franklin:
But-

John Adams:
You

Benjamin Franklin:
But-
Mr. Adams, but Mr. Adams
The things I write are only light extemporania
I won't put politics on paper, it's a mania
So I refuse to use the pen in Pennsylvania

Glee Club:
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
Refuse to use the pen

John Adams:
Mr. Sherman, I say you should write it
You are never controversial, as it were

Roger Sherman:
(That is true.)

John Adams:
Whereas if I'm the one to do it
They'll run their quill pens through it
I'm obnoxious and disliked
You know that, sir

Roger Sherman:
(Yes, I do.)

John Adams:
Then I say you should write it, Roger
Yes, you

Roger Sherman:
Good heavens, no!

John Adams:
Yes you, Roger Sherman
You

Roger Sherman:
But-

John Adams:
You

Roger Sherman:
But-

John Adams:
You

Roger Sherman:
But-
Mr. Adams, but Mr. Adams
I cannot write with any style or proper etiquette
I don't know a participle from a predicate
I am just a simple cobbler from Connecticut

Glee Club:
Connecticut, Connecticut
A simple cobbler, he

John Adams:
Mr. Livingston, maybe you should write it
You have many friends and you're a diplomat

Benjamin Franklin:
(Oh, that word.)

John Adams:
Whereas if I'm the one to do it
They'll run their quill pens through it

Glee Club:
He's obnoxious and disliked
Did you know that?

Robert Livingston:
(I hadn't heard.)

John Adams:
So I say you should write it, Robert
Yes, you

Robert Livingston:
(Not me, Johnny)

John Adams:
Yes, you, Robert Livingston
You

Robert Livingston:
But-

John Adams:
You

Robert Livingston:
But-

John Adams:
You

Robert Livingston:
But
Mr. Adams, dear Mr. Adams
I've been presented with a new son by the noble stork
So I am going to celebrate and pop the cork
With all the Livingstons together back in old New York

Glee Club:
New York, New York
Livingston's going to pop a cork

John Adams:
(Well, Mr. Jefferson?)

Thomas Jefferson:
Mr. Adams, leave me alone!

John Adams:
(Mr. Jefferson!)

Thomas Jefferson:
(Mr. Adams, I have not seen my wife for the past six months. I beg of you, Mr. Adams-)

John Adams:
("And we solemnly declare that we will preserve our liberties being with one mind resolve to die free men rather than to live slaves." Thomas Jefferson, on the Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775. Magnificent. You write ten times better than any man in Congress. Including me. For a man of only thirty-three years, you have a happy talent of composition and a remarkable felicity of expression. Now, then, sir. Will you a patriot or a lover?)

Thomas Jefferson:
(A lover.)

John Adams:
No!

Thomas Jefferson:
But, I burn, Mr. A!

John Adams:
So do I, Mr. J!

Thomas Jefferson:
(You?)

Roger Sherman:
(You do?)

Benjamin Franklin:
(John!)

Robert Livingston:
(Who'd have thought it?)

John Adams:
Mr. Jefferson
Dear Mr. Jefferson
I'm only forty-one
I still have my virility
And I can romp through Cupid's grove with great agility
But life is more than sexual combustibility

Glee Club:
Bustibility!
Bustibility!
Combustabil-

John Adams:
(QUIET!)

Thomas Jefferson:
Mr. Adams
Damn you, Mr. Adams
You're obnoxious and disliked
That cannot be denied

Once again you stand between me
And my lovely bride

Glee Club:
Lovely bride!

Thomas Jefferson:
Oh, Mr. Adams
You are driving me
To homicide!

Glee Club:
Homicide!
Homicide!
We may see murder yet!