A to the groom! (To the groom, to the groom, to the groom) To the bride! (To the bride, to the bride, to the bride) From your (Angelica, Angelica, Angelica) Who is always by your (By your side, by side) To your union and the hope you provide (You provide, you provide) May you (always) Be (rewind)
Rewind! I that night, I just might I remember night, I just might I remember that night, I that
I remember that night, I just Regret that night for the of my days I remember soldier boys Tripping over themselves to win our I remember that dreamlike a dream that you can't quite place But Alexander, I'll never the first time I saw your face
I have been the same Intelligent eyes in a frame And when you said "hi" I forgot my name Set my heart aflame, ev'ry aflame This is not a
You strike me as a woman who has never been
I'm I don't know what you mean, you forget yourself
You're me, I've never been satisfied
Is that
I have never been
My name's Angelica
Alexander
your fam'ly from?
Unimportant, there's a things I haven't done Just you wait, you wait
So so so So this is what it like to match wits With someone at your level! What the is the catch? it's The feeling of freedom, of seein' the It's Ben with a key and a kite! You see it, right? The conversation two minutes, maybe three minutes we said in total agreement, it's A and it's a bit of a dance A bit of a posture, it's a bit of a He's a bit of a flirt, but I'm 'a give him a I about his fam'ly, did you see his answer? His hands fidgeting, he looked askance He's penniless, flying by the seat of his pants Handsome, boy, he know it! fuzz, and he can't even grow it! I wanna take him far from this place Then I turn and see my sister's and she is
And I she is And her eyes are And I realize three truths at the exact same time
I'm a in a world in which My only job is to rich My has no sons so I'm the one Who has to climb for one Cause I'm the oldest and the and the gossip in New York is insidious And is penniless Ha! that doesn't mean I him any less (Doesn't mean I him any less) (Doesn't mean I him any less) (Doesn't mean I him any less)
He's me 'cause I'm a Schuyler sister That his status, I'd Have to be naïve to set aside Maybe is why I introduce him to Now his bride Nice going, Angelica, he was You never be satisfied (I never be satisfied) (I will be satisfied)
I know my sister I know my own mind You will find anyone as trusting or as kind If I tell her that I him she'd be silently resigned be mine She say "I'm fine" But be lying
But I fantasize at night Alexander's eyes As I what might have been If I hadn't Him up so At least my dear his wife At least I keep his eyes in my
A to the groom! (To the groom, to the groom, to the groom) To the bride! (To the bride, to the bride, to the bride) From your (Angelica, Angelica, Angelica) Who is always by your (By your side, by side) To union and the hope that you provide (You provide, you provide) May you Be
And I (yeah) She'll be happy as his And I He will be satisfied I will be satisfied