Schuyler Defeated

Look! 快看！
Grandpa’s in the paper!
報紙上有老頭子！
“War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr”
護國英雄菲利普•斯凱勒失去了他參議院的新貴波爾
Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate
輸掉了他在參議院的一席之地
Sometimes that's how it goes
世事難料不如意事常八九
Daddy's gonna find out any minute
父親隨時會知道
I'm sure he already knows
不，我確定他已了然於胸
Further down
無路可退
Further down
無路可退
Let's meet the newest senator from New York
我們去見見紐約新來的議員

New York紐約——
Our senator
我們的參議員
Burr?
波爾
Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?
成為民主黨的共和黨員
Since being one put me on the up and up again
助我平步青雲
No one knows who you are or what you do
籍籍無名
They don't need to know me
沒有那個必要
They don't like you
他們不會喜歡你

Excuse me? 嗯？
Oh, Wall Street thinks you're great
噢，你是華爾街的新星
You'll always be adored by the things you create
總是被你的追隨者環繞簇擁

But upstate—但在北邊——
Wait
等等
—people think you're crooked——
人們認為你卑鄙下流
Schuyler's seat was up for grabs so I took it
斯凱勒的上座唾手可得所以我順手取過
I've always considered you a friend
我一直把你當作朋友
I don't see why that has to end
不懂為什麼走到盡頭
You changed parties to run against my father-in-law
你叛黨反對我的岳父
I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw
我改換黨籍只為抓住良機
I swear your pride will be the death of us all
你的驕傲將是我們所有人的墳墓
Beware, it goeth before the fall
當心了，死神步步逼近