I’mma Stay At Home a Ton
Act One, Song One from
"Home-a-ton: A Quarantine Musical."
[BURR]
How does a plastered, clownin’, man about town and a
Socialite, local tight with many of the
Bartenders, spenders, and others who go out all the time
The paradigm to be seen
End up just disappearin’ from the whole scene?
[LAURENS]
The six-hundred-bourbon-drinker and beer glass clinker
Would always linger, by ordering two fingers
By being a free thinker
By being a good winker
Buy more rounds: and you’re reelin’ him in hook
line and sinker
[JEFFERSON]
And every time that I’m here feeling landed and stranded
In my office full-time, his world was growing, expanded
Outside, chasing after the something his heart demanded
The brother travelled just to see what his fav’rite band did
[MADISON]
Then a virus plague came - a real contagious strain
Our man saw his social plans canceled and constrained
Concerts knocked down, we’re on lockdown, starin’ out the window pane
Want a beer or some Champagne, but now we must abstain
[BURR]
Well, his friends shook their heads, they said, “Dude has gone insane, man
Never leaves his four walls - Howard Hughes is his new name, and
Don’t know how he does it, but that life sounds so mundane
Fam, your new lifestyle is such a shame. What's your game plan?"
[HAMILTON]
I’ve been staying home a ton
It's a pandemic, so I’m home a ton
Sure, there's a million things I’d rather done
But it’s not safe. It’s not safe
[ELIZA]
Way back in March he was unnerved, watched the curve - kept climbing
Two months later, see businesses open - inept timing
Too early – it filled his heart with dread, the bug spread
[COMPANY]
And, yeah, we’re ‘re-opened,’ but now thousands are dead
[WASHINGTON]
Moved by great emotion, his notion was we should stay inside
His was devotion to lay aside what others may decide
His mind told him:
[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]
“You’re gon’ have to entertain yourself”
[WASHINGTON]
He started cookin' and lookin' at every book upon his shelf
[BURR]
There may have been nothin' left to buy
By the time he reached July
His online shopping just multiplied
Amazon shipped it to his lanai
Started clickin', fixin' up his house when he got bored
Buying furniture, carpet, and other things he can't afford
Talkin’ to his dog out loud so has some company
Walkin’ with social distance so there’s no one to accompany
Him in this new world, while our reps failed to plan
And New York soon was worse than Wuhan
[COMPANY]
And New York soon was
worse than Wuhan-
[HAMILTON]
It's not safe!
[COMPANY]
And New York soon was
worse than Wuhan-
[HAMILTON]
It's not safe!
[COMPANY]
If you cough, you can kill someone’s nan
[WOMEN]
If you cough-
[MEN]
You cough-
[HAMILTON]
It’s not safe!
[COMPANY]
You’ve been staying home a ton
(You’ve been staying home a ton)
We just want to eat some wings with you
(wanna eat some wings with you)
Can’t you break your lockdown?
The rest of us go out some-times!
Oh, you’ve been staying home a ton
(you’ve been staying home a ton)
While America spreads the flu
Do they not have an ounce of shame?
Do they know this is not a game?
The world will never be the same, oh
[BURR]
This shit is in our back yard now
We’re the ones that brought it
[MEN]
It's not safe
[BURR]
Fox News said go out again
And all you morons bought it
[COMPANY]
It's not safe
[BURR]
We’ve overcome much more than this –
America forgot it
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]
We laughed at it
[LAURENS]
Me? Bought masks for it
[WASHINGTON]
Me? I misjudged it
[ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA]
Me? I ignored it
[BURR]
And me? I'm the damn fool that caught it
[COMPANY]
Got a wicked case of FOMO, son
But it’s not safe!
[BURR]
What's your game plan?
[COMPANY]
I’mma stay at home a ton!
