Washington on Your Side Songtext
von Lin‐Manuel Miranda

It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side

Every action has its equal, opposite reactions
Thanks to Hamilton, our cab′net's fractured into factions
Try not to crack under the stress, we′re breaking down like fractions
We smack each other in the press, and we don't print retractions

I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion
The way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion
Our poorest citizens, our farmers live ration to ration
As Wall Street robs 'em blind in search of chips to cash in

This prick is askin′ for someone to bring him to task
Somebody gimme some dirt on this vacuous mass
So we can at last unmask him
I′ll pull the trigger on him, someone load the gun and cock it
While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket


It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side

Look back at the Bill of Rights (which I wrote)
The ink hasn't dried
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side

So he′s doubled the size of the government
Wasn't the trouble with much of our previous government size?
Look in his eyes (see how he lies)

Follow the scent of his enterprise
Centralizing national credit and making American credit competitive
If we don′t stop it, we aid and abet it
I have to resign

Somebody has to stand up for the South
Somebody has to stand up to his mouth
If there's a fire you′re trying to douse
You can't put it out from inside the house

I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit in
Watching him grabbin′ at power and kissin′ it
If Washington isn't gon′ listen to disciplined dissidents
This is the difference, this kid is out


(Oh) this immigrant isn't somebody we chose
(Oh) this immigrant′s keeping us all on our toes
(Oh) let's show these Federalists who they′re up against
(Oh) Southern - democratic-republicans

(Oh) let's follow the money and see where it goes
(Oh) because every second the treasury grows
(Oh) if we follow the money and see where it leads
Get in the weeds, look for the seeds of Hamilton's misdeeds

It must be nice, it must be nice
Follow the money and see where it goes
It must be nice, it must be nice
The emperor has no clothes

We won′t be invisible
We won′t be denied
Still, it must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side