Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) [Instrumental]

The Battle of Yorktown, 1781

Monsieur Hamilton!
Monsieur Lafayette
In command where you belong
Are you saying, "No Sweat"
Were finally on the field
We've had quite a run

Immigrants, we get the job done!

So what happens if we win?
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people
If I am given the chance

We'll be with you when you do
Go, lead your men
See you on the other side
Till we meet again!

I am not throwin' away my shot!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwin' away my shot!
I'm not throwin' away my shot!
Till the world turns upside down
Till the world turns upside down!

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
This is where it gets me
On my feet, the enemy ahead of me
If this is the end of me
At least I have friend with me
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me

Then I remember Eliza's expecting me
Not only that but my Eliza's expecting
Gotta go gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!

Take the bullets out your gun!(What!)
The bullets out your gun! (What!)
We move undercover and we move as one
Through the night we have one shot
To live another day
We cannot let a stray gun shot give us away

We will fight up close
Seize the moment and stay in it
It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet
The code word is "Rochambeau", dig me? (Rochambeau!)
You have your orders now, go, man, go!

And so the American experiment begins
With my friends all scattered to the winds
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery
We will never be free until we end slavery!
When we finally drive the British away
Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!
How did know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside that's right

Hercules Mulligan!
A tailor spying on the British government!
I take their measurements, information, then I smuggle it!
To my brother's revolutionary covenant
I'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin' it!
See, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!

Left! Right! Hold!
Go!
What! What! What!

After a week of fighting
A young man in a red coat stands on a parapet
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief
And just like that it's over
We tend to our wounded
We count our dead
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom

Not yet

We negotiate the terms of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort the men out of Yorktown
They stagger home single file
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they're singing

The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down

Down, down, down, down
Freedom for America, freedom for France!
Down, down, down
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son
Down, down, down
We won!
We won!
We won!
We won!

The world turned upside down!