1776: But, Mr. Adams

All right, gentlemen, let's get on with it
 Which of us will write our Declaration of Independence?
 Mr. Adams, I say you should write it
 To your legal mind and brilliance we defer
 Is that so?
 Well, if I'm the one to do it
 They'll run their quill pens through it
 I'm obnoxious and disliked, you know that, sir
 Yes, I know
 But I say you should write it, Franklin
 Yes, you
 Hell, no
 Yes, you, Dr. Franklin
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 Mr. Adams, but Mr. Adams
 The things I write are only light extemporania
 I won't put politics on paper, it's a mania
 So I refuse to use the pen in Pennsylvania
 Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
 Refuse to use the pen
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 Mr. Sherman, I say you should write it
 You are never controversial, as it were
 That is true
 Whereas if I'm the one to do it
 They'll run their quill pens through it
 I'm obnoxious and disliked
 You know that, sir
 Yes, I do
 Then I say you should write it, Roger
 Yes, you
 Good heavens, no!
 Yes you, Roger Sherman
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 Mr. Adams, but Mr. Adams
 I cannot write with any style or proper etiquette
 I don't know a participle from a predicate
 I am just a simple cobbler from Connecticut
 Connecticut, Connecticut
 A simple cobbler, he
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 Mr. Livingston, maybe you should write it
 You have many friends and you're a diplomat
 Oh, that word
 Whereas if I'm the one to do it
 They'll run their quill pens through it
 He's obnoxious and disliked
 Did you know that?
 I hadn't heard
 So I say you should write it, Robert
 Yes, you
 Not me, Johnny
 Yes, you, Robert Livingston
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 Mr. Adams, dear Mr. Adams
 I've been presented with a new son by the noble stork
 So I am going home to celebrate and pop the cork
 With all the Livingstons together back in old New York
 New York, New York
 Livingston's going to pop a cork
 Well, Mr. Jefferson?
 Mr. Adams, leave me alone!
 Mr. Jefferson!
 Mr. Adams, I have not seen my wife for
 The past six months. I beg of you, Mr. Adams-
 "And we solemnly declare that we will preserve our liberties being
 With one mind resolve to die free men rather than to live slaves
 Thomas Jefferson, on the Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775
 Magnificent
 You write ten times better than any man in Congress
 Including me
 For a man of only thirty-three years
 You have a happy talent of composition
 And a remarkable felicity of expression
 Now, then, Sir
 Will you be a patriot or a lover?
 A lover
 No!
 But, I burn, Mr. A!
 So do I, Mr. J!
 You?
 You do?
 John!
 Who'd have thought it?
 Mr. Jefferson
 Dear Mr. Jefferson
 I'm only forty-one
 I still have my virility
 And I can romp through Cupid's grove with great agility
 But life is more than sexual combustibility
 Bustibility!
 Bustibility!
 Combustabil-
 Quiet!
 Mr. Adams
 Damn you, Mr. Adams
 You're obnoxious and disliked
 That cannot be denied
 Once again you stand between me
 And my lovely bride
 Lovely bride!
 Oh, Mr. Adams
 You are driving me
 To homicide!
 Homicide!
 Homicide!
 We may see murder yet!