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I love the music. A couple of the songs are not so good, but some are great. I love “Yours, yours, yours,” it’s got a good march, and Dear Mr. Adams has a great tune and lyric.

But “Cool Considerate Men” toasts me. So glad they left it out of the theatrical version. The idea that the founding fathers were LEFTISTS? What planet were they on? The idea of limited government is frankly and openly hated by the left nowadays, and they have no problem saying they don’t like the founding fathers’ ideas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXlXJa1dQPw

Franklin:
Mr. Adams, I say you should write it
To your legal mind and brilliance we defer

Adams:
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

Franklin:
Yes, I know

Adams:
So I say you should write it Franklin, yes you

Franklin:
Hell, no!

Adams:
Yes, you, Dr. Franklin, you
but, you, but, you, but

Franklin:
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

Others:
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, refuse to use the pen

Adams:
Mr. Sherman, I say you should write it
You are never controversial as it were

Sherman:
That is true

Adams:
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

Sherman:
Yes, I do

Adams:
So I say you should write it, Sherman, yes you

Sherman:
Good heavens, no!

Adams:
Yes you, Roger Sherman, you
but, you, but, you, but

Sherman:
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

Others:
Connecticut, Connecticut, a simple cobbler he

Adams:
Mr. Livingston, maybe you should write it
You have many friends and you’re a diplomat

Franklin:
Oh, that word!

Adams:
Whereas if I’m the one to do it
They’ll run their quill pens through it

Others:
He’s obnoxious and disliked; did you know that?
Livingston:
I hadn’t heard

Adams:
So I say you should write it, Robert, yes you
Livingston:
Not me, Johnny!

Adams:
Yes you, Robert Livingston, you
but you but you but

Livingston:
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

Others:
New York, New York, Livingston’s going to pop a cork

Jefferson:
Mr. Adams, leave me alone!

Adams:
Mr. Jefferson, dear Mr. Jefferson
I’m only 41; I still have my virility
And I can romp through Cupid’s Grove with great agility
But life is more than sexual combustibility

Others:
Combustibility, combustibility, combustibili...

Jefferson:
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
Oh, Mr. Adams, you are driving me to homicide!

Others:
Homicide, homicide, we may see murder yet!