It's Quiet Uptown Lyrics - Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton

There are moments that the words don't reach 

There is suffering too terrible to name 

You hold your child as tight as you can 

And push away the unimaginable 

The moments when you're in so deep 

It feels easier to just swim down 

The Hamiltons move uptown 

And learn to live with the unimaginable 

I spend hours in the garden 

I walk alone to the store 

And it's quiet uptown 

I've never liked the quiet before 

I take the children to church on Sunday 

A sign of the cross at the door 

And I pray 

That never use to happen before 

If you see him in the street 

Walking by himself 

Talking to himself 

Have pity 

Philip, you would like it uptown 

It's quiet uptown 

He is working through the unimaginable 

His hair has gone grey 

He passes every day 

They say he walks the length of the city 

You knock me out, I fall apart 

Can you imagine? 

Look at where we are 

Look at where we started 

I know I don't deserve you, Eliza 

But hear me out 

That would be enough 

If I could spare his life 

If I could trade his life for mine 

He'd be standing here right now 

And you would smile 

And that would be enough 

I don't pretend to know 

The challenges we're facing 

I know there's no replacing 

What we've lost 

And you need time 

But I'm not afraid 

I know who I married 

Just let me stay here by your side 

That would be enough 

If you see him in the street 

Walking by her side 

Talking by her side 

Have pity 

Eliza, do you like it uptown? 

It's quiet uptown 

He is trying to do the unimaginable 

See them walking in the park 

Long after dark 

Taking in the signs of the city 

Look around, look around 

Eliza 

They are trying to do the unimaginable 

There are moments that the words don't reach 

There is a grace too powerful to name 

We push away what we can never understand 

We push away the unimaginable 

They are standing in the garden 

Alexander by Eliza's side 

She takes his hand 

It's quiet uptown 

Forgiveness 

Can you imagine? 

Forgiveness 

Can you imagine? 

If you see him in the street 

Walking by her side 

Talking by her side 

Have pity 

They are going through the unimaginable