We Know

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Mr. Vice President, Mr. Madison, Senator Burr What is this? We have the check stubs from separate accounts Almost a thousand dollars paid in different amounts To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in 1791 Is that what you have, are you done? You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position Though virtue is not a word I'd apply to this situation To seek financial gain astray from your sacred nation And the evidence suggests you engaged in speculation An immigrant embezzling our government funds I can almost see the headline, your career is done I hope you saved some money for your daughter and son Ya best go on, run back where ya come from! Ha! You don't even know what you're asking me to confess (confess) You have nothing I don't have to tell you anything at all Unless (unless) If I can prove that I never broke the law Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw? No one else was in the room where it happened Is that a yes? Um, yes "Dear sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth In the pockets of people like me down on their luck You see, that was my wife who you decided to—" Whaaaat? She courted me Escorted me to bed And when she had me in the corner That's when Reynolds extorted me For a sordid fee I paid him quarterly I may have mortally wounded my prospects But my papers are orderly As you can see, I kept a record of every check in my checking history Check it again against your list and see consistency I never spent a cent that wasn't mine You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine Yes, I have reason for shame But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name As you can see, I have done nothing to provoke legal action Are my answers to your satisfaction? My god Gentlemen, let's go So? The people won't know what we know Burr, how do I know you won't use this against me The next time we go toe to toe? Alexander, rumors only grow And we both know what we know