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"Meet Me Inside" is the 16th song of Act One of the musical Hamilton.

Charles Lee is shot in the side in the duel between he and Laurens. Washington finds out about the duel and is enraged at Hamilton, consequentially sending him home from the army to his wife.

Lyrics[]

[HAMILTON]
Lee, do you yield?

[BURR]
You shot him in the side
Yes, he yields!

[LAURENS]
I'm satisfied

[BURR]
Yo, we gotta clear the field!

[HAMILTON]
Go, we won!

[COMPANY]
Here comes the General

[BURR]
This should be fun

[WASHINGTON]
What is the meaning of this?
Mr. Burr, get a medic for the General

[BURR]
Yes, sir

[WASHINGTON]
Lee, you will never agree with me
But believe me, these young men don't speak for me
Thank you for your service

[BURR]
Let's ride!

[WASHINGTON]
Hamilton

[HAMILTON]
Sir!

[WASHINGTON]
Meet me inside

[COMPANY]
Meet him inside
Meet him inside
Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside!

[WASHINGTON]
Son—

[HAMILTON]
Don't call me son

[WASHINGTON]
This war is hard enough
Without infighting

[HAMILTON]
Lee called you out, we called his bluff

[WASHINGTON]
You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south

[HAMILTON]
You're absolutely right, John shoulda shot him in the mouth
That woulda shut him up

[WASHINGTON]
Son—

[HAMILTON]
I'm not your son

[WASHINGTON]
Watch your tone
I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown

[HAMILTON]
Charles Lee, Thomas Conway, these men take your name, and they rake it
Through the mud

[WASHINGTON]
My name's been through a lot, I can take it

[HAMILTON]
Well I don't have your name
I don't have your titles, I don't have your land
But, if you—

[WASHINGTON]
No—

[HAMILTON]
If you gave me command
Of a battalion, a group of men to lead, I could fly
Above my station after the war

[WASHINGTON]
Or you could die,
And we need you alive

[HAMILTON]
I am more than willing to die!

[WASHINGTON]
Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive—

[HAMILTON]
Call me son one more time!

[WASHINGTON]
Go home, Alexander
That's an order from your commander

[HAMILTON]
Sir—

[WASHINGTON]
Go home.

Alternate versions[]

Soundboard Recording[]

  • The only difference is that Lee calls out for Burr at the top of the song and yells "You shot me in the side!" instead of Burr after Hamilton asks if he yields.

Gallery[]


Songs in Hamilton (Broadway Production)
Act One
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr, Sir
My Shot
The Story of Tonight
The Schuyler Sisters
Farmer Refuted
You'll Be Back
Right Hand Man
A Winter's Ball
Helpless
Satisfied
The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
Wait For It
Stay Alive
Ten Duel Commandments
Meet Me Inside
That Would Be Enough
Guns And Ships
History Has Its Eyes On You
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
What Comes Next?
Dear Theodosia
Tomorrow There'll Be More Of Us
Non-Stop
Act Two
What'd I Miss
Cabinet Battle #1
Take A Break
Say No To This
The Room Where It Happens
Schuyler Defeated
Cabinet Battle #2
Washington On Your Side
One Last Time
I Know Him
The Adams Administration
We Know
Hurricane
The Reynolds Pamphlet
Burn
Blow Us All Away
Stay Alive (Reprise)
It's Quiet Uptown
The Election of 1800
Your Obedient Servant
Best of Wives and Best of Women
The World Was Wide Enough
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
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