[Brom, spoken]
In conclusion, while the Battle of Pelham was one of the less bloody skirmishes of the Revolutionary War, it just goes to show
Even in 1776
You had to watch your ass in the Bronx

(sung)
Okay, so hey, maybe it's not NYU
Sure, but, so what? Sometimes you have to make do
Something, somehow, somewhere, could someday come through
For me, for us
Maybe I don't teach at an Ivy League school
Maybe I won't reach a position that cool
Maybe this is it
But I'm nobody's fool, I'm trying
Plus, she never promised me all of her heart
She only promised till death do us part
And I so love her
She's so unhappy
And I can see it
And it upsets me
And she starts crying
And I can't think of anything to say
And so I hide away
Inside history
Clear, consistent
History
Age-resistant
History
Staggeringly vast
No guessing games
Facts and figures
Dates and names
Written down in history
Records of the past

I can't be that hero
Who'll whisk her away
Just plant me at home
And its doubtful I'd stray
She can't see that sometimes you just have to
Stay slow and low-key
What's so wrong with that?
What's so wrong with this town?
What's so wrong with Kat?
Why that permanent frown?
Why'd she rather chat with that teacher from down in NYC
In her he stirs something latent it seems
Reviving all of her juvenile dreams
I used to have that
I used to dream too
I used to fear I would end up here teaching

History
Wanted to be
Somebody
Never thought I'd fail
But I make the best of it
Just have to shake the rest of it
Can't rewrite the history
Can't erase the trail
Bad enough to watch as she
Tries to solve the mystery
Of our tragic history
A pathetic tale