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John Adams: Why, you write 10 times better than any man in Congress, including me. For a man of only 33 years, you possess a happy talent for composition, and a remarkable felicity of expression. Now then, sir: will you be a patriot... or a lover?
Thomas Jefferson: A lover.
John Adams: No.
Thomas Jefferson: But I burn, Mr. A.
John Adams: So do I, Mr. J.
Robert Livingston: [surprisedly] You?
Roger Sherman: You do?
Dr. Benjamin Franklin: John, who'd have thought it?
John Adams: [Adams resumes singing] 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,
John Adams: [spoken quickly as Adams abruptly stops singing to call after Jefferson] Jefferson, stop right there!
Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman: [sung as a chorus] Combustibility, combustibility, combustibili...
John Adams: [Adams abruptly stops the chorus, ending the song] Quiet!
Thomas Jefferson: A lover.
John Adams: No.
Thomas Jefferson: But I burn, Mr. A.
John Adams: So do I, Mr. J.
Robert Livingston: [surprisedly] You?
Roger Sherman: You do?
Dr. Benjamin Franklin: John, who'd have thought it?
John Adams: [Adams resumes singing] 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,
John Adams: [spoken quickly as Adams abruptly stops singing to call after Jefferson] Jefferson, stop right there!
Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman: [sung as a chorus] Combustibility, combustibility, combustibili...
John Adams: [Adams abruptly stops the chorus, ending the song] Quiet!
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You write ten times better than any man in Congress including me
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For a man of only 33 years you possess a happy talent for composition
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and a remarkable felicity of expression
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Now then sir Will you be a patriot
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or a lover
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A lover
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But I burn Mr A So do I Mr J
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Movie Summary
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
