[Intro – fast drum hit, ensemble shouting] ENSEMBLE: Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Make him— JUMP! [Verse 1 – Legislature chaos, overlapping lines] LEGISLATORS (shouting over each other): “Call the vote!” “Block the bill!” “We got quorum, ring the bell!” “Someone count the heads again— I swear someone ran for hell!” Reporter (spoken): Breaking news—Springfield’s on fire! ENSEMBLE (sung): And Lincoln’s caught inside the choir! [Verse 2 – Lincoln enters, breathless] LINCOLN (half-sung, half-panicked but funny): Now hold on, gentlemen—hold on! We don’t have quorum—this feels wrong! If they pass this fool amendment Then the whole state’s gonna burn by dawn! LEGISLATOR: Sit down, Abe! You’re in the room! That means the vote goes BOOM-BOOM-BOOM! LINCOLN (gulp): …Well. Not if I leave the room. ENSEMBLE (gasp): OHHHHHHH! [Pre-Chorus – funky rhythmic chant] ENSEMBLE (stomping rhythm): Jump—jump—jump—jump— Lincoln’s gonna JUMP— LINCOLN (aside): I cannot believe this is my life. 🎉 [CHORUS – high-energy, joyful chaos] ENSEMBLE: Jump, Abe, jump! You gotta break the quorum! Jump, Abe, jump! They’re yellin’ and they’re soarin’! Jump, Abe, jump! Throw your dignity aside! If democracy’s in danger— TAKE THE WINDOW RIDE! LINCOLN (yelling): Oh Lord—okay—HERE I GO! HE RUNS. ENSEMBLE (screaming): JUMP! [Verse 3 – slow-mo comedy] Narrator-style ENSEMBLE (dramatic): He leaps like a heron in the prairie mist… He flies like a scarecrow that got double-fist kissed… He flaps like a flag in a tornado twist… LINCOLN (falling): WHY DIDN’T I THINK THIS THROUGH FIRST?! ⚡ [Bridge – he hits the ground… rhythm continues] THUMP. ENSEMBLE (whisper-scream): Ohhhh— He lived. LINCOLN (from outside window): I’M FINE! ENSEMBLE (explodes): HE DID IT! HE DID IT! HE BROKE THE DAMN QUORUM! 🎶 [Final Chorus – even bigger, triumphant comedy] ENSEMBLE: Jump, Abe, jump! That’s the Springfield thunder! Jump, Abe, jump! Goin’ down in local wonder! Jump, Abe, jump! Every history book will say— “That tall man saved the Union… BY YEETING HIMSELF AWAY!” LINCOLN (dusting himself off, proud & sheepish): Gentlemen… democracy preserved. ENSEMBLE: JUMP!!!
