EDISON:
This war has gotten too bizarre
and has caused too many scars.
Have we forgotten who we are?
And have we now gone too far?

What if they look at me someday,
read the facts, and then they say:
"Who cares if Thomas brought us light?
His teacher in the end was right."

CHOIR:
You’re not that smart!

EDISON:
This will not stand!

CHOIR:
You have no heart!

EDISON:
All that I’ve planned

CHOIR:
When they look back

EDISON:
Has changed the world.

CHOIR:
They’ll only see a hack.
You're just a fraud!

EDISON:
Tell that to God!

CHOIR:
Your mom was wrong!

EDISON:
No, she was strong!

CHOIR:
You killed a dog!

EDISON:
This dialogue is over.

Sorry if I disappoint,
but to be fair, you missed my point
and everyone will see that I was
RIGHT to fire that Serbian!
If I could I would again!
Does he not know who I am?
Or does he not give a damn?

And when it comes to energy,
in your homes all that you see
is still all done with my DC.
Essentially, you still need me.

EDISON: (spoken)
So even if they do switch to this AC system; even if I lose, everything in your homes still uses DC: I win either way!

CHOIR:
What if you're wrong?

EDISON:
I know I'm not!

CHOIR:
Before too long-

EDISON:
I even thought-

CHOIR:
-it all breaks down.

EDISON:
-they'd come around.

CHOIR:
You know he's right!

EDISON:
It's not his place!

CHOIR:
Just drop the fight!

EDISON:
And be disgraced?

CHOIR:
They will rewrite

EDISON:
-my history, but I made
fluoroscopes and vitascopes
and fluorescents and incandescents,
telegraphs and phonographs,
and motographs, and mimeographs,
and generators, regulators,
separators, phone transmitters,
motion picture industries and nickel iron batteries.

(spoken)
And for all I've made, not a single weapon has ever come from my laboratory.

Oh – and I invented the word “hello.” You look that up.

(sung)
And one thing I'll take credit for,
is when that KID walked through my door,
he learned his trade upon my floor,
and now he claims he's something more.

He says I lie and steal and worse,
but don’t forget: I FOUND HIM FIRST.
What would he be without me?
A hero needs an enemy.

Though I know I've done enough,
and besting me, that would be tough,
the thing that’s got me up at night
is the thought: "What if he's right?"

CHOIR:
You’re just a thief!
Merely a hack!
You’re not that bright!
You’re just a fraud!
Your mom was wrong!
You killed a dog!

-----

WESTINGHOUSE: (spoken)
We need to talk, Nikola. Edison’s going to beat us in the bid to power the world’s fair.

TESLA:
Why?

WESTINGHOUSE:
It’s our contract. As long as I’m paying you for every horsepower of electricity, alternating current will be more expensive than Edison’s DC.

TESLA:
That can’t be right. How much would you have to pay me if we won the bid?

WESTINGHOUSE:
John D. Rockefeller would be demoted to the world’s second-richest man.

TESLA:
Then there’s only one thing to do-

(rip)

WESTINGHOUSE:
Nikola, I meant we need to revise it, re-negotiate-

TESLA:
I don't care about the money. Edison does. That's why we're right, and it’s why we will win. It's basic human decency.

-----

EDISON:
Though I know I've done enough
and besting me, that would be tough.
The thing that’s got me up at night
is the thought: What if he's right?

TESLA:
Hey, Thomas, some free advice:
Money's a small sacrifice.
It's high-time to end this fight,
for we both know that I’m right.