Helpless
ELIZAOhh, I do I do I do IDooo! Hey!Ohh, I do I do I do IDooo! Boy you got me
ELIZA AND WOMENHelpless!Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’m helpless!Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
ELIZAI have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight.We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night,laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling the roomthen you walked in and my heart went “Boom!”Tryin’ to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom,everybody’s dancin’ and the band’s top volume.
ELIZA AND WOMENGrind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.
ELIZAGrab my sister, andwhisper, “Yo, thisone’s mine.”
My sister made her way across the room to youand I got nervous, thinking “What’s she gonna do?”She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinkin’ “I’m through”Then you look back at me and suddenly I’mHelpless!Oh, look at those eyes,
ALL WOMENLook into your eyes,And the sky’s the limit
ELIZAI’m helpless, I know
ALL WOMENDown for the count,And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
ELIZAI’m so into you,I am so into you.I know I’m down for the countAnd I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
HAMILTONWhere are you taking me?
ANGELICAI’m about to change your life.
HAMILTONThen by all means, lead the way.
ELIZAElizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you.
HAMILTONSchuyler?
ANGELICAMy sister.
ELIZAThank you for all your service.
HAMILTONIf it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it.
ANGELICAI’ll leave you to it.
ELIZA AND WOMENOne week later
ELIZAI’m writin’ a letter nightly.Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me.Laughin’ at my sister, cuz she wants to form a harem.
ANGELICAI’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you would share him.
ELIZAHa!Two weeks later,In the living room stressin’My father’s stone-facedwhile you’re asking for his blessin’.I’m dying inside, asyou wineand dineand I’m tryin’ not to cry,‘cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do.My father makes his way across the roomto you.I panic for a second, thinking,“we’re through”But then he shakes your hand and says,“Be true”And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’mHelpless!
ALL WOMENHelpless!Look into your eyes,and the sky’s thelimit I’mHelpless!Down for the count,and I’m drownin’ in‘em I’mhelpless!
ELIZAThat boy is mine,that boy is mine!
ALL WOMENLook into your eyes,and the sky’s thelimit I’mHelpless!Down for the count,and I’m drownin’ in‘em I’mhelpless!
HAMILTONEliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name,an acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame.All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain,a couple of college credits and my top-notch brain.Insane, your family brings out a different side of me,Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me,no stress, my love for you is never in doubt.We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll figure it out.I’ve been livin’ without a family since I was a child.My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild.But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that was real,and long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God,you’ll never feel so…
ALL WOMENHelpless!
ELIZAI do I do I do I do!
HAMILTONEliza…
ELIZAI do I do I do I do!
HAMILTONI’ve never felt so—
ALL WOMENHelpless!
ELIZAHey, yeah, yeah!
ALL WOMENI’m down for the count,and I’m drownin’ in ‘em
HAMILTONMy life is gon’ be fine cuz Eliza’s in it.
ELIZAI look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limitI’m
ALL WOMENdown for the count,and I’m drownin’ in ‘em
In New York, you can be a new man…in New York, you can be a new man…In New York, you can be a new man…
ELIZAHelpless.