Helpless

HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS
Hey
Hey
Hey hey
HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL
WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA)
Hey hey hey hey
ELIZA ALL WOMEN
Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey
Dooo! Hey! Hey hey hey hey
Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey
Dooo! Boy, you got me Hey hey hey
ELIZA AND WOMEN
Helpless!
Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’m
helpless!
Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
ELIZA
I 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
room
then 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 WOMEN
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.
ELIZA
Grab my sister, and
whisper, “Yo, this
one’s mine.” ALL WOMEN
Oooh
My sister made her
way across the room
to you Oooh
and I got nervous,
thinking “What’s she
gonna do?” Oooh
She grabbed you by
the arm, I’m thinkin’
“I’m through” Oooh
Then you look back at
me and suddenly I’m
Helpless! Helpless!
Oh, look at those eyes,
Look into your eyes,
Oh! And the sky’s the limit
Yeah, I’m I’m
helpless, I know Helpless!
Down for the count,
And I’m drownin’
in ‘em.
I’m so into you, I’m helpless!
I am so into you.
Look into your eyes,
And the sky’s the
limit I’m
helpless!
I know, I’m down for
the count
And I’m drownin’
in ‘em. Down for the count,
And I’m drownin’
in ‘em
HAMILTON
Where are you taking me?
ANGELICA
I’m about to change your life.
HAMILTON
Then by all means, lead the way.
ELIZA
Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet
you.
HAMILTON
Schuyler?
ANGELICA
My sister.
ELIZA
Thank you for all your service.
HAMILTON
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will
have been worth it.
ANGELICA
I’ll leave you to it.
ELIZA AND WOMEN
One week later
ELIZA
I’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.
ANGELICA
I’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you
would share him.
ELIZA ALL WOMEN
Ha! Two weeks later,
Two weeks later,
In the living room
stressin’, stressin’
my father’s stonefaced
while you’re asking
for his
blessin’. blessin’.
I’m dying inside, as
you wine
and dine
and I’m tryin’ not to
cry, ‘cause
there’s nothing that
your mind can’t do. Oooh
My father makes his
way across the room
to you. Oooh
I panic for a second,
thinking, “we’re
through” Oooh
But then he shakes
your hand and says,
“Be true” Oooh
And you turn back to
me, smiling, and I’m
Helpless! Helpless!
Look into your eyes,
and the sky’s the
limit I’m
Helpless! Helpless!
Hoo! Down for the count,
and I’m drownin’ in
‘em I’m
helpless!
That boy is mine,
that boy is mine! Look into your eyes,
And the sky’s the
limit I’m
Helpless! Helpless! helpless!
Down for the count, Down for the count,
And I’m drownin’
in ‘em
and I’m drownin’
in ‘em
helpless!
Down for the count,
and I’m drownin’
in ‘em
HAMILTON
Eliza, 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 WOMEN
ELIZA Helpless!
HAMILTON
I do I do I do
I do!
Eliza…
Helpless!
I do I do I do
I do!
I’ve never
felt so- Helpless!
Hey! Yeah,
yeah!
Down for the
count and
I’m
I’m drownin’
in ‘em
Down for the
count, I’mMy life is gon’
be fine
Helpless!
cuz Eliza’s
in it.
I look into
your eyes, Helpless!
and the sky’s
the limit
I’m
Helpless!
…drownin’
in ‘em.
Down for the
count,
and I’m
drownin’ in
‘em.
ALL WOMEN
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…
ELIZA
Helpless.