Helpless Lyrics - Lin-manuel Miranda

[Hamilton/Burr/Laurens/All women (except Eliza):] 

Hey hey hey hey 

[Eliza (all women):] 

Oh, I do I do I do I (Hey hey hey hey) 

Dooo! Hey! (Hey hey hey hey) 

Oh, 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 

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[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 (all women):] 

Grab my sister and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine." (Ooh) 

My sister made her way across the room to you (Ooh) 

And I got nervous, thinking, "What's she gonna do?" (Ooh) 

She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinkin' "I'm through" (Ooh) 

Then you look back at me, and suddenly I'm... 

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Helpless! 

Oh, look at those eyes (Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit) 

Oh! Yeah, I'm helpless, I know 

(Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em) 

(I'm helpless!) 

I'm so into you, 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 

[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, 'cause 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 in the living room stressin' (stressin') 

My father's stone-faced 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 (Ooh) 

My father makes his way across the room to you (Ooh) 

I panic for a second, thinking, "We're through." (Ooh) 

But then he shakes your hand and says, "Be true." (Ooh) 

And you turn back to me smiling, and I'm... 

(Hey!) 

Helpless! 

(Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit) 

I'm helpless, hoo 

(Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em I'm helpless!) 

Yes mommy, that boy is mine 

(Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit) 

(I'm helpless!) 

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... 

[Hamilton (Eliza) {all women}:] 

{Helpless!} (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 drownin' in 'em} 

(Down for the count and I'm) 

My life is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza's in it {Helpless!} 

(I look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit) 

{Helpless!} 

(I'm) {Helpless!} 

{Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em} 

[*wedding march plays*] 

[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