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Helpless

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Helpless

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Ohh, I do I do I do I do! Hey!

Ohh, I do I do I do I do!

Boy, you got me

Helpless

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

I'm helpless!

Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em

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

Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine

Grab my sister, and whisper

Yo, this one's mine

(Oh)

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

And I got nervous, thinking

What's she gonna do? (oh)

She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinkin'

I'm through (oh)

Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm

Helpless!

Look into your eyes (oh, look at those eyes)

And the sky's the limit (oh)

I'm helpless, (I know)

Down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em

I'm helpless! (I'm so into you)

Look into your eyes (I am so)

And the sky's the limit (into you)

I'm helpless! (I know)

I'm down for the count

And I'm drownin'in 'em

Where are you taking me?

I'm about to change your life

Then by all means, lead the way

Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you

Schuyler?

My sister

Thank you for all your service

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will

Have been worth it

I'll leave you to it

One week later

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

I'm just sayin', if you really loved me

You would share him

Ha!

Two weeks later

In the living room stressin'

My father's stonefaced

While you're asking for his 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 (oh)

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

I panic for a second, thinking

We're through (oh)

But then he shakes your hand and says

Be true (oh)

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

Helpless

Look into your eyes

And the sky's the limit I'm

Helpless

Down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em I'm

Helpless

He's mine, 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

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

(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 I'm)

My life is gon' be fine cuz Eliza's in it

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

Down 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

Helpless!

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