Helpless
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Cast List:
Women | Eliza | Angelica | Hamilton
WOMEN
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
ELIZA
Ohh, I do I do I do I
Dooo! Hey!
Ohh, I do I do I do I
Dooo! Boy you got me
ELIZA/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/WOMEN
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
ELIZA
Grab my sister, and
Whisper, “Yo, this
One’s mine.”
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
My sister made her way across the room to you
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
And I got nervous, thinking “What’s she gonna do?”
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinkin’ “I’m through”
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m
Helpless!
Oh, look at those eyes
Oh!
Yeah, I’m
Helpless, I know
I’m so into you
I am so into you
I know I’m down for the count
And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
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
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.
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/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
Ha!
Two weeks later
In the living room stressin’
WOMEN
Stressin’
ELIZA
My father’s stone-faced
While you’re asking for his blessin’
WOMEN
Blessin’
ELIZA
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
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
My father makes his way across the room
To you
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
I panic for a second, thinking
“We’re through”
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
But then he shakes your hand and says
“Be true”
WOMEN
Oooh
ELIZA
And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’m
Helpless!
Helpless!
Hoo!
That boy is mine
That boy is mine!
Helpless! Helpless!
Down for the count
And I’m drownin’ in em
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 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
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…
ELIZA
I do I do I do I do!
I do I do I do I do!
Hey, yeah, yeah!
I’m down for the count
I’m—
I look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit
I’m
…drownin’ in ‘em.
WOMEN
Helpless!
Helpless!
Helpless!
Down for the count
And I’m drownin’ in ‘em
Helpless!
Helpless!
Helpless!
Down for the count
And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
HAMILTON
Eliza…
I’ve never felt so—
My life is gon’ be fine cuz Eliza’s in it.
(Wedding march plays)
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