Helpless
[00:00.78] Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh (hey, hey, hey)
[00:01.57] I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey)
[00:04.50] Hey (hey, hey)
[00:06.09] Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh (hey, hey, hey)
[00:08.76] I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey, hey)
[00:11.42] Boy, you got me helpless
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[00:14.60] Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit
[00:17.53] I'm helpless
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[00:20.99] Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em
[00:23.90] I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
[00:27.09] We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
[00:30.02] Laughin' at my sister as she's dazzling the room
[00:32.93] Then you walked in, and my heart went "boom"
[00:36.12] Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
[00:39.04] Everybody's dancin' and the band's top volume
[00:42.23] Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
[00:45.16] Grab my sister and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine"
[00:48.35] (Ohhhh)
[00:49.67] My sister made her way across the room to you (ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
[00:52.06] And I got nervous, thinking, "What's she gonna do" (ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
[00:55.51] She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinking "I'm through" (ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
[00:58.70] Then you look back at me, and suddenly I'm helpless
[01:02.42] Oh, look at those eyes, oh (look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit)
[01:06.14] I'm helpless, I know (down for the count and I'm drowning in 'em)
[01:14.11] I am so into you
[01:15.70] (Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit) I am so into you, I'm helpless
[01:22.08] (I know) I'm down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em
[01:25.53] Where are you taking me?
[01:26.33] I'm about to change your life
[01:28.45] Then by all means, lead the way
[01:30.31] Elizabeth Schuyler, it's a pleasure to meet you
[01:33.23] Schuyler? My sister
[01:34.83] Thank you for all your service
[01:36.68] If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it
[01:39.88] I'll leave you to it
[01:42.81] One week later, I'm writin' a letter nightly
[01:46.00] Now my life gets better every letter that you write me
[01:48.92] Laughin' at my sister 'cause she wants to form a harem
[01:52.11] I'm just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him (ha!)
[01:55.29] Two weeks later, in the living room stressin'
[01:58.22] My father's stone-faced while you ask him for his blessin'
[02:01.17] I'm dying inside as you wine and dine
[02:04.07] And I'm tryin' not to cry, 'cause there's nothing that your mind can't do (ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
[02:08.60] My father makes his way across the room to you (ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
[02:11.52] I panic for a second, thinking we're through (ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
[02:14.70] But then he shakes your hand and says, "Be true" (ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
[02:17.63] And you turn back to me smiling
[02:19.49] I'm helpless (I'm)
[02:22.67] (Look into your eyes, and the skys the limit)
[02:25.06] I'm helpless (helpless)
[02:28.52] (Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em) (Whoo! Helpless) that boy is mine, that boy is mine
[02:35.16] Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit
[02:37.54] I'm helpless (helpless, whoo!)
[02:40.73] Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em (yuh)
[02:43.66] Eliza, I don't have a dollar to my name
[02:46.84] An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
[02:50.03] All I have is my honor, a tolerance for pain
[02:52.68] A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
[02:55.87] Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
[02:59.06] Peggy confides in me
[03:00.12] Angelica tried to take a bite of me
[03:01.98] No stress, my love for you was never in doubt
[03:04.64] We'll get a little place in Harlem and we'll figure it out
[03:07.83] I've been livin' without a family since I was a child
[03:10.75] My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
[03:13.67] But I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real
[03:16.86] As long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to god you'll never feel so
[03:20.31] I do, I do, I do, I doooo~
[03:22.96] Eliza, I do, I do, I do, I dooo~ (helpless)
[03:25.35] I never felt so (helpless)
[03:26.69] Yeah, yeah
[03:29.61] Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em (I'm down for a count and I'm...)
[03:32.27] Yo, my live is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza's in it (helpless)
[03:35.45] I look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit, I'mmmm~ (helpless)
[03:41.56] Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em
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[03:50.59] In New York, you can be a new man
[03:53.52] In New York, you can be a new man
[03:56.96] In New York, you can be a new~ man~ (helpless~)
