Helpless;
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Boy you got me helpless
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Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit
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I’m helpless
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Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em
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I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
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We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
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Laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling the room
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Then you walked in and my heart went “Boom!”
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Tryin’ to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
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Everybody’s dancin' and the band’s top volume
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Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
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Grab my sister and whisper,
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“Yo, this one’s mine.”
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My sister made her way across the room to you
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And I got nervous, thinking “What’s she gonna do?”
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She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinkin’ “I’m through”
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Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m
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Helpless
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Oh, look at those eyes
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I’m helpless
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I'm so into you
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I am so into you
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I know I’m down for the count
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And I’m drownin’ in ‘em
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Where are you taking me?
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I'm about to change your life
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Then by all means, lead the way
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Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you
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Schuyler? My sister
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Thank you for all your service
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If it takes fighting a war for us to meet
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It will have been worth it
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I’ll leave you to it
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One week later
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I’m writin’ a letter nightly
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Now my life gets better
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Every letter that you write me
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Laughin’ at my sister, 'cause she wants to form a harem
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I’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you would share him
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Ha! Two weeks later
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In the living room stressin’
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My father’s stone-faced
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While you’re asking for his blessin’
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I’m dying inside, as you wine and dine
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And I’m tryin’ not to cry
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‘cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do
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My father makes his way across the room to you
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I panic for a second, thinking we’re through
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But then he shakes your hand and says,
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“Be true”
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And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’m helpless!
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That boy is mine
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That boy is mine
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Helpless, helpless
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Down for the count
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And I’m drownin’ in em
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Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name
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An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
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All I have’s my honour, a tolerance for pain
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A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
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Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
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Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
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No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
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We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll figure it out
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I’ve been livin’ without a family since I was a child
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My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
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But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that was real
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And long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God
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You’ll never feel so…
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I do I do I do I do!
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I do I do I do I do!
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I’m down for the count
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My life is gon’ be fine 'cause Eliza’s in it.
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I look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit
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I’m down for the count and I'm drownin’ in ‘em
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In New York, you can be a new man…
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In New York, you can be a new man…
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In New York, you can be a new man…
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Helpless...
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