[Intro]

Hey hey hey he

y

Ohh, I do I do

 I do I

Dooo! Hey!

Ohh, I do I do

 I do I

Do!

[Chorus]

Boy you got me
     
Helpless!

  
            
Look into your

              
 eyes, and the

        
 sky’s the lim

it 

I’m helpless!

Down for the c

ount, and I’m 

drownin’ in ‘e

m

[Verse]

I have never b

een the type t

o try and grab

 the spotlight

We were at a r

evel with some

 rebels on a h

ot night
             
Laughin’ at my

              
 sister as she

              
’s dazzling th

 
e room

Then you walke

d in and my he

art went “Boom

!”

Tryin’ to catc

h your eye fro

m the side of 

the ballroom

Everybody’s da

ncin’ and the 

band’s top vol

ume
             
Grind to the r

              
hythm as we wi

      
ne and dine

Grab my sister

, and whisper,

 
              
“Yo, this one’

    
s mine.”
           
Ooh, My sister

              
 made her way 

              
across the roo

      
m to you
             
And I got nerv

              
ous, thinking 

          
“What’s she go

     
nna do?”
              
She grabbed yo

              
u by the arm, 

      
I’m thinkin’ “

          
I’m through”

Then you look 

back at me and

 suddenly I’m

[Chorus]

Helpless!
       
Oh, look at th

     
ose eyes

Yeah, I’m
        
Helpless, I kn

  
ow

Down for the c

ount and I'm d

rowning in 'em
            
Helpless!I am 

       
so into you.  

 
I am so into y

ou I'm
         
Helpless!



Down for the c

ount

F (spoken) 
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 nightl

y

Now my life ge

ts better, eve

ry letter that

 you write me
             
Laughin’ at my

              
 sister, cuz s

              
he wants to fo

     
rm a harem

I’m just sayin

’, if you real

ly loved me, y

ou would share

 him

Two weeks late

r in the livin

g room stressi

ng’

My father’s st

one-faced whil

e you’re askin

g for his bles

sing’
             
I’m dying insi

              
de, as you win

       
e and dine and

 I'm 
        
Tryin’ not to 

              
cry ‘cause the

              
re’s nothing t

           
hat your mind 

can’t

Do, my father 

makes his way 

across the roo

m to
             
You I panic fo

             
r a second, th


inking we're
        
Through” but t

              
hen he shakes 

              
your hand and 


says

“Be true” and 

you turn back 

to me, smiling

, and I’m
     
Helpless!     

 
 Look into you

r eyes and the

 sky's the lim

it, I'm
     
Helpless!     

 
 Down for the 

count and I'm 

drowning in 'e

m, I'm
     
Helpless!     

 
 Look into you

r eyes and the

 sky's the lim

it, I'm
     
Helpless!     

 
 Down for the 

count and I'm 

drowning in 'e

m

 
Eliza, I don’t

 have a dollar

 to my name

An acre of lan

d, a troop to 

command, a dol

lop of fame

All I have’s m

y honor, a tol

erance for pai

n

A couple of co

llege credits 

and my top-not

ch brain

Insane, your f

amily brings o

ut a different

 side of me

Peggy confides

 in me, Angeli

ca tried to ta

ke a bite of m

e

No stress, my 

love for you i

s never in dou

bt

We’ll get a li

ttle place in 

Harlem and we’

ll figure it o

ut

I’ve been livi

n’ without a f

amily since I 

was a child
             
My father left

              
, my mother di

              
ed, I grew up 

         
buckwild  But
        
I’ll never for

              
get my mother’

              
s face, that w

   
as real

And long as I’

m alive, Eliza

, swear to God

 you’ll never 

feel so…
      
Helpless (I do


 I do I do I d

o I do)
     
Helpless
     
Helpless (I do

 I do I do I d

o I do)

Down for the c

ount and I'm d

rowning in 'em

 

      
Helpless (My l


ife is going f

ine cause Eliz

a's in it)
     
Helpless (I lo

ok into your e

yes and the sk

y's the limit)
     
Helpless

Down for the c

ount and I'm d

rowning in 'em

 

  


In New York yo

u can be a new

 man
        
In New York yo

      
u can be a new

 man
           
In New York yo

           
u can be a new

   
 man

Helpless