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 bands top volume Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine Grab my sister, and Whisper, Yo, this One’s mine. My sister made her way across the room to you And I got nervous, thinking What's she gonna do? She grabbed you by the arm, I'm thinkin I'm through Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm Helpless! look at those eyes 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. 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 skys the limit Im helpless! Down for the count And I'm drownin in em. Where are you taking me? Im about to change your life Then by all means, lead the way Elizabeth Schuyler. Its 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 Im 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 fathers stone-faced 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 cant do My father makes his way across the room To you I panic for a second, thinking we're through But then he shakes your hand and says Be true And you turn back to me, smiling, and Im Helpless! Helpless! That boy is mine That boy is mine! Helpless! Helpless! Down for the count And Im drownin in em Stressin Blessin 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 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 haves 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 mothers face, that was real And long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to God You'll never feel so Eliza I've never felt so My life is gon be fine cuz Eliza’s in it. Im down for the count I look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit Im drownin in em. Helpless! Down for the count And I'm drownin in em 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