Helpless [French translation]

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 AND 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 AND WOMEN

Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.

ELIZA

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!

Oh, look at those eyes,

ALL WOMEN

Look into your eyes,

And the sky’s the limit

ELIZA

I’m helpless, I know

ALL WOMEN

Down for the count,

And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.

ELIZA

I’m so into you,

I am so into you.

I know I’m 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 AND 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’

My father’s 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 can’t 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 I’m

Helpless!

ALL 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!

ELIZA

That boy is mine,

that boy is mine!

ALL WOMEN

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!

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…

ALL WOMEN

Helpless!

ELIZA

I do I do I do I do!

HAMILTON

Eliza…

ELIZA

I do I do I do I do!

HAMILTON

I’ve never felt so—

ALL WOMEN

Helpless!

ELIZA

Hey, yeah, yeah!

ALL WOMEN

I’m down for the count,

and I’m drownin’ in ‘em

HAMILTON

My life is gon’ be fine cuz Eliza’s in it.

ELIZA

I look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit

I’m

ALL WOMEN

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…

ELIZA

Helpless.

• Artist:Hamilton (Musical)
• Album:Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)