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  • 1780-a winter's ball

  • and

  • The Schuyler Sisters are the envy of all

  • yo!

  • If you could marry a sister

  • You're rich son

  • Is it a question of if Burr or which one?

  • Hey

  • Hey hey hey hey

  • Hey hey

  • ooh

  • I do I do I do I do

  • Hey

  • ooh

  • I do I do I do I do

  • Boy you got me

  • 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 band's 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

  • Oh, look at those eyes

  • ohh

  • I'm helpless

  • I know I'm Down for the count And I'm drownin' in 'em

  • I'm helpless

  • I'm so into you

  • I'm so into you

  • I'm helpless

  • I know I'm Down for the count And I'm drownin' in 'em

  • 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 nightly

  • Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me

  • Laughin' at my sister, 'cause 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 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 (ooh)

  • I panic for a second, thinking

  • We're through (ooh)

  • But then he shakes your hand and says

  • Be true (ooh)

  • And you turn back to me, smiling,

  • and I'm

  • Helpless

  • I'm down for the count

  • And I'm drownin' in 'em

  • I'm helpless

  • This boy is mine

  • That boy is

  • mine

  • I'm Helpless

  • Down for the count

  • And 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 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, girl I swear you'll never feel so

  • Helpless

  • I do I do I do I do

  • Eliza

  • I do I do I do I do

  • I've never felt so

  • yeah

  • I'm down for the count

  • My life is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza's in it

  • I look into your eyes And the sky's the Limit

  • I'm

  • 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

  • Helpless

  • Hey guys, thanks for watching this video

  • We had a ton of fun making it

  • We want to thank "This is the Place"

  • for all their awesome locations

  • and you guys should go check out our Satisfied video

  • and out other Hamilton the musical videos

  • Thank you! Bye

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1780-a winter's ball

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