Hamilton Meme

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A portrait of Alexander Hamilton, on whoim I've had a crush since 8th grade.

Helpless

I have fallen for another musical- Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton. These are the lyrics to one of my favorite numbers from the musical.

HELPLESS

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HELPLESS LYRICS

[HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA)]
Hey hey hey hey

[ELIZA] Ohh, I do I do I do I Dooo! Hey! Ohh, I do I do I do I Dooo! Boy you got me

[ALL WOMEN] Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey

 
[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 meand suddenly I’m Helpless! Oh, look at those eyes Oh! 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.

[ALL WOMEN] Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh 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’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! Helpless! Hoo! That boy is mine That boy is mine! Helpless! Helpless! Down for the count And I’m drownin’ in em

[ALL WOMEN] Stressin’ Blessin’ Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh 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’m drownin’ in em

 
[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…

[HAMILTON] Eliza… I’ve never felt so— My life is gon’ be fine cuz Eliza’s in it.

[ELIZA] I do I do I do I do! I do I do I do I do! Hey, yeah, yeah! I’m down for the count I’m— I look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’m …drownin’ in ‘em.

[ALL WOMEN] Helpless! Helpless! Helpless! Down for the count And I’m drownin’ in ‘em Helpless! Helpless! Helpless! Down for the count And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.

 
Wedding march plays

[ALL WOMEN]
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

Biden Meme

BONNIE!!!!!!!

The song in my head, or A song for Bebe

Elizabeth

"Elizabeth"

Three streets off the grid, we were barely kids
But we were old enough to drink in Louisiana
We listened to ‘The King Must Die’, ‘On the Willows’ drank the wine
We could afford from the work study manna

Were were young but not that young 
To be cutting our fingers and mixing our blood
Climbing the fence of the St. Louis cemetery
We caught on my heart’s desire
Big as the 1788 fire
Put on little quennie and bring me another whiskey

Elizabeth, the last I heard, you’re in Savannah
You got married after art school happily
I didn’t want to look you up, I’m pretty sure it’s just enough 
That I remember you fondly

I didn’t have a car, but I did have a guitar 
And I played to my advantage when you let me
I only stayed 2 years, but it still appears 
After all of this time the memories still get me

I was young but not that young
To be tied in a knot that was coming undone
The spooks and haunts that vexed me veiled my eyes
It was always dark back then
It was always 3 am
I shake my head to think I made it out alive

Out at night under the lights 
Some band is singing a memory
Everybody hits record to play it back over time

But when I look back on our dance
I only wanna hear that music once 
And remember it forever in my mind

Looking back on all of the old friends who have drifted out of my life but not my mind......

Great advice!