Lift up your head, wash off your mascara Here, take my kleenex, wipe that lipstick away Show me your face clean as the mornin' I know things were bad but now they're okay Suddenly, seymour is standing beside you You don't need no make-up don't have to pretend Suddenly, seymour is here to provide you Sweet understandin', seymour's your friend Nobody ever treated me kindly Daddy left early, mama was poor I'd meet a man and I'd follow him blindly He'd snap his fingers me I'd say: Sure Suddenly, seymour is standing beside me He don't give me orders, he don't condescend Suddenly, seymour is here to provide me Sweet understanding, seymour's my friend Tell me this feelin'll last till forever Tell me the bad times are clean washed away Please understand that it's still strange and fright'nin' For losers like I've been it's so hard to say Suddenly Seymour, he purified me Suddenly Seymour, he showed me I can Learn how to be more the girl that's inside me With sweet understanding With sweet understanding With sweet understanding Seymour's your man!