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