Lift up your head, wash off your mascara Here take my Kleenex, wipe that lipstick awayShow me your face, clean as the morning I know things were bad, but now they're okaySuddenly Seymour is standing beside you You don't need no makeupDon't have to pretendSuddenly Seymour is here to provide you Sweet understandingSeymour's yoursNobody ever treated me kindly Daddy left early, mama was poorI'd meet a man and I'd follow him blindly He'd snap his fingers, me, I'd say sureSuddenly Seymour is standing beside me You don't give me orders, you don't condescendSuddenly Seymour is here to provide me Sweet understandingTell me this feeling lasts till forever Tell me the bad times are clean washed awayPlease understand that it's so strange and frightening The losers like I've been, it's so hard to saySuddenly Seymour, if you're to find me Suddenly Seymour, show me I careTo Seymour, the girl that's inside me With sweet understandingSeymour's not mad