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 ok

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 understanding
Seymour's your friend

Nobody, ever,
Treated me kindly
Daddy left early
Mama was poor
I need a man, and I'd
Follow him blindly
He'd snap he fingers and
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 feeling
Lasts 'til forever
Tell me the bad times
Are clean, washed away!
Please understand that
It's still strange and frightening
For loosers like I've been
It's so hard to say

Suddenly, Seymour,
He purified me
Suddenly, Seymour,
Showed me I can!
Learn how to be more!
The girl that's inside (you/me)
With sweet understanding,
With sweet understanding,
With sweet understanding,
Seymour's (your/my) man