Lift up your head, wash off your mascara Here, take my Kleenex, wipe that lipstick away Show me your face, clean as the morning I know things were bad, but now they're okay Suddenly Seymour is standing beside you Don't need no makeup, 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 and mama was poor I'd meet a man and I'd follow him blindly, he'd snap his fingers and 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 feeling will last till forever And tell me the bad times are clean washed away Please understand that it's still strange and frightening For losers like I've been, it's so hard to say Suddenly Seymour, he purified me Yeah, suddenly Seymour, he showed me I care I've had everyone, the girl that's inside me With sweet understanding Seymour's your man