Standard (EADGBE)
Verse
lift up your head, wash off your mas cara
here, take my kleenex, wipe that lipstick awa y
show me your face, clean as the mornin
i know things were bad, but now they're ok
Chorus
suddenly seymour is standing be side you
you don't need no makeup, don't have to pretend
suddenly seymour is here to provide you
sweet understanding, seymour's your friend
Verse
nobody ever treated me kindly
daddy left early, mama was po or
i'd meet a man and i'd follow him blindly
he'd snap his fingers at me, i'd say su re
Chorus
suddenly seymour is standin be side me
he don't give me orders, he don't condescend
suddenly seymour is here to provide me
sweet understanding, seymour's my friend
Verse
tell me this feeling lasts till for ever
tell me the bad times are clean washed awa y
please understand that it's still strange and frightening
for losers like i've been it's so hard to sa y
Chorus
suddenly seymour, he puri fied me
suddenly seymour showed me i can
learn how to be more the girl that's inside me
with sweet under standing
with sweet under standing
with sweet understanding
seymour's my maaah-aaaah-aaaaah- aaan!