Lift up your headWash off your mascaraHere take my KleenexWipe that lipstick awayShow me your faceClean as the morningI know things were badBut now they're okSuddenly Seymour is standing beside youYou don't need no make-upDon't have to pretendSuddenly Seymour is here to provide youSweet understandingSeymour's your friend(Audey)Nobody ever treated me kindlyDaddy left earlyMama was poorI'd meet a man and I'd follow him blindlyHe'd snap his fingers, meI'd said sureSuddenly Seymour is standing beside meHe don't give me ordersHe don't condescendSuddenly Seymour is here to provide meSweet understandingSeymour's my friend(Seymour)Tell me this feeling lasts till foreverTell me the bad times are clean washed away(Audrey)Please understand that it's still strange and frighteningFor losers like I've been, it's so hard to saySuddenly Seymour, he purified me(Seymour et al.)He purified me/you(Audrey)Suddenly Seymour showed me I can learn how to be more(All)The girl that's inside me/youWith sweet understandingWith sweet understandingWith sweet understandingWith sweet understandingWith sweet understandingSeymour's your man