Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording - A Little More Mascara lyrics

rate me

Once again I'm a little depressed by the tired old face that I see

Once again it is time to be someone, who's anyone other than me

With the rare combination of girlish excitement and manly restraint

I position my precious assortment of pencils and powders and paint

So whenever I feel that my place in the world is beginning to crash

I apply one great stroke of Mascara to my rather limp upper lash

And I can cope again, Good God! There's hope again

When life is a real bitch again, and my old sense of humor has up, and gone

It's time for the big switch again, I put a little more Mascara on

When I count my crow's feet again, and tired of this perpetual marathon

I put down the john-seat again, and put a little more Mascara on

And ev'rything's sparkle dust, bugle beads, ostrich plums

When it's a beaded lash that you look through

'Cause when I feel glamorous, elegant, beautiful

The world that I'm looking at's beautiful too

When my little road has a few bumps again

And I need something level to lean upon

I put on my sling pumps again

And wham! This ugly duckling is a swan

So when my spirit starts to sag

I hustle out my highest drag

And put a little more mascara on

And ev'rything's ankle straps, Maribou, Shalimar

It's worth socking in my gut, and girdling my rear

'Cause ev'rything's ravishing, sensual, fabulous

When Albin is tucked away, and, ZaZa is here

When ev'rything slides down the old tubes again

And when my self esteem has begun to drift

I strap on my fake boobs again

And literally give myself a lift

So when it's cold and when it's bleak

I simply rouge the other cheek

For I can face another day

In slipper satin lingerie

To make depression disappear

I screw some rhine stones on my ear

And put my brooches and tiara

And a little more mascara on

Sparkle dust, bugle beads

Ankle straps, Maribou On! Ankle straps, Maribou

Ostrich plumes, Shalimar

Ravishing, fabulous, on! Ravishing, fabulous, on