Original Broadway Cast of Little Shop of Horrors
Suddenly, Seymour
[SEYMOUR]
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 okay

Suddenly Seymour is standing beside you
You don't need no makeup, don't have to pretend
Suddenly Seymour is here to provide you
Sweet understandin', Seymour's your friend

[AUDREY]
Nobody ever treated me kindly
Daddy left early, mama was poor
I'd meet a man and I'd follow him blindly
He'd snap his fingers
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

[SEYMOUR]
Tell me this feeling lasts 'til forever
Tell me the bad times are clean washed away
[AUDREY]
Please understand that it's still strange and frightening
For losers like I've been it's so hard to say

[AUDREY & (SEYMOUR & CRYSTAL & RONETTE & CHIFFON)]
Suddenly, Seymour (Suddenly, Seymour)
He purified me (He purified you)
Suddenly, Seymour (Suddenly, Seymour)
Showed me I can (Yes, you can!)

[AUDREY & SEYMOUR (CRYSTAL & RONETTE & CHIFFON)]
Oh, learn how to be more
The girl that's inside me (Ooo, ooo, ooo)

[SEYMOUR]
With sweet understanding

[AUDREY]
With sweet understanding

[SEYMOUR]
With sweet understanding

[AUDREY]
With sweet understanding
[AUDREY & SEYMOUR & CRYSTAL & RONETTE & CHIFFON]
With sweet understanding
Seymour's your man!