[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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!"

[Chorus]
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

Suddenly, Seymour (Suddenly, Seymour)
He purified me (He purified you)
Suddenly, Seymour (Suddenly, Seymour)
Showed me I can (Yes, you can!)

Oh, learn how to be more
The girl that's inside me
With sweet understanding, Seymour's my friend

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
Please understand that it's still strange and frightening
For losers like I've been it's so hard to say

[Chorus]
Suddenly, Seymour (Suddenly, Seymour)
He purified me (He purified you)
Suddenly, Seymour (Suddenly, Seymour)
Showed me I can (Yes, you can!)

[Outro]
Oh, learn how to be more
The girl that's inside me
With sweet understanding, (Sweet understanding)
With sweet understanding, (Sweet understanding)
With sweet understanding
Seymour's your man!