A Little More Mascara Lyrics - Singles - Original Off-broadway Cast Recording

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