A Little More Mascara 1983 'La Cage Aux Folles'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 08 Oct 2003

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 a rare combination
of girlish excitement and manly restraint,
I position my precious assortment
of powders and pencils and paint.
So when ever I feel that my place
in this 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 tire 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 plumes,
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 up on,
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,
maribu, shalimar!
It's worth sucking 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 my old selfesteem
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 rhinestones on my ear,
and put my broaches and tiara
and a little more mascara on!

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
timp
bassoon
clarinet
piano t clef
oboe
pizz str
glock
tenor sax
harp
drum
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A Little More Mascara 1983
from "La Cage Aux Folles"
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
copyright 1983 by Jerry Herman
all rights controlled by Jerryco Music Co.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 08 October 2003 at 19.08
in association with Doug Grierson
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