Saw “Little Shop of Horrors” tonight. Saw it when it came out in the mid 80’s at the theatre - I remembered it was funny. Netflixed it and watched tonight. It’s GREAT! I’m totally blown away by Ellen Greene who played “Audry”. The passion of her vocalizations and her physical acting while singing made me cry inside. I fell in love with the character and by extension, Ellen.
Woe is me, it’s back to my real world, where frail, hurt, beautiful blondes don’t sing their love to you with power and verve and you sing your love back to them.
I think I’m getting in touch with my femme side right now. Anybody got a hanky? Suddenly, Seymour Lift up your head
Wash off your mascara
Here, take my Kleenex
Wipe that lipstick away
Show me your face
Clean as the morning
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 understanding
Seymour’s your friend
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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 standin’ 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
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Tell me this feeling lasts till forever
Tell me the bad times are clean washed away
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Please understand that it’s still
Strange and frightnin’
For losers like I’ve been
It’s so hard to say
Suddenly Seymour
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Suddenly Seymour
He purified me
He purified you
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Suddenly Seymour showed me I can
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Suddenly Seymour showed you you can
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Learn how to be more
The girl that’s inside me (you)
With sweet understanding