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Walking Make Up Counter (Live At Leeds Polytechnic)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Soft Cell
Soft Cell
Performer
Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Vocals
David James Ball
David James Ball
Synthesizer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Composer
David James Ball
David James Ball
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Producer
David James Ball
David James Ball
Producer

Lyrics

For anyone who is wearing more make up than I am
Which is a hell of an achievement
This is called, the Walking Make Up Counter
This is for Ann
Oh!
She displays her product like nobody else
She applies a little everything
She finds on the shelf
A dab, a dot, a smear and a dash
She hides the blemish spots
This powder wipes out a rash
She's the walking make up counter
She'll do a demonstration
She'll blend her face into a blur
And cover across the nation
She's the walking make up counter
Don't pump her up or rub her
She's an example of their product
You too can be a sensation
Oh!
She displays her failures like nobody else
Her face is a palette she leaves on the shelf
She dare not smile
Her features will crack
And send her supersonically twenty years back
She's the walking make up counter
She'll do a demonstration
She'll blend her face into a blur
And cover across the nation
She's the walking make up counter
Don't pump her up or rub her
She's an example of their product
You too can be a sensation
Oh!
She displays her product like nobody else
She applies a little everything
She finds on the shelf
A dab, a dot, a smear and a dash
She hides the blemish spots
This powder wipes out a rash
She's the walking make up counter
She'll do a demonstration
She'll blend her face into a blur
And cover across the nation
She's the walking make up counter
Don't pump her up or rub her
She's an example of their product
You too can be a sensation
She's too good to be true
Don't you just envy her, boo?
Oh
Written by: David James Ball, Marc Almond

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