Songs I've Written

Mascara Tears

She sits by her girlfriend's door
Tears pouring onto the floor
She isn't quite sure, yeah, she isn't quite sure
If she could offer her girl more
She wants to give her the world
She wants to be her perfect girl
But she still isn't definite
If her girlfriend would like it
If she took off her makeup

(Chorus)
She thinks that if she takes off her mascara
That she'll scare her
She doesn't want to remove her lipstick
Thinking that it'll make her girl sick
She doesn't want to show her girlfriend her true face
But my dear, your true beauty is grace
She'll love you no matter what you look like
And honestly, you're already gorgeous

She rolls her girl's locket in her hand
She wonders if she could make her girlfriend understand
That she must be beautiful in this land
So she won't be afraid to take a stand
She wants to protect her lover
She wants to be her resting shoulder
But she still isn't sure
If her girlfriend would see her pure
If she took off her makeup

(Chorus)

You don't need mascara
You don't need eyeliner
Your girl will still be your lover
Giving you love like we live in Havana
You don't need lipstick
You don't need foundation
Your girl will still turn up your station
She don't throw up or feel sick
She will love your natural, beautiful tricks
Ohhh, ohhh, oh yeah

You sit by your girlfriend's door
Not being sure, yeah, not being sure
If you could offer your girl more
But you can, yeah, this is God's plan
You can grow and be a better woman
So pick yourself off of the floor

She wipes off her mascara
(She wipes off her)
And look, she didn't scare her
(And look, she didn't scare her)
She removes her lipstick
(Her lipstick, her lipstick)
And look, it doesn't make her girl sick
(Her girl sick, her girl sick)
She has shown her girlfriend her true face
And her girlfriend says, "Baby, your face is grace
I'll love you no matter what you look like
Because baby, you are gorgeous
Especially on the inside
So join me for the ride"