Spoken:
Girl 1: Hey, girl! What you doin' over there?
Girl 2: Can't you see? I'm sprayin' my hair!

Sung:
Let me tell you 'bout the latest craze,
Mama's hopin' that it's just a phase.
But I know it's gonna last forever.
You gotta see the way it keeps my hair together.

I gave my dollar to the drugstore man.
I bought that magic potion in a twelve-ounce can.
Now I know that when I make the scene,
They're gonna stop and wonder, who's that beauty queen?

Now,
(Hairspray), oh, mama told me not to use it,
(Hairspray), well, if I don't I'm gonna lose it,
(Hairspray), gimme, gimme control.
(Hairspray), it's got stand-up soul.

When the band is playing loud and fast,
I duck around the corner, give it one more blast.
(What a gas!) Oh! I got an inspiration,
a-Doin' the hairspray all over the nation.

(Hairspray), mama told me not to use it.
(Hairspray), but if I don't I'm gonna lose it.
(Hairspray), I'm gonna rat2 my hair.
They'll be doin' the hairspray everywhere.

Instrumental break, backup singers repeat, "Hairspray."

(How do you do it?)
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/6IW5You shake it, you shake that can.
Teasin'2 up your hair with the other hand.
Then you aim it, you squeeze it, press your finger down.
You're doin' the hairspray all over town.

Spoken:
Girl 1: Hey, girl, I have a dream when I close my eyes.
I wish my hair was ten feet high!

Instrumental break, backup singers repeat,
"Hairspray," and vocal stylings by Rachel Sweet.

(Hairspray), well, mama told me not to use it, now.
(Hairspray), but if I don't I'm gonna lose it.
(Hairspray), Just gimme, gimme control.
Oh-wo, woh, oh, oh, oh.

(Hairspray), well, mama told me not to use it, now.
(Hairspray), but if I don't I'm gonna lose it.
Fade.
(Hairspray), Just gimme, gimme control.
Oh-wo, woh, oh, oh, oh.

HAIRSPRAY
Written by: Anthony Battaglia & Rachel Sweet
Produced by: Kenny Vance
Performed by: Rachel Sweet-1988
Appears on: Hairspray (Original Soundtrack)-1988*1 & Fool Around: The
Best of Rachel Sweet-1992. (*Compilation of various artists.)

1Transcribed from the track on this album.

2Ratting, (also called teasing) is a way of back-combing the hair to
give it volume.