Rachel Sweet Hairspray Lyrics:
[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 rat
[2] my hair.
They'll be doin' the hairspray everywhere.
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/6IW5 ][Instrumental break, backup singers repeat, "Hairspray."]
(How do you do it?)
You 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.)]
[1] Transcribed from the track on this album.
[2] Ratting, (also called teasing) is a way of back-combing the hair to
give it volume.
Lyrics: Hairspray, Rachel Sweet [end]