Forever Beautiful

Lyrics

[HELENA, spoken] These portraits They trap me in amber They will not age They will live Forever (singing) My Dalí dear That mad surrealist He made me beautiful Forever beautiful My eyes like gems Notice, please, each tiny lash Would you believe He painted with his own mustache? Raoul Dufy A brilliant colorist He made me beautiful Forever beautiful A few deft strokes Poppy red, then iris blue In my small way I do know something of this, too Made women glorious Made women glamorous Used all my art to halt the march of time I slowed it down a bit There is no stopping it But in a painting It is always your prime (spoken) Right? (singing) Tamar' de Lempicka She was bisexual You see her love for me? Well, it's subtextual My lifelong fight Is to keep my figure trim But now I eat 'Cause Giacometti keeps me slim [MAN 1, spoken] Seven guest rooms When was the last time she even had a visitor? [MAN 2, spoken] She's old, and scared [MAN 1, spoken] Wouldn't you be? [HELENA] Good, go then, you money men I read your beady eyes "Vain old lady, all alone In bed until she dies" I admit, I am a little bit afraid to meet death But with my brilliant eye for art When I depart, I'll cheat death... ...with my Picasso! His early cubist years I pose no clothes with him Thank God, who knows with him? He says your ears are like elephant in size I say, from you Well, who can tell from ears or eyes? When I was girl of eight My father sneered at me A plainer face he'd never seen before I said, "to hell with fate I'll mold my destiny" Packed my satchel And walked right out the door From this contented life Without a cent, I was Became a name the world could not ignore I reinvent my life As every artist does I had nothing I knew nothing I only know there must be something more So much more Look at them all Their light will never dim If death should come for me They bar the door on him Though flesh may fade Canvas lives immortally And there I'll hang From now through all eternity Who gives a damn? No children visit me These are my progeny Each an exquisite me Who says I'm old? I look at my life, so far And I am beautiful And I feel beautiful Forever beautiful When you feel beautiful You are!