Lyrics

[TAMARA, spoken] Do you know who I am? The baroness? Old, eccentric bat? The baroness with a paintbrush? Reduced to a novelty act, and now not even that? [TAMARA] Now, the Hollywood stars The closest this ridiculous place had to royalty Have faded away, they've been replaced on all the screens By vapid children in blue jeans How did I wind up here? My beauty all behind me? How did I wind up here? Forgotten worlds inside me? Unseen Unseen Once, the world knew my name They fought to buy my work, the rich, the royalty I painted them all, I made myself the living test And you were no one if not painted by Lempicka How the dandies fought for my commissions Attended exhibitions, vied to buy Anything my brushes ever touched But, the real art was how to survive How did I wind up here? My beauty all behind me? How did I wind up here? Forgotten worlds inside me? Unseen I tangled with a world you can't imagine Luxury and deprivation Princes fought to light my cigarette Crawling up from nothing, I created for myself Something that the world had never seen I painted what a woman could be Do you know who I am? An old woman who doesn't give a damn that history has passed her by History's a bitch, but so am I How did I wind up here? [TAMARA & ENSEMBLE] Unseen Unseen Unseen Unseen [TAMARA, spoken] Do you know who I am? The strange girl with a paintbrush? Today I will marry the only man for me I will be a Lempicka