The Face Behind the Scream

This case appears to be urgent
 Kindly pull the screen
 Cosmetic surgeon
 The son of mr. sheen
 Is jerry building versions
 Of the face behind the scream
 The girl who would be beauty queen
 Tells the doctor of her dream
 In which she reads a magazine
 Wearing only cold cream
 They call her the face behind the scream
 The image he maintains
 And the silence he observes
 Says it's worth a little pain
 For the figure we both deserve
 A cowboy by profession since the age of 17
 Who's singular obsession is the face behind the scream
 The girl who would be beauty queen
 Tells the doctor of her dream
 A soiree in the mezzanine
 And castenets and tambourines
 A careless word and ugly scenes
 The doctor knows he's made for good impressions on demand
 The new nose in the neighborhood was fashioned by these hands
 He can do it blindfold, his instruments are clean
 A snapshot in his mind holds the face behind the scream
 The girl who would be beauty queen
 Diamond rivets in her jeans
 Wild and with-it even off screen
 He then removes the bandage and the odd remaining scab
 A flair for fancy language...
 The gift of the gab
 Hands you a sandwich and applies the vaseline
 To show to best advantage the face behind the scream
 The girl who would be beauty queen
 Tells the doctor of her dream
 In which she turns her money green
 Finds herself in a funny scene
 Cracks up like a shatterproof windscreen
 Danke schoen ich liebe dich, I promise not to hurt
 A telephone receiver clicks RED ALERT
 Whatever you do don't touch that switch, the doctor goes to work
 With his bag of tricks in his limousine
 Mugshots from magazines
 Face creams and photofits
 To fit the face that doesn't fit
 The face behind the scream
 The girl who would be beauty queen
 Surrounded by the regular team
 Of pluto brats and coma teens
 In bowler hats and brilliantine
 Or bold cravats of bottle green
 Such a precious little dream
 To be taken to extremes
 How many times can you be 16
 They call her the face behind the scream.