We sent cassette tapes to the oil rigs and the Arctic outpost camps Applied the basic rules of disco, attached harmonics to our amps Upstaged the werewolves of Wisconsin with applause we couldn't buy Cause if you take away the make-up, then the vampires they will die We heard them sing in their fake Accents where the storefront placard hangs They kept alive the Brave Casino Sound For Leslie Conway Bangs But when the lights came up, The truth set in and record sales declined Cause if you take away the make-up, then the vampires they will die With any luck we'd see Chicago by the morning but we were late We missed The Cocktails at the Lounge Ax We'd been playing clubs from town to town And chasing bats from state to state We took the first bus out of Memphis, stood in line like we were dead And with a boarding pass in one hand you looked up at me and said: "Without the Revlon girls at Macy's Peter Murphy won't survive" Cause if you take away the make-up, then the vampires they will die And if you take away the make-up, then the vampires they will die And if you take away the make-up, then the vampires they will die