“War Paint” is the first single from Shampoo’s second album Girl Power (also released as Shampoo Or Nothing).
Following the re-release of their hit song “Trouble” in 1995, “War Paint” was released as a Japanese exclusive, but failed to reproduce the same success.
[Intro]
Yeah, war paint
Yeah, war paint
(We're puttin' on the, we're puttin' on the)
(We're puttin' on the war paint)
[Verse 1]
Number seven, lipstick heaven
Bet you can't get it from the 7/11
Charcoal is our body armor
Blacked-out faces from runny mascara
Heavy mascara
[Pre-Chorus]
Perfect makeup, we don't care
We've got tangles in our hair
Get your mask and put it on, if you dare
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Slapping on the war paint
Got no class, but we got style
War paint, slam it on when we feel wild
War paint, if you wanna get ahead
Get the right profile
We don't wanna go to heaven
All we want is war paint
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah
(We're puttin' on the, we're puttin' on the)
(We're puttin' on the war paint)
[Verse 2]
Drunken nights are such a killer
Smudged up face left on your pillow
Made you look, made you stare
Made you lose your underwear
Made you lose your underwear
Made you lose your underwear
[Pre-Chorus]
Perfect makeup, we don't care
We've got tangles in our hair
Get your mask and put it on, if you dare
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Slapping on the war paint
Got no class, but we got style
War paint, slam it on when we feel wild
War paint, if you wanna get ahead
Get the right profile
We don't wanna go to heaven
All we want is war paint
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah
Yeah (yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
Who wants to be so...
Who wants to be so... (yeah, yeah)
Who wants to be so...
When you can be so radical? (yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
War paint
Got no class, but we got style
War paint, slam it on when we feel wild
War paint, if you wanna get ahead
Get the right profile
War paint
(We're puttin' on the, we're puttin' on the)
(We're puttin' on the war paint)
War paint
Got no class, but we got style
War paint, slam it on when we feel wild
War paint, if you wanna get ahead
Get the right profile
We don't wanna go to heaven
All we want is war paint
War Paint was written by Carrie Askew & Jacqui Blake & Conall Fitzpatrick.
War Paint was produced by Conall Fitzpatrick.