Wig in a Box by Stephen Trask (Ft. John Cameron Mitchell)
Wig in a Box by Stephen Trask (Ft. John Cameron Mitchell)

Wig in a Box

Stephen Trask & John Cameron Mitchell * Track #6 On Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording)

Wig in a Box Lyrics

On nights like this
When the world's a bit amiss
And the lights go down
Across the trailer park
I get down
I feel had
I feel on the verge of going mad
And then it's time to punch the clock

I put on some make-up
And turn up the tape deck
And pull the wig down on my head
Suddenly I'm Miss Midwest
Midnight Checkout Queen
Until I head home
And put myself to bed

I look back on where I'm from
Look at the woman I've become
And the strangest things
Seem suddenly routine
I look up from my vermouth on the rocks
A gift-wrapped wig still in the box
Of towering velveteen

I put on some make-up
And some LaVern Baker
And pull the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly I'm Miss Beehive 1963
Until I wake up
And turn back to myself

Some girls they have natural ease
They wear it any way they please
With their French flip curls
And perfumed magazines
Wear it up
Let it down
This is the best way that I've found
To be the best you've ever seen

I put on some make-up
And turn up the eight-track
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett
From TV
Until I wake up
And turn back to myself

Shag, bi-level, bob
Dorothy Hamill do
Sausage curls, chicken wings
It's all because of you
With your blow dried, feather back
Toni home wave, too
Flip, fro, frizz, flop
It's all because of you
It's all because of you
It's all because of you

I put on some make-up
Turn up the eight-track
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly I'm this punk rock star
Of stage and screen
And I ain't never
I'm never turning back

Wig in a Box Q&A

Who produced Wig in a Box's ?

Wig in a Box was produced by Stephen Trask.

What does Miss Midwest Midnight Checkout Queen refers to?

Just a thing I made up. Hedwig is living in the Midwest, having just moved from Germany. She is working the midnight shift at the nearby Army bass at the bass PX checkout counter.

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