Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Low sales, high rent

No sandalwood for scent

Well, pardon my dust

But Arden isn’t folding up her tent

Necessity is the mother of invention

I will think of new things to invent

No silk for bows

No nylon left for hose

American ingenuity can compensate for those

Necessity is the mother of invention

And in war, we must be on our toes

Launch our new lines

New products made for war

Bold new designs

They’ve never seen before

For sea and then in the airfield

A working women’s corps

The ladies who bolt the rivets

On the airplane factory floor

Before I call it quits

I’ll give ‘em my two bits

What more have I ever needed

Than the sharpness of my wits?

America is in it

Let working women win it

In makeup of the minute, women win

Necessity is the mother of invention

Let the fight of the century begin

Attention, all you brave gals pining at home or shipping overseas!

You’ve got a brand new ally and her name is Helena Rubenstien!

All metal tubes and cases

For lipstick, rouge and bases

Are needed now for bullets for the war

New plastics I invented

Now lipsticks won’t get dented

Not even when you drop them on the floor

(spoken)

Right?!

Miss Elizabeth Arden, patriot!

With nylon stockings rationed

I truly felt impassioned

And cleverly refashioned women’s hose

Draw seams with eyebrow pencil

And in between use stencil

New leg tan in a formula that flows

And once it dries it won’t discolor clothes

You’ll drone on there in Heaven Sent, a fragrance free of lead!

A lipstick for your uniform called Montezuma Red!

Assembly lines use Rubinstein’s new bulletproof mascara!

The rest use Arden’s combat packs traversing the Sahara

Through thick and thin

Manila to Berlin

Are helping defend our country from the enemy within

America will make it

No enemy can break it

With makeup made to take it on the chin

Yes ma’am!

Necessity is the mother of invention

Brains and brawn (Brains and brawn)

Dusk to dawn (Dusk to dawn)

Women win!