My Strongest Suit

In life, one has to face a huge assortment
of nauseating fads and good advice.
There's health and fitness, diet and deportment
and other pointless forms of sacrifice
Conversation? Wit? I am a doubter.
Manners? Charm? They're no way to impress.
So forget the inner me, observe the outer:
I am what I wear and how I dress.

Oh, now I believe in looking
like my time on earth is cooking
whether polka-dotted, striped, or even checked
With some glamour guaranteeing
every fiber in my being
is displayed to quite remarkable effect.
From your cradle via trousseau
to your deathbed, you're on view,
so never compromise--accept no substitute
I would rather wear a barrel than conservative apparel
For dress has always been my strongest suit.

Staying in or hitting townwards,
from the top and working downwards
I ensure that every stitch is stitched in time
Whether wig or hat or turban,whether clad boudoir or urban
Not to strut your stuff outrageously is a crime
And the few who are invitedto my wardrobe are delighted
as they wander through my things to find en route
that in negligee or formal, I am anything but normal
For dress has always been my strongest suit.

Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere

I am what I wear
I said anytime, anywhere
So bring me all my finest,
most audacious, my divinest
most revealing, most expensive, and to boot
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Most free-flowing, most eye-popping
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Most free-flowing, most eye-popping

Dress has always been my strongest suit
My strongest suit
You know that I am what I wear
Dress has always been my strongest suit

So bring me all my finest, most audacious, my divinest
most revealing, most expensive, and to boot
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Most free-flowing, most eye-popping
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Dress has always been my strongest suit
My strongest suit
You know that I am what I wear
Dress has always been my strongest suit.

"My Strongest Suit"
From the Broadway musical Aida