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Out of her mouth it came as no surprise
Lipstick stained on whipcream lies
I feel that if I had been uglier
It would have been easier
There it sat, blinked and spat
In a black feather hat
And said "the rat"
I now possess quasi success
But she wants to be a better singer
Swing the Heartache
Just for her sake
But she wants to be a better singer
Swing the Heartache
Just for her sake
Lipstick stained on whipcream lies
I feel that if I had been uglier
It would have been easier
There it sat, blinked and spat
In a black feather hat
And said "the rat"
I now possess quasi success
But she wants to be a better singer
Swing the Heartache
Just for her sake
But she wants to be a better singer
Swing the Heartache
Just for her sake
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I'm guessing most of this is ideas taken from the cartoon movie The Devil and Daniel Mouse, which influenced several Bauhaus songs. Dan and Jan are folk singers and the devil overhears Jan lamenting about not being a better singer and makes an offer to make Jan famous. She sells her soul but regrets it later when the devil comes to collect. She wants to be a better singer as well as the title Swing the Heartache are almost certainly references to that movie.
Bauhaus actually lifts the part where she sells her soul for the song Party of the First Part which came out around the same time (on the Peel Sessions and some versions of The Sky's Gone Out).