You Gotta Get a Gimmick

But I do it with a switch
Get yourself a gimmick
You can uh, uh, uh

If you wanna get ahead
Anything special
Is so much more then demurer
She can uh, uh, uh
I never had to sweat to get paid
If you wanna get applause
Do something special
You're more than just a mimic
Once I was a schleppa
You gotta have a gimmick
But I do it with a horn
Than all them other ladies because
Ain't gonna spell success

She can uh, she can uh

When you got a gimmick
And I uh, uh, uh
If you wanna make it
Kid, you gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna have a chance
You can uh, you can uh
If you wanna get a hand

'Cause if you got a gimmick
Anything special
Gypsy girl, you've got it made
Do something special
And I uh, uh, uh

Now I'm Miss Mazeppa
Pump it with a trumpet
If you wanna pump it
Dressy Tessie Tura
You can sacrifice your sacharo

You gotta get a gimmick
But you gotta get a gimmick
Grind your behind till you're bend
And I uh, uh, uh
Me, I uh, and I uh
And I ain't even trying
Bump in a dump till you're dead
And them uh, uh, uh

That's how burlesque was born
So I uh, and I uh
But I do it with finesse
I'm electrifying
With my revolution in dance
All them uh and them uh
Working in the back row
Me, I uh, and I uh
Wait till you refined it
They'll never make her rich
Take a look how different we are
If you wanna grind it
Twinkle while you shake it