You Gotta Get a Gimmick

Lyrics

[MAZEPPA] You can pull all the stops out Till they call the cops out Grind your behind till you're banned But you gotta get a gimmick If you want to get a hand You can sacrifice your sacro Working in the back row Bump in a dump till you're dead But you gotta get a gimmick If you want to get ahead You can uh, you can uh You can uh, uh, uh— That's how burlesque was born Me, I uh, and I uh And I uh, uh, uh— But I do it with a horn [Instrumental Break] Once I was a schlepper Now I'm Miss Mazeppa With my Revolution in Dance You gotta get a gimmick If you want to have a chance [ELECTRA] She can uh, she can uh She can wah, wah, wah— Ha, ain't gonna make her rich Me, I uh, and I uh Uh, oh, God But I do it with a switch Caught 'em God, I'm too old for this crap [Instrumental Break] I'm electrifying And I ain't even trying I never had to sweat to get paid 'Cause if you got a gimmick Gypsy girl, you got it made [TESSIE] All them uh and them uh And them uh, uh, uh— Ain't gonna spell success Me, I uh, and I uh And I uh, uh, uh— But I do it with finesse Mister conductor, if you please [Instrumental Break] Dressy Tessie Tura Is so much more demure-a Than all them other ladies because You gotta get a gimmick If you wanna get applause [MAZEPPA, ELECTRA & TESSIE] Do something special Anything special Do something special Anything special You're more than just a mimic When you got a gimmick Take a look how different we are [ELECTRA] If you wanna make it Twinkle while you shake it [TESSIE] If you wanna grind it Wait till you've refined it [MAZEPPA] If you wanna bump it Bump it with a trumpet [MAZEPPA, ELECTRA & TESSIE] Get yourself a gimmick And you, too Can be a star