… You can pull all the stops out
Till they call the cops out
Grind your behind till you’re bend
But you gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna get a hand
… You can sacrifice your sacharo
Working in the back row
Bump in a dump till you’re dead
Kid, you gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna get ahead
… You can uh, you can uh
You can uh, uh, uh
That’s how burlesque was born
So I uh, and I uh
And I uh, uh, uh
But I do it with a horn
… Once I was a schleppa
Now I’m Miss Mazeppa
With my revolution in dance
You gotta have a gimmick
If you wanna have a chance
… She can uh, she can uh
She can uh, uh, uh
They’ll never make her rich
Me, I uh, and I uh
And I uh, uh, uh
But I do it with a switch
… 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’ve got it made
… 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
… Dressy Tessie Tura
Is so much more then demurer
Than all them other ladies because
You gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna get applause
… 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
… If you wanna make it
Twinkle while you shake it
If you wanna grind it
Wait till you refined it
… If you wanna pump it
Pump it with a trumpet
Get yourself a gimmick
And you too can be a star