Take it from me, to be a stripper, all you need to have is no talent.
You'll pardon me, but to have no talent is not enough, what you need is an idea, something that's gonna make your strip special.
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 wanna get a hand.
You can sacrifice your sacro, working in the back row, bump in a dump till you're dead.
Kid 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.
Once I was a sleppa now I'm miss mazeppa with my revolution in dance, kid you gotta get a gimmick if you wanna have a chance.
She can-uh she can-uh she can-uh-uh-uh, that'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'm not even trying, I never have to sweat to get paid.
Cause if you get a gimmick, Gypsy girl, you've got it made.
All them-uhs and them-uhs and them-uh-uh-uhs, ain't gonna spell sucess.
Me I-uh and I-uh and I-uh-uh-uh, but I do it with finesse.
Dressy Tessy Tura is so much more demurer than all them other ladies because, you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get applause.
Do something special, anything that's special, earn you a big fat cigar.
You're more than just a mimmick, when you've got a gimmick, take a look how different we are.
If you want to make it, twinkle while you shake it.
If you want to grind it, wait till you've refined it.
If you want to bump it, bump it with a trumpet.
Get yourself a gimmick and you to, will be a star.