You Gotta Get a Gimmick

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