Stephen Sondheim - 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 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 [MISS ELECTRA] 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 [TESSIE TURA] 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 demure-a Than all them other ladies because You gotta get a gimmick If you wanna get applause [ALL] 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 [MISS ELECTRA] If you wanna make it Twinkle while you shake it [TESSIE TURA] If you wanna grind it Wait till you refined it [MAZEPPA] If you wanna bump it Bump it with a trumpet Get yourself a gimmick And you too can be a star!