Bette Midler You Gotta Get A Gimmick Lyrics

You Gotta Get A Gimmick Lyrics

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