MAZEPPA   You can pull all the stops out   Till they call the cops out   Grind your behind till you're bent   But you gotta get a gimmick   If you wanna get ahead!         You can sacrifice your sacrow   Working in the back row   Bump in a dump till you're dead   But you gotta have a gimmick   If you wanna get ahead         You can uhm... You can uhm...   You can uhm...uhm...uhm...   That's how burlesque was born   So I uhm... and I uhm...   And I uhm...uhm...uhm...   But I do it with a horn         Once I was a Schlepped   Now I'm Miss Mazeppa   With my revolution in dance   You gotta have a gimmick   If you wanna have a chance!         ELECTRA   She can uhm... she can uhm...   She can uhm...uhm...uhm...   They'll never make her rich   See, I uhm... and I uhm...   And I uhm...uhm...uhm...   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 got it made!         TESSIE TURA   All them uhm... and then uhm...   And that uhm...uhm...uhm...   Ain't gonna spell success   Me, I uhm... and I uhm...   And I uhm...uhm...uhm...   But I do it with finesse         Lady Tessie Tura is so much more demurer   Than all them other ladies because   You gotta get a gimmick   If you wanna get applause         MAZEPPA, ELECTRA & TESSIE TURA   Do something special   Anything that's special   Will earn you a big fat cigar         You're more than just a mimic   When you got a gimmick   Take a look how different we are         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         MAZEPPA, ELECTRA & TESSIE TURA   Get yourself a gimmick and you too   Can be a star!