Exotica rose   Works the shows in the evening   Exotica rose   Works for dollars and dimes   Exotica rose   Nobody knows her secret   Wherever she goes men shout   "hey rose got the time? "      Exotica rose   Dances in beads and in satin   Tall and bejeweled   Don't be fooled by her mystery and spice   Her tangos fandangos   Her grace unmistakingly latin   You can buy her a drink   But don't think she's a girl with a price      Exotica rose   Exotica rose   Nobody knows   Nobody knows   When she powders her nose   Nobody knows   She's not exotica rose      And after her dance   In a dressing room dusty and dirty   She squints in the mirror   And tells herself never again   She's pushing an age that hits on the wrong side of thirty   She pulls off her wig   But the stain of the make-up remains      Exotica rose   Lives in a rented apartment   She's working all hours   To meet all the bills and demands   She's a girl with a difference   Or two in every department   Life isn't easy   With a wife and two kids on her hands      Exotica rose   Exotica rose   Nobody knows   Nobody knows   When she powders her nose   Nobody knows   It's not exotica rose