Em Am To be forgetting you in a cabaret Em Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen Am May even ask my name Em As she sheds her skin on stage
Am Em I'm sitting and sweating to a dance song on the club's PA. Am And the strip joint veteran sits two away A A G Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri... Em G A And isn't this exactly where you'd like me A Em I'm exactly where you'd like me you know G A Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety Em G A Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me A Em I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know G A Praying for love in a lap dance Em G A A And paying in naivety Oh, but I'm afraid that I, Well I may have faked it Em Am And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place Em Am Well, I'm afraid that I, That's right, well I may have faked it Em Am And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place Em G A And isn't this exactly where you'd like me A Em I'm exactly where you'd like me you know G A Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety Em G A Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me A Em I'm exactly where you'd like me you know G A Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety (Instrumental) Em Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Well, I'm afraid that I, Well I may have faked it Em Am And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place Em Am Well, I'm afraid that I, That's right, well I may have faked it Em Am And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place Em G A And isn't this exactly where you'd like me A Em I'm exactly where you'd like me you know G A Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety Em G A Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me A Em I'm exactly where you'd like me you know G A Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety Praying for love and paying in naivety Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am