You Gotta Get A Gimmick Lyrics - Gypsy - 2008 Original Broadway Cast - Laura Benanti

Mazeppa 

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 have 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 Mazzeppa, 

With my revolution in dance. 

You gotta have a gimmick 

If you wanna have a chance! 

Electra 

She can uh... She can uh... 

She can uh... uh... uh... 

They'll never make her pitch. 

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 got it made. 

Tessie Tura 

All them uh and then uh... 

And that 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. 

Lady Tura is so much more then purer 

Than all them other ladies because- 

You gotta get a gimmick 

If you wanna get applause. 

ALL 

Do something special 

Anything special 

And you'll get better because 

Come on and just do mimic 

When you gotta gimmick 

Take a look how different we are! 

Electra 

If you wanna make it, 

Twinkle while you shake it. 

Tura 

If you wanna grind it, 

Wait till you refined it. 

Mazeppa 

If you wanna stump it, 

Bump it with a trumpet! 

ALL 

Get yourself a gimmick and you too, 

Can be a star!