You Gotta Get a Gimmick Lyrics

2023 West End
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends - You Gotta Get a Gimmick Lyrics

(from Gypsy)

You can pull all the stops out
Till they call the cops out;
Grind your behind till you're banned.
But you gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna get a hand.
You can sacrifice your saccro
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!

She can uh... She can uh...
She can uh...uh...uh...
That'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 electrifyin',
And I ain't even tryin';
I never have to sweat to get paid;
'Cause if you got a gimmick,
Gypsy girl, you got it made.

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.

Dressy Tessie Tura is so much more demur-er
Than all them other ladies because--
You gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna get applause.

Do something special
Anything special
And you'll get better because...
You're more than just a mimic
When you gotta 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've refined it.

If you wanna stump it,
Bump it with a trumpet!

So get yourself a gimmick and you, too,
Can be a star!

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Company
The Little Things You Do Together
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Getting Married Today
Hello Little Girl
Send In the Clowns
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
The Worst Pies in London
My Friends
Pretty Women
A Little Priest
The Ladies Who Lunch
Sunday
Broadway Baby
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
I'm Still Here
Could I Leave You?
Losing My Mind
Not a Day Goes By
Being Alive
Old Friends