The Life of a Showgirl - Dressing Room Rehearsal Version

Her name was Kitty

Made her money being pretty and witty

They gave her the keys to this city

Then they said she didn't do it legitly, oh

I bought a ticket

She's dancing in her garters and fishnets

Fifty in the cast, zero missteps

Looking back, I guess it was kismet

I waited by the stage door, packed in with the autograph hounds

Barking her name, then glowing like the end of a cigarette, wow, she came out

I said, "You're living my drеam"

And she said to me

"Hey, thank you for thе lovely bouquet

You're sweeter than a peach

But you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe

(And you're never, ever gonna)

Wait, the more you play, the more that you pay

You're softer than a kitten, so

You don't know the life of a showgirl, babe

(And you're never gonna wanna")

She was a menace

The baby of the family in Lenox

Her father whored around like all men did

Her mother took pills and played tennis

So she waited by the stage door as the club promoter arrived

She said, "I'd sell my soul to have a taste of a magnificent life that's all mine"

But that's not what showgirls get

They leave us for dead

Hey, thank you for the lovely bouquet

You're sweeter than a peach

But you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe

(And you're never, ever gonna)

Wait, the more you play, the more that you pay

You're softer than a kitten, so

You don't know the life of a showgirl, babe

(And you're never gonna wanna)

I took her pearls of wisdom, hung them from my neck

I paid my dues with every bruise, I knew what to expect

Do you wanna take a skate on the ice inside my veins?

They ripped me off like false lashes and then threw me away

And all the headshots on the walls

Of the dance hall are of the **

Who wish I'd hurry up and die

But I'm immortal now, baby dolls

I couldn't if I tried

So I say

"Thank you for the lovely bouquet

I'm married to the hustle

And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe

(And I'll never know another)

Pain hidden by the lipstick and lace (Lipstick and lace)

Sequins are forever

And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe

Wouldn't have it any other way" (Wouldn't have it any other way)

(Wouldn't have it any other way)

Wouldn't have it any other way

(So thank you for the lovely bouquet)

Hey, Kitty (Oh)

(Thank you for the lovely bouquet)

Now I make my money being pretty and witty (Oh)

Thank you for the lovely bouquet