Verse:
Am Em F
Now I'm of consenting age to be forgetting you in a cabaret.
Am Em F
Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen may even ask my name
Am
As she sheds her skin on stage
Em F
I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's PA
Am
The strip joint veteran sits two away
Em F Am C Bm
Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime
F
daiquiri
Chorus:
Am C F
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Am C F
Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em Am
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh......
Verse:
*PALM MUTE*
But I'm afraid that I
Well, I may of faked it
Am Em F
And I wouldn't be caught dead, dead, dead, dead in this place
Am Em
Well, I'm afraid that I
F
That's right well, that I may have faked it
Am Em F - ring out -
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
Chorus:
Am C F
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Am C F
Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em Am
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Solo:
Am, Am, Dm, Dm, F, F x2
Am Bm
Well, I'm afraid that I
F
Well, I may of faked it
Am Bm F
And I wouldn't be caught dead, dead, dead, dead, dead in this place x2
Chorus:
Am C F
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Am C F
Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Dm
Praying for love and paying in naivety
Dm
Praying for love and paying in naivety
Am
.......oh.
