Am Now I'm of consenting age Em F To be forgetting you in a cabaret Am Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen Em F May even ask my name Am As she sheds her skin on stage Em F Am I'm sitting and sweating to a dance song on the club's PA Em And the strip joint veteran sits two away F Dm F Em Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime F Daiquiri 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, 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 [Interludio] Am Am F# Oh, but I'm afraid that I F Well I may have faked it Am Em F And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place Am F# Well, I'm afraid that I F That's right, well I may have faked it Am Em F And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place 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, 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 F# F Am F# F ) Am F# Well, I'm afraid that I F Well I may have faked it Am Em F And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place Am F# Well, I'm afraid that I F That's right, well I may have faked it Am Em F And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place 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, 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 Praying for love and paying in naivety Am Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh