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