Am
Now I'm of consenting age
         Em                 C
To be forgetting you in a cabaret
    Am
Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen
     Em           C
May even ask my name


       Am
As she sheds her skin on stage
    Em                             C                   Am
I'm sitting and sweating to a dance song on the club's PA.
                                      Em
And the strip joint veteran sits two away
                  C                               Am        C    Fmaj7
Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri...


Am        C            Fmaj7
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
      Dm                              Am
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            Fmaj7
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
       Dm                              Am
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
            Em          Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance
                               
And paying in naivety 

(Pausa)

Oh, but I'm afraid that I,

Well I may have faked it
    Am                        Em                        C
And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place

      Am                    Em
Well, I'm afraid that I,

                   C
That's right, well I may have faked it
    Am                    Em
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place


Am        C            Fmaj7
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
      Dm                               Am
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            Fmaj7
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
      Dm                               Am
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 Em        Am  C       Am  C

      Am                Em
Well, I'm afraid that I,

Well I may have faked it
    Am                       Em
And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place


      Am                Em
Well, I'm afraid that I,

That's right, well I may have faked it
    Am                   Em
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place


Am        C            Fmaj7
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
      Dm                             Am
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            Fmaj7
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
      Dm                              Am
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

Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh