Let me entertain you
Let me make you smile

Let me do a few tricks
Some old and then some new tricks
I'm very versatile
And if you're real good
I'll make you feel good
I want your spirits to climb
Let me entertain you
And we'll have a real good time, yes sir
We'll have a real good time

So let me entertain you
And we'll have a real good time, yes sir
We'll have a real good time

My mother
Who got me into this business
Always told me
"Make 'em beg for more
And don't give it to 'em."
But I'm not my mother

Bonsoir, monsieurs et messieurs
Je m'appelle Gypsy Rose Lee
Some men accused me of being an ecdysiast
Do you know what that means?
Do you? Do you? Do you?
Don't be embarrassed, I like men without hair
An ecdysiast is one who, or that which, sheds its skin
In vulgar parlance, a stripper
But I am not a stripper
At these prices, I'm an ecdysiast