Private Dancer

well the men come in these places
and the men are all the same
you don't look at their faces
and you don't ask their names
you don't think of them as human
you don't think of them at all
you keep your mind on the money
keeping your eyes on the wall

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i'm your private dancer
a dancer for money
i'll do what you want me to do
i'm your private dancer
a dancer money
any old music will do

i wanna make a million dollars
i wanna live out by the sea
have a husband and some children
yeah i guess i want a family
all the men come in these places
and the men are all the same
you don't look at their faces
and you don't ask their names
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deutschmarks or dollars
american express will nicely thank you
let me loosen up your collar
tell me do you wanna see me do the shimmy again
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nineteen eighty four
someday they won't let you
now you must agree
the time they are a telling
and the changing isn't free
you read it in the tea leaves
and the reacks are on tv
beware the savage jaw
in nineteen eighty four
they'll split your pretty cranium
and fill it full of air
they'll tell you that you're eighty
and really you won't care
you'll be shooting up on everything
tomorrow's never there
beware the savage jaw
in nineteen eighty four

come see come see
remember me
i played in an all night movie role
you said it would last
but i guess we've enrolled
in nineteen eighty four
who could ask for more
nineteen eighty four
who could ask for more

i'm looking for a vehicle
i'm looking for a ride
i'm looking for a party
i'm looking for a side
i'm looking for a treason
that i knew in sixty five
beware the savage door
in nineteen eighty four

come see come see
remember me
i played in an all night movie role
you said it would last
but i guess we've enrolled
in nineteen eighty four
who could ask for more
nineteen eighty four
who could ask for more

nineteen eighty four

a night in television wonderland
just one more
fairytale about some rich bitch
lying by the swimming pool
its golden school
living's easy when you make the rules

last friday was the first time
it took only about half a minute
on the stairway
it was child's play
the odds turn out even
when you give up believing in the

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cold law steel claw
try to get on board you find the lock is on the door
well i say 'no way
don't try to keep me out or there'll be hell to pay'
i don't know who's right or who's wrong
but it doesn't really matter when you're lying in the gutter
its a see saw
a long hot battle with the cold law
is what you get for messing with the steel claw

the politicians have forgotten this place
except for a flying visit in a black mercedes
no election time
they cross the line
and everybody runs to watch the pantomine
if they could see what's going on around here
so many people hanging on the edge
crying out for revolution
retribution
the odds turn out even
when you give up believing in the
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sometimes i think i'm going crazy
sometimes i do a line
makes me laugh
makes me want to take a joyride
on the high tide
sometimes i'm contemplating suicide
meanwhile eddy's on the west coast
he's making out with some sweet senorita
up in frisco you and i know
the odds turn out even
when you give up believing
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let me say that since
since we've been together
loving you forever
is all i need
let me be the one you come running to
i'll never be untrue
oh baby

chorus
let's let's stay together
loving you whether whether
times are good or bad
happy or sad

i'm i'm so in love with you
whatever you want to do
is all right with me
let me be the one you come running to
i'll never be untrue
oh baby
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why oh tell me why do people break up
and turn around and make up
i just came to see
you'd never do that to me would ya baby
being around you is all i see
oh baby
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you must understand
though the touch of your hand
makes my pulse react
that it's only the thrill
of boy meeting girl
opposites attract
its physical
only logical
you must try to ignore
that it means more than that

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what's love got to do got to do with it
what's love but a second emotion
what's love got to do got to do with it
who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

it may seem to you
that i'm acting confused
when you're close to me
if i tend to look dazed
i read it some place
i've got cause to be
there's a name for it
there's a phrase fits
but whatever the reason
you do it for me
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i've been taking on a new direction
and i have to say
i've been thinking 'bout my own protection
it scares me to feel this way

chorus
what's love got to do got to do with it
what's love but a sweet old fashioned notion
what's love got to do got to do with it
who needs a heart when a heart can be broken