Story Behind The Song
Young office worker is tired of the daily grind and looks for an escape to his dreary humdrum existence and finds it in a house of Burlesque...which were popular back in the day....he goes in and finds a whole new world of possibilities...for himself.
The free nature of the actions of the stage actors tells him that office captivity is not for him and his mind is made up that this show..actually an epiphany has occurred to open his life to a world of possibilities.
Song Description
I grew up in New Rochelle which was a quiet little town in Westchester. When I started to play gigs in the Manhattan I found a new group of friends who were painters and writers and musicians...some of them made money stripping and posing.
When I went to visit a friend doing a show, the inspiration hit me and I wrote the lyrics right in the dressing room.
| Song Length |
2:53 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male |
| Mood |
Delighted, Delighted |
Subject |
Other, Fun |
| Similar Artists |
AC/DC, Aerosmith |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
Burlesque
Left my house in a rush another morning of push & shove
grab a coffee run upstairs hope the boss had not arrived yet.
Music playing in my head swirling 'round, I could not face this day.
So I walked out right then to a bright sunny day
and a house of burlesque came across my way
Had enough of files and phones and those sickly pale green walls
walked inside into the dark where the actors wore a spotlight
Music blasting from the stage while the dancers move to improvise
Burlesque Burlesque
Has helped me make my day
Burlesque Burlesque
We all live different ways
Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque
Grew up straight and grew up clean like a little town machine
So who would hear of such a thing from a boy with a career dear
all my logic and ideals said I'd find the very deadlies there
But the charm in the sleaze made me try out so
I jumped in a world I knew not about
Had enough of saving face in a world full of degenerates
If alive or dead and gone they talk about us anyway
Burlesque Burlesque
Has helped me make my day
Burlesque Burlesque
We all live different ways
Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque,Burlesque
P. Ipsan © Music & Lyrics 2016