Now I'm of consenting age To be forgetting you in a cabaret Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen May even ask my name As she sheds her skin on stage I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's PA The strip joint veteran sits two away Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified Peach and lime daiquiri And isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, but I'm afraid that I Well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead, d-dead, d-dead, d-dead in this place Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place And isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Well, I'm afraid that I Well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead, d-dead, d-dead, d-dead in this place Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place And isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know 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
Now I'm of consenting age To be forgetting you in a cabaret Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen May even ask my name As she sheds her skin on stage I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's PA The strip joint veteran sits two away Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified Peach and lime daiquiri And isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, but I'm afraid that I Well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead, d-dead, d-dead, d-dead in this place Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place And isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Well, I'm afraid that I Well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead, d-dead, d-dead, d-dead in this place Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place And isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety? Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me? I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know 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
O título da música foi inspirado em uma fala da personagem de Natalie Portman no filme “Closer” (2004).
A canção foi escrita pelos membros da banda Ryan Ross, Brendon Urie e Spencer Smith, e descreve a experiência de estar em um clube de strip‑tease sem gostar do ambiente.
Embora não tenha repetido o sucesso de “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” nos EUA, o single alcançou boas posições nas paradas internacionais, chegando ao 10º lugar na Nova Zelândia, 15º na Austrália e 23º no Reino Unido.
O videoclipe, dirigido por Shane Drake, mostra a banda se apresentando em um clube de strip‑tease ao estilo baile de máscaras, reforçando o tema da música.
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