Lyrics

Just like a penny on the table has nowhere to go
You’re a starlet in a chamber with a three-time gigolo

You tried to bluff the devil but the devil had his way
Now you're looking for tomorrow but can't shake yesterday
if it wasn't for the money you'd have no will to live
but what happens come the day when you got nothing left to give

Just like a penny on the table has nowhere to go
You’re a starlet in a chamber with a three-time gigolo

there used to be a time when a man could make you smile
when the hunger in his eyes would make you dance the extra mile
but when servitude became the pill that you craved to swallow
the tap upon your heart became so lonesome and so hollow

Just like a penny on the table has nowhere to go
You’re a starlet in a chamber with a three-time gigolo

shake it up, shake it up little Mara
your truth cannot be broken with a hammer
so shake it up, shake it up and believe
your past is just another tax that you can grieve

Just like a penny on the table has nowhere to go
You’re a starlet in a chamber with a three-time gigolo


Words & Music by John Banrock
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