Exotica rose

Works the shows in the evening

Exotica rose

Works for dollars and dimes

Exotica rose

Nobody knows her secret

Wherever she goes men shout

Hey rose got the time?



Exotica rose

Dances in beads and in satin

Tall and bejeweled

Dont be fooled by her mystery and spice

Her tangos fandangos

Her grace unmistakingly latin

You can buy her a drink

But dont think shes a girl with a price



Exotica rose

Exotica rose

Nobody knows

Nobody knows

When she powders her nose

Nobody knows

Shes not exotica rose



And after her dance

In a dressing room dusty and dirty

She squints in the mirror

And tells herself never again

Shes pushing an age that hits on the wrong side of thirty

She pulls off her wig

But the stain of the make-up remains



Exotica rose

Lives in a rented apartment

Shes working all hours

To meet all the bills and demands

Shes a girl with a difference

Or two in every department

Life isnt easy

With a wife and two kids on her hands



Exotica rose

Exotica rose

Nobody knows

Nobody knows

When she powders her nose

Nobody knows

Its not exotica rose