For The Gaze

Why is a girl like me sitting here in this chair

Combing her hair and painting her face in the chase

To stay young and beautiful?

Is it the fact that I'm attracted to each kernel of external validation

In a world that keeps me insecure to sell me needless crap?

Or is it something new?

Would you believe it to be true, that I'd do it all for you?

For that glimmer in your eye? For your gaze?

I'd trade my fortune for the chance to be

Enveloped in that special way you glance at me

I feel like I can have it all the moment that I fall into that gaze

The look of recognition in your eyes

Is all it takes to have me hooked and hypnotized

It's the feeling of pure ecstasy to be seen the way that I see me

Yes, everything I do is for the gaze

I'll do an outfit change, I'll do a twirl

I'll do just about anything to be your girl

I'll cause a scene to make you stare, I'll take the trip from here to there

While serving Cleopatra on a chaise

I'll give you choreo and legs for days

I'll go one step beyond and give you grand jetés

I'll be your tiny dancing queen, your Judy, Gaga, Cher, Céline

I'll option up on certain matine-yeah-es

But only for the gaze!

Ooh, she won't go quietly or be ignored (It's true!)

Be careful if you push her, she'll go overboard (Splish-splash)

With every move we love her more

We love her 'cause she does it for the gays

I'm just a twenty-something ingenue

Babbling before you, begging for your praise

Please love me, give me the gaze, the gays love me

I need the gaze, the gays love me

The gays love me, the gays love me, the gays love me

Oh, it's the greatest gift, the greatest love

The greatest club to get to be a member of

'Cause if you ask me when push comes to shove, it's for the gaze

It's for the gays, it's for the gays, it's for the gays

Forgive me if I'm coming on too strong

I just want to be loved and feel like I belong

That's why I wear this little gown and sing this little song, it's for the gaze

It's for the gays, it's for the gays

I'd do anything for

She'd do anything for

We all know that this whole damn show is for

The gaze

All for the gays, the gays

Anything for the gaze! (Gays)