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 grands jetés

I'll be your tiny dancing queen

Your Judy, Gaga, Cher, Celine

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 love 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)