Dressed For Success

Album: Look Sharp! (1989)
Charted: 18 14
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  • Yeah, yeah, yeah

    Tried to make it little by little
    Tried to make it bit by bit on my own

    Quit the job, the grey believers
    Another town where I get close to the bone

    Whatcha gonna tell your brother?
    Oh, oh, oh
    Whatcha gonna tell your father?
    I don't know
    Whatcha gonna tell your mother?
    Let me go

    I'm gonna get dressed for success
    Shaping me up for the big time, baby
    Get dressed for success
    Shaping it up for your love
    For your love
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    I'm not afraid
    A trembling flower
    I'll feed your heart
    And blow the dust from your eyes, oh
    And in the dark, things happen faster
    I love the way you sway your hips next to mine, oh

    Whatcha gonna tell your brother?
    Oh, oh, oh
    Whatcha gonna tell your father?
    Ooh, I don't know
    Whatcha gonna tell your mother?
    Let me go

    I'm gonna get dressed for success
    Shaping me up for the big time, baby
    Get dressed for success
    Shaping it up for your love, yeah
    Look sharp

    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Whoa, whoa

    Whatcha gonna tell your brother?
    Oh, oh, oh
    Whatcha gonna tell your father?
    I don't know
    Whatcha gonna tell your mother?
    Let me go

    Dressed for success
    I'm gonna get dressed for success

    I'm gonna get dressed for success
    Hitting the spot for the big time, baby
    Get dressed for success
    Shaping it up for your love
    For your love
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    For your love
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    For your love
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    For your love
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    Yeah Writer/s: Per Hakan Gessle
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • LtsThis is a great song! One of the best pop/rock that is. Very intense!
  • Paul from MelbourneMost Roxette lyrics confuse me. lol.
  • Craig from Sturgeon Bay, WiConfused about some of the lyrics to Dressed For Success. the grey believers, another town where I get close to the bone/ blow the dust/ hitting a spot?
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