Panic! At The Disco - But It's Better If You Do Lyrics

Panic! At The Disco Lyrics

"But It's Better If You Do"

Now I'm of consenting age to be forgetting you in a cabaret.
Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen may even ask my name
As she sheds her skin on stage
I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's P.A.
The strip joint veteran sits two away
Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri

And isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

Oh,
But I'm afraid that I—
Well, I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead d-dead d-dead d-dead in this place

Well, I'm afraid that I—
Well, that's right, well I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place

And isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

Well, I'm afraid that I—
Well, I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead d-dead d-dead d-dead in this place

Well, I'm afraid that I—
Well, that's right, well I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place

And isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

Praying for love and paying in naivety
Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh

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Thanks to Nova, Michael for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Brendon Urie, Spencer Smith, George Ross

The title of this song comes from the film "Closer" (2004), where the character of Natalie Portman says, "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off, but it's better if you do". The first part of this sentence gave the title to another song off of this album.

"But It's Better If You Do" was written by Ryan Ross after his break-up with a girlfriend who cheated on him. It is reflected in the music video where a guy goes to a strip club only to find out that his wife works there as a stripper.

Guitarist Ryan Ross told MTV News, "It's a song about being in a strip club but not actually liking being in there. So I wanted it to be about the sort of complex inner-monologue. It's not completely fiction, though. It's based on a scenario when I was going through a break-up with a girl, and I was in one of these clubs but wishing I didn't have to be. Because in reality, I don't like strip clubs. I think they're kind of ecch."

album: "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" (2005)

Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out album cover

Introduction

The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage

London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines

Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks

Camisado

Time To Dance

Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off

Intermission

But It's Better If You Do

I Write Sins Not Tragedies

I Constantly Thank God For Esteban

There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey. You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet

Build God, Then We'll Talk

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"But It's Better If You Do" lyrics

Panic! At The Disco Lyrics