Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals - Anything Goes

Times have changed
And we've often rewound the clock
Since the Puritans got a shock

When they landed on Plymouth Rock
If today, any shock they would try to stem
'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock would land on them

In olden days, a glimpse of stockings
Was looked on as something shocking
But now, Lord knows
Anything goes

Good writers too who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words writing prose
Anything goes

If driving fast cars you like
If low bars you like
If bare limbs you like
If old hymns you like
If Mae West you like
Or me undressed you like
Why, nobody will oppose

When ev'ry night the set that's smart is indulging
In nudist parties in studios
Anything goes

When grandmama whose age is eighty
In night clubs are getting matey with gigolo's
(Anything goes)

When mothers pack and leave poor father
Because they decide they'd rather be tennis pros
(Anything goes)

The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today
And black's white today
And day's night today
? today
We ought to snatch today
A little rest and repose
And while we hope our days are sunny
The government gets our money
'Cause ?
Anything goes
(Anything goes)

Written by:
Cole Porter

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