Anything Goes

Album: Paris (1934)
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  • Times have changed
    And we've often rewound the clock
    Since the Puritans got the shock
    When they landed on Plymouth Rock
    If today
    Any shock they should try to stem
    'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock
    Plymouth Rock would land on them

    In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
    Was looked on as something shocking
    But now, God knows
    Anything goes
    Good authors, 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 old hymns you like
    If bare limbs you like
    If Mae West you like
    Or me undressed you like
    Why, nobody will oppose
    When every night the set that's smart is
    Intruding at nudist parties in studios
    Anything goes

    When the Missus Ned McLean (God bless her)
    Can get Russian reds to "yes" her
    Then I suppose
    Anything goes
    When Rockefeller still can hoard enough money to let Max Gordon
    Produce his shows
    Anything goes

    The world has gone mad today
    And good's bad today
    And black's white today
    And day's night today
    And that gent today
    You gave a cent today
    Once had several chateaux
    When folks who still can ride in jitneys
    Find out Vanderbilts and Whitneys
    Lack baby clothes
    Anything goes

    When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction
    Instruct Anna Sten in diction
    Then Anna shows
    Anything goes
    When you hear that Lady Mendl standing up
    Now does a handspring landing up on her toes
    Anything goes

    Just think of those shocks you've got
    And those knocks you've got
    And those blues you've got
    From those news you've got
    And those pains you've got
    If any brains you've got
    From those little radios
    So Missus R., With all her trimmin's
    Can broadcast a bed from Simmons
    'Cause Franklin knows
    Anything goes Writer/s: Cole Porter
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Ihor from New Towns Partnership Ulster Park, Ny1934? Still a song for right now.
    Mr. Porter:Kudos!
  • Just Me from Right Here I love that this song was revived by Bethesda and plays about every 8th song on “Diamond City Radio” in the game Fallout 4. Well done Bethesda
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 13th 1967, "Anything Goes" by Harpers Bizarre entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #85; and on September 17th, 1967 it peaked at #43 {for 3 weeks} and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100...
    Between February 1967 and September 1968 the Santa Cruz quintet had five Top 100 records, with "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" being their biggest hit, and it peaked at #13 {for 2 weeks} on March 26th, 1967.
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandParodied by Monty Python, with different words AND tune!
  • Geno from Columbus, OhA classic forever.
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