Times have changed
and weand've often rewound the clock
since the puritans got a shock
when they landed on plymouth rock.
if today
any shock they should try to stem
and'stead of landing on plymouth rock,
plymouth rock would land on them.
Refrain 1
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 evand'ry night the set thatand's smart is in-
truding in nudist parties in
studios.
anything goes.
Refrain 2
When missus ned mclean (god bless her)
can get russian reds to andquot;yesandquot; her,
then i suppose
anything goes.
when rockefeller still can hoard en-
ough money to let max gordon
produce his shows,
anything goes.
the world has gone mad today
and goodand's bad today,
and blackand's white today,
and dayand'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 cloand'es,
anything goes.
Refrain 3
If 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 turns a handspring landing up-
on her toes,
anything goes.
just think of those shocks youand've got
and those knocks youand've got
and those blues youand've got
from that news youand've got
and those pains youand've got
(if any brains youand've got)
from those little radios.
so missus r., with all her trimminand's,
can broadcast a bed from simmons
and'cause franklin knows
anything goes.
