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
Instead of landing on Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock would land on them
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
Now heaven 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 in nudist parties in studios
Anything goes.
When Mrs. 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 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 upon her toes
Anything goes
Just think of those shocks you got
And those knocks you got
From those news you got
And those pains you got
If any brains you got
From those little radios.
So Mrs. R. with all her trimmings,
Can broadcast a bed from Simmons,
'Cause Franklin knows,
Anything goes