"Anything Goes" lyrics - CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT

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

[Chorus:]
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
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today
Black's white today
Day's night today
And all those guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer when you propose
Anything goes

[Saxophone solo]

[Piano solo]

[Chorus:]
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
The world has gone mad today
Good's bad today
Black's white today
And day's night today
And all those guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer when you propose
Anything goes
When you propose
Anything goes