In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking Now Heaven knows anything goes Anything goes
Spoken: Every generation believes that that generation is the wildest ever. Here we are in the 70s and we're convinced that we're the raciest, the most daring, the most provocative, the most everything, right? Well, that's what they thought in the 1900s. She's daring...
Sung: Anything goes...
Spoken: She's racy...
Sung: Anything goes...
Spoken: And so provocative...
Sung: Anything goes.
"Every Little Movement" (Harbach/Hoschna 1910)
Every little movement has a meaning all its own Every thought and feeling by some posture can be shown And every love thought that comes a-stealing o'er your being Must be revealing all its sweetness In some appealing little gesture all its own
"Anything Goes" (continued)
The world's gone mad today And good's bad today And black's white today And day's night today
When most guys today That women prize today Are just silly gigolos
"Runnin' Wild" (Wood/Gibbs/Harrington 1950)
Runnin' wild, lost control Runnin' wild, mighty bold Feelin' gay, reckless, too Carefree mind all the time, never blue
Always goin' don't know where Always showin' I don't care Don't love nobody It's not worthwhile All alone runnin' wild
"Forty-Second Street" (Dubin/Warren 1932)
Come and meet those dancing feet On the Avenue I'm taking you to Forty-Second Street
Side by side, they're glorified Where the underworld can meet the elite Naughty, bawdy, gaudy, sporty Forty-Second Street
"Shoo Shoo Baby"
Shoo, shoo, shoo, baby Shoo, shoo, shoo, baby Bye, bye, bye, baby Mama's off to the Seven Seas
Don't cry, baby Don't sigh, baby Bye, bye, bye, baby When I come back We'll live a life of ease
"Anything Goes" (continued)
Good authors too who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words writing prose...
"Life Can Be a Dream"
Sha-boom, sha-boom Yadda dah-dah... Sha-boom, sha-boom Yadda dah-dah... Sha-boom, sha-boom Life can be a dream, Sweetheart
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Picture yourself on a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Cellophane flowers in yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes And she's gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds
"Anything Goes" (continued)
Now Heaven knows, Anything...
"Love is Alive"
Well, I think it's time to get ready To realize just what I have found I have been only half of what I am It's all clear to me now
My heart is on fire My soul's like a wheel that's turning My love is alive My love is alive
There's a mirror moving inside my mind Reflecting the love that you shine on me Hold on to that feeling Let it flow, let it grow
My heart is on fire My soul's like a wheel that's turning My love is alive My love is alive
My love is alive My love is alive
Spoken: But no matter what the generation....
"As Time Goes By"
You must remember this A kiss is just a kiss A sigh is still a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by
And when two lovers woo They still say, "I love you." On that you can rely No matter what the future brings As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs Never out of date Hearts full of passion Jealousy and hate Woman needs man And man must have his mate That no one can deny
It's still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die The world will always welcome lovers As time goes by