Anything Goes lyrics

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

The world has 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
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose
Anything goes

When grandmama whose age is eighty
In night clubs is getting matey with gigolos
Anything goes
When mothers pack and leave poor father
Because they dеcide they'd rather bе tennis pros
Anything goes
If saying your prayers you like
If green pears you like
If old chairs you like
If backstairs you like
If love affairs you like
With young bears you like
Why, nobody will oppose
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose
Anything goes

Every time we say goodbye
I die a little
Every time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little
Why the gods above me
Who must be in the know
Think so little of me
They allow you to go
When you're near, there's such an air
Of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere
Begin to sing about it
There's no love song finer
But how strange the change from major to minor
Every time we say goodbye
There's no love song finer
But how strange the change from major to minor
Every time we say goodbye
Every single time we say goodbye