ANYTHING GOES
(Cole Porter)

Recorded by:
The Cliff Adams Singers; Manny Albam; Ambrose & his Orch.; 
Anything Goes; John Arpin; Jeanne Aubert & the Four Admirals;
The Ballroom Band; John Barrowman; Count Basie; Tony Bennett; 
Bob Brookmeyer; Les Brown; Dave Brubeck; Capitol Quartet; 
Capone-N-Noreaga; Benny Carter; Ron Carter; Rosemary Clooney;
Ray Conniff; Chris Connor; Sonny Criss; Kim Criswell;
Bing Crosby; Graham Dalby; Bobby Darin; 
The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band; Wilbur DeParis; 
The Dorsey Brothers Orch.; John Eaton; Les Elgart; Ray Ellis; 
Tal Farlow Trio; Frederick Furnell; Ella Fitzgerald; 
The Four Lads; Freddie Gambrell; Errol Garner; Mitzi Gaynor; 
Stan Getz; Louise Gold; Benny Gordon; Genie Grant; 
Stephane Grappelli; Tammy Grimes; David Grisman; Henry Hall;
Harpers Bizare; Nancy Harrow; Johnny Hartman; Ted Heath; 
Horace Heidt & his Orch.; Helen Hobson; Leslie Hutchinson; 
Barbara Jay; Jazz at the Philharmonic; Dill Jones; 
Morgana King; Brenda Lee; Michel Legrand & his Orch.; 
Alex Leonard; Lokee; London Symphony Orch.; Rebecca Luker;
Patti Lu Pone; Adam Makovitcz; Malibu; Frank Morocco;
Mary Martin; Susannah McCorkle; Carman McCrae;
Brad Mehldau Trio; George Melly; Ethel Merman; Helen Merrill; 
Ron Merritt; The Metropolitan Music Ensemble; Mrs. Miller; 
Moonlight Serenaders; Mora's Modern Rhythmists; 
National Symphony Orch.; Elaine Paige; Pasadena Roof Orch.; 
Oscar Peterson; Sid Phillips; Cole Porter; Della Reece; 
Django Reinhardt; Frank Sinatra; Jo Stafford; Cyril Stapleton; 
Dakota Staton; Lew Stone & his Orch.; Mel Tormé; 
Dionne Warwick; John Williams; ..... and many more.


Times have changed,
And we’ve ofter rewound the clock
Since the puritans got a shock
When they landed on Plymouth rock
If today any shock they might try to stem
’stead of landing of Plymouth rock
Plymouth rock would land on them.

In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
But now God knows
Anything goes

Good authors to
Who once knew better words
Now only use four letter words
Writing prose
Anyhting 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 thats smart
Is intruding on nudist parties
In studios
Anything goes

When Mrs. Ned McClean God bless her
Can get Russian reds to yes her
Than I suppose
Anything goes

When Rockafeller 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 days night today
And that gent today
You gave a cent today
Once owned several châteaux

When folks
Who still can ride in Jitney’s
Find out Vanderbilts and Whitney’s
Lack baby clo’es
Anything goes

When Sam Goldwyn
Can with great conviction
Instruct Anna Sten in diction
Than 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 you’ve got
And those knocks you’ve got
And those blues you’ve got
From those news you’ve got
And those pains you’ve got
(if any brains you’ve got)
From those little radios

So Mrs. R.
With all her trimmin’s
Can broadcast a bed from Simmon’s
Cause Franklin knows
Anything goes