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
And day’s night today
And black’s white today
When most guys today that women prize today
Are just silly gigolos

 

And though I’m not a great romancer
I know you’re bound to answer
When we propose, Anything Goes

 

The world has gone mad today
And good’s bad today
And day’s night today
And black’s white today
And most guys today that women prize today
Are just silly gigolos

 

And though we’re not such great romancers
We know that you’re bound to answer
When we propose, Anything Goes

 

Anything goes
Anything goes
Anything goes

Heaven
I’m in Heaven
And my heart beats so, that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we’re out together, dancing Cheek to Cheek

 

Heaven
I’m in heaven
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gamblers lucky streak
When we’re out together dancing Cheek to Cheek

 

Oh, I love to climb a mountain
And to reach the highest peak (me too)
But it doesn’t thrill me half as much as dancing Cheek to Cheek

 

And I love to go out fishing
In a river, or a creek
But I don’t enjoy it half as much as dancing Cheek to Cheek

 

Dance with me
I want my arm about you
That charm about you
Will carry me through to…

 

Heaven (heaven)
Yes I’m in heaven (I’m in heaven)
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find that happiness I seek
When we’re out together dancing Cheek to Cheek

 

Dance with me
I want my arm about you
That charm about you
Will carry me through to…

 

Heaven
I’m in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find that happiness I seek
Oh baby when we’re out together dancing
Out together dancing
Out together dancing Cheek to Cheek

I can’t give you anything but love, baby
That’s the only thing I’ve plenty of, baby
Dream a while, scheme a while, you’re sure to find
Happiness, and I guess, all those things you’ve always pined for

 

Gee, I like to see you looking swell, Tony
With diamond watches, Tiffany’s just don’t sell, baby
Till the lucky day, you know darn well
Oh I can’t give you anything but love.

 

I can’t give you anything but love, Lady
That’s the only thing I’ve plenty of, Lady
Dream a while, scheme a while, you’re sure to find
Happiness, and I guess, all those things you’ve always pined for
How you like to see me looking swell? Lady
Diamond bracelets, Woolworth doesn’t sell, Gaga

 

Till the lucky day you know darn well, baby
Oh I can’t give you anything,
I don’t want just anything
Oh I can’t give you anything but love

There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

 

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me

 

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return

 

And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me

 

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return

So you met someone
Who set you back on your heels
Goody goody
(He’s a sucker!)

 

So you met someone and
Now you know how it feels
Goody goody
(Oh! Let me and don’t say that!)

 

So you gave him your heart too
Just as I gave mine to you
(Stop talking about this stuff!)

 

And he broke it in little pieces
And now how do you do?
(It’s not funny Tony…)

 

So you lie awake just
Singing the blues all night
Goody goody

 

So you think that love’s
A barrel of dynamite
(I told you I’m not goody, I’m a baddie!)

 

Hooray and hallelujah
You had it coming to ya
(Think you’re funny, huh?)

 

Goody goody for him
Goody goody for me
(Goody goody for you!)

 

And I hope you’re satisfied
You rascal you
(That’s very cheeky, Tony.)

 

So you met someone
Who set you back on your heels
(So what?)
Goody goody

 

So you met someone and now
You know how it feels
(I was confused, you know)
Goody goody

 

So you gave him your heart too
Just as I gave mine to you
And he broke it in little pieces
(I know!)
And now how do you do?

 

So you lie awake just singin’
The blues all night
(Yeah, all night, all night long!)
Goody goody

 

So you think that love’s
A barrel of dynamite
(Yes, so what, sometimes)

 

Hooray and hallelujah
You had it coming to ya
(Stop laughing!)

 

Goody goody for him
Goody goody for me
(Hah! I’m not a goody, I’m a baddie!)

 

Your love has been denied
You’ve been taken for a ride
(Well, are you happy now?)

 

And I hope you’re satisfied
You rascal you
(Yeah I’ll be fine, just stop singing that song!)

We love each other so deeply
That I ask you this, sweetheart,
Why should we quarrel ever,
Why can’t we be enough clever,
Never to part.

 

Ev’ry time we say goodbye
I die a little,
Ev’ry 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…
Ev’ry time we say goodbye.
Ev’ry time we say goodbye.

I call her Firefly
Cause, oh, my
She radiates moonglow
Wants none of that noon glow
She starts to glitter
When the sun goes down

 

Bout eight p.m., it’s mayhem
She switches the brights up
Lights up and gives me a call
Take me to the Fireflies ball

 

But when I get her there
Set her there
Do I get to pet her there
And grab me some glow

 

No, she’s a gad about, mad about
Luring every lad about
While leaving me moaning low

 

Oh, Firefly, why can’t I
Latch onto you no how
Oh, how I love you but gee
While you set the night on
Firefly, shine a little light on me

 

He calls me Firefly
Cause, oh, my
I radiate moonglow
Want none of that noon glow
Start to glitter
When the sun goes down

 

Bout eight p.m., it’s mayhem
I’m switching the brights up
Light up and give you a call
Take you to the Fireflies ball

 

But when I get her there
Set her there
Do I get to pet her there
And grab me some glow

 

No, she’s a gad about, mad about
Luring every lad about
While leaving me moaning low

 

Oh, Firefly, why can’t I
Latch on to you no how
Oh, how I love you but gee
While you set the night on
Firefly, shine a little light on
Shine a little light on
Shine a little light on me
On me
(in the mornin’)

I won’t dance, don’t ask me
I won’t dance, don’t ask me
I won’t dance, Madame, with you
My heart won’t let my feet do things they should do

 

You know what?, you’re lovely
And so what? I’m lovely
But, oh, what you do to me
I’m like an ocean wave that’s bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor

 

When you dance, you’re charming and you’re gentle
Especially when we do the Continental
But this feeling isn’t purely mental
For, heaven rest us, we’re not asbestos

 

And that’s why I won’t dance, why should I?
I won’t dance, how could I?
I won’t dance, merci beaucoup
We know that music leads the way to romance,
So if I hold you in my arms
I won’t dance

 

When you dance, you’re charming and you’re gentle
Especially when we do the Continental
But this feeling isn’t purely mental (Oh really)
For, heaven rest us, I am not asbestos

 

And that’s why I won’t dance, why should I?
I won’t dance, how could I?
I won’t dance, merci beaucoup
We know that music leads the way to romance,
So if I hold you in my arms I won’t dance
I won’t dance, I won’t dance, I won’t dance
I won’t dance, dance, dance
I won’t dance
Dance

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
When they said that man could fly

 

They told Marconi
Wireless was a phony
It’s the same old cry
They laughed at me wanting you
Said I was reaching for the moon
But oh, you came through
Now they’ll have to change their tune

 

They all said we never could be happy
They laughed at us and how!
But ho, ho, ho!
Who’s got the last laugh now?

 

They all laughed at Rockefeller Center
Now they’re fighting to get in
They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat
Hershey and his chocolate bar

 

Ford and his Lizzie
Kept the laughers busy
That’s how people are
They laughed at me wanting you
Said it would be, « Hello, Goodbye. »
But oh, you came through
Now they’re eating humble pie

 

They all said we’d never get together
Darling, take a bow
For ho, ho, ho!
Who’s got the last laugh?
Hee, hee, hee!
Let’s at the past laugh
Ha, ha, ha!
Who’s got the last laugh now?

I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come what may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life
From jazz and cocktails

 

The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distingué traces
That used to be there you could see where
They’d been washed away
By too many through the day
Twelve o’clock tales

 

Then you came along with your siren song
To tempt me to madness
I thought for a while that your poignant smile
Was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me
Ah, yes, I was wrong
Again,
I was wrong

 

Life is lonely again
And only last year
Everything seemed so sure

 

Now life is awful again
And the thoughtful of heart
Could only be a bore

 

A week in Paris could ease the bite of it
All I care is to smile in spite of it

 

I’ll forget you, I will
While yet you are still
Burning inside my brain

 

Romance is mush
Stifling those who strive
I’ll live a Lush Life
In some small dive

 

And there I’ll be
While I rot with the rest
Of those whose lives are lonely too

There may be trouble ahead
But while there’s moonlight and music and love and romance
Let’s face the music and dance

 

Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill
And while we still have the chance
Let’s face the music and dance

 

Soon, we’ll be without the moon
Humming a different tune
And then…

 

There may be teardrops to shed
So while there’s moonlight and music and love and romance
Let’s face the music and dance

 

Soon, we’ll be without the moon
Humming a different tune
And then…
And then…

 

There may be teardrops to shed
So while there’s moonlight and music and love and romance
Let’s face the music and dance
Dance
Let’s face the music and dance

Love is funny, or it’s sad
Or it’s quiet, or it’s mad
It’s a good thing or it’s bad
But beautiful…
Beautiful to take a chance and if you fall you fall
And I’m thinking I wouldn’t mind at all…

 

Love is tearful, or it’s gay
It’s a problem, or it’s play
It’s a heartache, either way
But beautiful…
And I’m thinking if you were mine I’d never let you go
And that would be but beautiful I know

 

And I’m thinking if you were mine I’d never let you go
And that would be but beautiful
That would be but beautiful
That would be but beautiful I know

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah,
Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
No it don’t mean a thing, all you got to do is swing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah,
Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
It makes no diff’rence if it’s sweet or it’s hot
Give it all the rhythm that you’ve got
Oh, it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah,
Doo-wah, doo-wah, Tony-Gaga)

 

It makes no diff’rence if it’s sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm ev’rything you got
Oh, it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah,
Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah,
Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah dah)
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah,
Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)

After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy I’m awake
With no Bromo Seltzer handy
I don’t even shake

 

Men are not a new sensation
I’ve done pretty well I think
But this half pint imitation
Put me on the blink

 

But I’m wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered, am I?

 

I could not sleep and wouldn’t sleep
Till love came and told me I shouldn’t sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered, am I?

 

Oh I lost my heart, but what of it?
He is cold I agree
They can laugh, but I love him
And so the laugh’s on me

 

I’ll sing to him, bring spring to him
And long for the day when I cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered, am I?

 

He’s a fool and don’t I know it?
But a fool can have his charms
I’m in love and don’t I show it?
Like a babe in arms

 

Oh!
I’ve sinned a lot, I mean a lot
But now I’m sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered, am I?
Bewitched!
Bothered!
And bewildered
Am I?

I was five and he was six
We rode on the horses made of sticks
He wore black and I wore white
He would always win the fight

 

Bang bang, he shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down

 

Seasons came and changed the time
When I grew up I called him mine
He would always laugh and say
Remember when we used to play

 

Bang bang, I shot you down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
I used to shoot you down

 

Music played and people sang
Not for me, no church bells rang

 

Now he’s gone I don’t know why
Until this day, sometimes I cry
He didn’t even say goodbye
He didn’t take the time to lie

 

Bang bang, I shot you down
Bang bang, he hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
My baby shot me down