My Mom and Cole Porter
Peter T.
location: New Hampshire
listening to: Too much of everything!
registered: 1999.05.20
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No, there was no physical liaison, but when I was a kid, my mom used to bang out original
tunes as well as sterling cover songs on her piano. I can still see the Pabst Blue Ribbon by
her side, the lit cigarette, and the utter joy that she experienced on those rare occasions
when she had a respite from tending to to the house, my brother and me, and countless
other distractions and duties. She especially relished playing and singing Cole Porter's
Anything Goes. It took me a decade or two to appreciate the genius of the song. It took
parenthood for me to fully understand why she so desperately craved those moments.
Lend an ear to a master songwriter, Cole Porter.Peter T.http://www.myspace.com/0/music-player?songid=28355653&artid=14071298Times have changed,
And we've often rewound the clock,
Since the Puritans got 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. 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 gigolo's,
Anything Goes. When mothers pack and leave poor father
Because they decide they'd rather be tennis pros,
Anything 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 that's smart
Is intruding in nudist parties in studios,
Anything Goes. [RENO, PASSENGERS & CREW]
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 [RENO]
If saying your prayers you like,
If green pears you like
If old chairs you like,
If back stairs you like,
If love affairs you like
With young bears you like,
Why nobody will oppose! [ALL]
And though I'm not a great romancer
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes...
Anything goes!
Peter T.
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No, there was no physical liaison, but when I was a kid, my mom used to bang out original
tunes as well as sterling cover songs on her piano. I can still see the Pabst Blue Ribbon by
her side, the lit cigarette, and the utter joy that she experienced on those rare occasions
when she had a respite from tending to to the house, my brother and me, and countless
other distractions and duties. She especially relished playing and singing Cole Porter's
Anything Goes. It took me a decade or two to appreciate the genius of the song. It took
parenthood for me to fully understand why she so desperately craved those moments.
Lend an ear to a master songwriter, Cole Porter.Peter T.http://www.myspace.com/0/music-player?songid=28355653&artid=14071298Times have changed,
And we've often rewound the clock,
Since the Puritans got 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. 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 gigolo's,
Anything Goes. When mothers pack and leave poor father
Because they decide they'd rather be tennis pros,
Anything 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 that's smart
Is intruding in nudist parties in studios,
Anything Goes. [RENO, PASSENGERS & CREW]
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 [RENO]
If saying your prayers you like,
If green pears you like
If old chairs you like,
If back stairs you like,
If love affairs you like
With young bears you like,
Why nobody will oppose! [ALL]
And though I'm not a great romancer
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes...
Anything goes!
