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In olden days a glimpse of stocking 
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Was looked on as something shocking -- 
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Now, Hea - ven knows,           an - y - thing goes. 
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words 
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Now only use four-letter words 
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Writ - ing prose,           an - y - thing goes. 
 
Bridge: 
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The world has gone mad today, and good's bad today 
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And black's white today and day's night today 
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And most guys today that women prize today 
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Are just silly  gi - bi - los. 
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So though I'm not a great ro - man - cer 
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I  know that you're bound to ans - wer when   
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I  pro - pose             an - y - thing goes.