笨小笨Begin the Beguine歌词由Artie Shaw & His Orchestra演唱，出自专辑《Sweets (The Geniuses of Jazz)》，下面是《Begin the Beguine》完整版歌词！
Begin the Beguine歌词完整版
Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Written by：Cole Porter
Times have changed
今时不同往日
And we've often rewound the clock
如今我们夜夜笙歌
Since the puritans got a shock
自从顽固的人们受到冲击
When they landed on Plymouth rock
我们就像是新移民踏入了新大陆
If today
如果当初
Any shock they should try to stem
人们不曾让新兴文化流行
'Stead of landing on Plymouth rock
如果他们试图掌控这股潮流
Plymouth rock would land on them
最后大潮会将他们掀翻
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
在往日 在街上瞥见
Was looked on as something shocking
时尚女郎已经是新闻一件
But now god knows
谁能想到现在随处可见
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
Good authors too who once knew better words
过去妙笔生花的作家写出句句名言
Now only use four letter words
如今只剩下小混混嘴里的
Writing prose
粗言秽语
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
If driving fast cars you like
如果你喜欢飙车
If low bars you like
如果你喜欢低杆
If old hymns you like
如果你喜欢颂词
If bare limbs you like
如果你喜欢胴体
If Mae west you like
如果你喜欢那银幕上的妖女
Or me undressed you like
或者是你更喜欢赤裸裸的我
Why nobody will oppose
为什么没有人反对
When every night the set that smart is in
当社会名流们聚集在一起
Truding at nudist parties in
夜夜在剧组里的开裸体派对
Studios
的时候
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
When missus Ned McLean
当内德麦克莱恩太太
God bless her
愿上帝保佑她
Can get Russian reds to yes her
能够得到俄罗斯签证的时候
Then I suppose
那我想那一定是因为
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
When Rockefeller still
当洛克菲勒仍然资助
Can hoard enough money to let max Gordon
麦斯戈登
Produce his shows
去制作他的节目时
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
The world has gone mad today
这个世界已经变得疯狂
And good's bad today
这个世界已经好坏不分
And black's white today
这个世界已经颠倒黑白
And day's night today
这个世界已经昼夜不分
And that gent today
那个坐在街边乞讨
You gave a cent today
你给了他一分钱的乞丐
Once had several chateaux
谁能想到他曾经拥有过一座城堡
When folks who still can ride in jitneys
当那些挤着公交车的人
Find out vanderbilts and whitneys
发现范德比尔特和惠特尼
Lack baby clothes
穷到和老婆共着衣装时
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction
如果山姆古德温
Instruct Anna sten in diction
能为为安娜斯坦指导剧本
Then Anna shows
并让她演出
Anything goes
任何事情都可能发生
When you hear that lady mendl standing up
当你听说门德尔女士能够站起来
Now turns a handspring landing up
并且翻了几个跟斗
On her toes
还可以稳稳站住
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
Just think of those shocks you've got
好好想想你受到的震撼
And those knocks you've got
你受到的批评
And those blues you've got
你经历的沮丧
From that news you've got
你收到的消息
And those pains you've got
你所收到的痛苦
If any brains you've got
如果你长记性的话
From those little radios
从这小小的收音机里
So missus r with all her trimmings
R太太之所以带着自己的珠宝离开了
Can broadcast a bed from Simmons
是因为富兰克林将
'Cause Franklin knows
西蒙斯的丑闻告诉了她
Anything goes
在这个时代 任何事情都有可能发生
