More songs by The Magnetic Fields
Description
Main Artist: The Magnetic Fields
Composer Lyricist: Stephin Merritt
Lyrics and translation
Original
Take me away from this horrible party and let me get home tomorrow.
Don't make me stay at this horrible party, I'll never go to another!
People are shedding their inhibitions and their clothes.
Many are sprawled on divans painting each other's toes.
Everyone seems to be stuffing something up his nose.
The player piano is tinkling "Anything Goes" again and again.
Dear me, from this horrible party and I will give you some money.
Why are we at this horrible party? And I don't see what's so funny.
Here in a darkness known hitherto only to wolves, people are using the slang they picked up from the pros.
Everyone's finding new uses for muffs and mink stoles.
And "Anything Goes" goes again, how they know all the rules.
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
Some plastic surgeon's done terrible things to poor Jane.
Making her terrifically popular, men are insane.
"Anything Goes" is the motto, an endless refrain.
My dear, it was heaven until they ran out of champagne.