PROGRESS

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Song Title
PROGRESS
Writers
Weill, Lerner
Publisher
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
50%
Territory Controlled
US
Themes/Keywords
Better, Depression, Kiss, Love, Nature, Panic, Planets, Progress, Sex, Spring, Walking, World
Lyrics
One time this was a very quiet planet.
The reason was nobody was around.
But then one day Jehovah who began it
Got bored and clamped a couple on the ground,

And right away when man and woman came here,
They took a peak and nature took its course.
He said, “I love you” and she answered “same here”
And love became the greatest human force.

And from then and through the ages,
It was love, love, love!
From the peasant to the sages,
It was love, love, love!
Man and woman soon discover
When they set out to explore,
All the world loves a lover,
But a lover loves it more.
Everybody was devoted to it,
Love, love, love!
Until they all were bloated with it,
Love, love, love!

For suddenly the mind of man was changing,
He started moving on in greater haste,
And perspectives took a drastic re-arranging,
For love and home had fin’lly been replaced.

They discovered something better than affection,
Far more rugged than a hug could ever be,
And they started in a happier direction,
Leaving love beneath the good old apple tree.

What’s this thing that’s better than spring?
What thing is this that’s better than a kiss?
What is the X that’s better than sex?
What could it be? (3)

It’s Progress!
Where ev’ry man can be a king,
While next to Progress,
Love’s a juvenile thing.
Yes, with Progress
Your chance to hit the top is great.
One year you may need a loan,
And the following year you own New York State.
Yes, it’s Progress!
Now that’s the life for you,
Where you can make a pile a day.
Oh, it’s incred what you can do.
Why, next to Progress,
You don’t need brains at all.
Love is dull as croquet,
Just a helluva lot of gall.
Yes, with Progress
A Tom or Dick or Hank
Why, there’s a world to make and hold,
Mighty any day buy up a bank.
You start a clerk underneath
And the following year your teeth are all gold.

One day the prices begin to soar.
You made a living…now you need more.
You’re getting frantic, you’re running short.
You have a fam’ly you must support.
And when you think it’ll never stop,
There is a sudden awful drop.
It’s a PANIC! It’s a RECESSION!
It’s a DEPRESSION, it’s a CRASH!

It’s Progress!
The greatest thing there’ll ever be.
Why, next to Progress
Love’s a cup of warm tea.
Yes, it’s Progress
Where ev’ry cluck can make a buck.
You buy a few shares of stock
And the following day…

The markets crumble! The prices crack!
And down you tumble upon your back!
You’re overextended! You have no slack!
It can’t be mended! You can’t turn back!
And you are out in a growing mob,
Without a dime, without a job!
It’s a PANIC! It’s a RECESSION !
It’s a DEPRESSION! It’s a CRASH!

It’s Progress!
Where ev’ry man can own the skies.
To win with Progress, just industrialize.
Yes, it’s Progress!
The only way to happiness.
No greater love could there be
Than for P-R-O-G-R-E-double S!

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