John Kander
Nowadays
[EMCEE, spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen
Ms. Roxie Hart says goodbye

[ROXIE]
It's good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun, isn't it?
Nowadays

There's men, everywhere
Jazz, everywhere
Booze, everywhere
Life, everywhere
Joy, everywhere
Nowadays

You can like the life you're livin'
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's
Good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun?
[ROXIE and VELMA]
You can like the life you're livin'
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's
Good. Isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun, isn't it?
But nothing stays
In fifty years or so
It's gonna change, you know
But, oh, it's heaven
Nowadays