Whatever happened to the fear of God? Whatever happened to church on Sunday? Whatever happened to the velvet glove and the iron fist? Whatever happened to the social season? Whatever happened to the debutants? Whatever happened to the South of France? Good old fashioned brutality Everything in it's place Good old fashioned barbarity Leave the room in disgrace Whatever happened to drinking and driving And doing the decent thing? Hiding out on the continent Getting over a nervous breakdown Close the ranks and remove all traces Say anything to stay out of jail What it really boils down to It always wins, it never fails Good old fashioned brutality Everything in it's place Good old fashioned barbarity Leave the room in disgrace Ah ah ah, ah ah Driving back from a late night party Took a corner much too fast Head-on collision with the 21st century Whatever happened to brutality?