49 ContributorsDisco 2000 Lyrics

One of the band’s most famous songs off their seminal 1995 album, Disco 2000 is a Britpop classic which sees singer Jarvis Cocker lament over his childhood sweetheart and imagines where and who she is now.

[Verse 1]

Oh, we were born within an hour of each other

Our mothers said we could be sister and brother

Your name is Deborah, Deborah

It never suited ya

And they said that when we grew up

We'd get married and never split up

Oh, we never did it

Although I often thought of it

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, Deborah, do you recall?

Your house was very small

With woodchip on the wall

When I came round to call

You didn't notice me at all

And I said

[Chorus]

Let's all meet up in the year 2000

Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?

Be there 2 o'clock by the fountain down the road

I never knew that you'd get married

I would be living down here on my own

On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago

[Verse 2]

You were the first girl at school to get breasts

And Martyn said that you were the best

Oh, the boys all loved you but I was a mess

I had to watch them try and get you undressed

We were friends, that was as far as it went

I used to walk you home sometimes, but it meant

Oh, it meant nothing to you

'Cause you were so popular

[Pre-Chorus]

Deborah, do you recall?

Your house was very small

With woodchip on the wall

When I came around to call

You didn't notice me at all

And I said

[Chorus]

Let's all meet up in the year 2000

Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?

Be there 2 o'clock by the fountain down the road

I never knew that you'd get married

I would be living down here on my own

On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago

[Bridge]

Do it

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, Deborah, do you recall?

Your house was very small

With woodchip on the wall

And when I came around to call

You didn't notice me at all

And I said

[Chorus]

Let's all meet up in the year 2000

Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?

Be there 2 o'clock by the fountain down the road

I never knew that you'd get married

I would be living down here on my own

On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago

[Outro]

Oh, what are you doing Sunday, baby?

Would you like to come and meet me maybe?

You can even bring your baby

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

What are you doing Sunday, baby?

Would you like to come and meet me maybe?

You can even bring your baby

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh