Lyrics for Disco 2000 as interpreted by 3ssence

Disco 2000 Lyrics
Well 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 you
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

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: "Let's all meet up in the year 2000,
Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?
Be there, two 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

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 and that's 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

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: "Let's all meet up in the year 2000,
Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?
Be there, two 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

Do it, Oh yeah, Oh yeah
And now it's all over
You've paid your money and you've taken your choice
And I know we'll never meet again
But Deborah, I just wanted you to know
I remember every single thing

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: "Let's all meet up in the year 2000
Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?
Be there, two 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

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
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.

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dave_1987
12-20-2008

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IMO the best part of the song is where he says he remembers every single thing, then asks her if she remembers the small house/woodchip again, as if it's the only shared memory she might possibly remember.

Sad indeed.

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zoe.TRAGIC!
11-14-2008

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lol, this kind of reminds me of how things are atm.
although he's a boy and i'm a girl.
everyone says we're like brother & sister lol and often make comments about us getting married in the future, even though it seems slightly impossible.
except i'm younger than him, and he's going to uni and i'll probably never get to tell him he was amazing.

haha how depressing.
amazing song anyway.

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citycomeawalkin
10-06-2008

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This is probably the saddest song I know. To me it's about everything you lose growing up. All the possibilities that not only vanish but mutate into something discomforting and strange.

I disagree with those who hold out hope at the end. I take "what are doin' Sunday, baby?" as a last absurd nail in the coffin. She's married and has kids. She has a life now that couldn't have less room for him if she tried.

The hope is all in the tone. It's not that things will get better. It's that the way he's singing about it, he knows that it's just how life works.

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Boaal
09-28-2008

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Well, out a vast sea of bollocks, the 90's once in a while produced somthing good. And this is one of those rare occasions. I was 6 or somthing when this came out hahaha
I always found it funny that people got up and like danced their arses off to this song but it's actually bare depressing if you listen to the words.

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Roxyr4
04-16-2008

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I used to play this song all the time in my college years a couple of years ago. My stupid ex, not particularly the love of my life but the 'bad habit I couldn't kick' that at the time I thought was the one, knocked up some girl at his stupid college and had to marry her. I was so fucking devastated my stupid heart exploded. Anyway Jarvis is so spot on with his lyrics. Welcome to the year 2008 (depressing!)

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Handy
12-31-2007

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I love this song.

Let's all meet up in the year 2008, though. We've missed our chance otherwise.

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lighterfluid
05-01-2007

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if there weren't for a couple of things that are different in this song this would be the story of my school years. when this song first came out i couldn't believe the accuracy (and back then we were classmates and i played dumb because it was almost textual to what happened)
at least things went out slightly better for me than for jarvis.
GREAT SONG anyway.

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lala-the-jellybaby
03-23-2007

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The fountains gone?!!...that makes me so sad...its the only thing that was keeping the two of them together...and its been knocked down and covered in concrete! Who would do something like that! Now the bond has gone forever and all he has to bring himself back to her is memory.

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razzmatazz
02-14-2007

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I hate to tell you that the 'fountain down the road', at least the one that most fans assume Jarvis Cocker was talking about, no longer exists. It was demolished and paved over before the year 2000. This is the first song I ever loved and Jarvis is returning to Sheffield this week to gig his new solo album. :D

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lola500
12-17-2006

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Sad indeed. I especially find touching the implication that while once upon a time he was obsessed with her and had childish fantasies about marrying her, etc., in adulthood he's mellowed and is so nostalgic, and perhaps his life is so empty now, that it would blow his mind just to see her for an hour over tea.

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lola500
12-17-2006

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Sad indeed. I especially find touching the implication that while once upon a time he was obsessed with her and had childish fantasies about marrying her, etc., in adulthood he's mellowed and is so nostalgic, and perhaps his life is so empty now, that it would blow his mind just to see her for an hour over tea.

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jugbandcoin
12-07-2006

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deborah sounds like a right asshat

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xinnerx
10-30-2006

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I wonder if Deborah and Jarvis met at the fountain. I always wonder if this song cpntained a message to a friend that he lost touch with and wanted to see.
I don't consider this song sad at all, except that it has been so long since he's seen his friend.

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RottenCorpse
10-08-2006

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I find this song soo sad ;(
I am dying while listening to this song =(
I kinda live in a same story.. friend of a girl that is totaly not intrested in me =/

Altrhrough the ending of it makes some.. like un-depressing revealing.... it still hurts.
/emo

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Mode000
10-03-2006

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Yea, it does feel weird listening to it in 2006. All the plans in the past faded away by the years... poor Jarvis. Deborah what a bitch, he loved her so and she went off and got married and had a baby to stab the last knife in the back.

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rosewood
09-30-2006

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makes me feel so depressed...i would rather die if something like this ever happened to me..
is like he loved her so much, but she was so stupid and never realized...but i kind of think that she doesn't really lover her husband because she is going out with jarvis haha..

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King of Some Island
09-05-2006

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Kinda weird listening to this song in the year 2006...

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Marcus7
04-08-2006

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Pulp is one of the best bands ever. They just happen to be in their prime as that god forsaken, ridiculously over-saturated crap called 'grunge' monopolized radio. Anyways, my favorite track from Different Class and is indeed better than 'common people'.

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Britpop
03-16-2006

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This is one of thier best songs and should get played on the radio more. No offence to common people but it's the only song by Pulp played.

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electric punk
03-14-2006

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i dont fink that pulp get the recognition that they need because they are such a gud band. Its like some ppl are only interested in the music thats popluar at the moment and thats a bit stupid as there is loads of great music that is older.

This song is so good its about someone that has loved someone all there life and then they are just ignored. Its so sad- if anyone has seen pretty in pink its a bit like that when duckie fancies that girl and she goes out with someone else.

Anyways- bloody gud song!

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edson
03-09-2006

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i agree with the post of Cameron Butler.

In my opinion is sad, but in the end it appears like a tiny little posibility that thinks may happen...

great song...

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kylek01
02-19-2006

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ok this song is ace but i would like to say that there should be three more oooh's on the end.

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N/U/T/T/Y/?
02-15-2006

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disco 2000 is up there with the few most beautiful and saddest songs i have ever heard - it makes me cry, with the lyrics and then the meaning added on to it - it's all so sad.

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hastalavictoria
01-21-2006

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Yet again, Pulp capture perfectly life in lower-middle class Britain. Sublime lyrics. Pulp's songs that deal with love tend to be fantastic, as they take a completely novel and realistic approach to it, while at the same time having an irresistable romantic (in the literal sense of the word) appeal.

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pumkinhed
08-31-2005

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Minor note, my older sister has a friend named deborah, and although there wasn't the same dynamic, I still had a prepubescent crush on her. Funny? Weird? Stuck in a strange limbo inbetween the two?

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