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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Deborah Harry
Deborah Harry
Performer
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Cole Porter
Cole Porter
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I have heard among this clan
You are called the forgotten man
[Verse 2]
Is that what they're sayin'?
Well did you evah!
What a swell party this is
[Verse 3]
And have you heard the story of
A boy, a girl, unrequited love?
[Verse 4]
Sounds like pure soap opera
I may cry
What a swell party this is
[Verse 5]
What frills
What cocks
What broads
What jocks
What furs
[Verse 6]
They are beautiful
Why, I've never seen such
Yuppity
[Verse 7]
Neither did I
It's all just too
Swell-egant
[Verse 8]
This French champagne
(Domestic)
So good for the brain
[Verse 9]
That's what I was gonna say
Well, you know, you're a brilliant fellow
Thank you, I am
Drink up, Jim
[Verse 10]
So, have you ever been out to L.A. lately?
No, no, not recently
Well, I went there, I had a rental car and all
Oh, really?
Yeah, And I got invited to Pia's house
Pia Zadora's house
Really?
Yeah
Was it nice?
Well, I didn-, I didn't go
Oh
It would've been swell though
Should've gone
It would've been elegant
Elegant
[Verse 11]
Oh, wait, look, look who's coming in now
Can you believe it?
I hear they dismantled Pickfair
That's good
It wasn't elegant enough
Yeah
You know
Probably full of termites
[Verse 12]
It's great
It's grand
Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wonderland
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
We sing
So rare
Like old camembert
[Verse 13]
Have you heard the dyin' star?
She got bit in the Astor Bar
[Verse 14]
Sauced again, well did you evah!
What a swell party this is
[Verse 15]
Have you heard
It's in the stars
Next July we collide with Mars
Well did you evah!
What a swell party
What a swell party
What a swell-egant, elegant, smarty
A smarty (Smarty), a smarty party
I am a (You are a) smarty (I'm pretty smart)
To come to this party
That's right
Now, piss off
That's clever
Written by: Cole Porter
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