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Well Did You Evah Lyrics
[Iggy Pop/Debbie Harry duet]
[Debbie]
I have heard
among this clan
you are called a forgotten man.
[Iggy]
Is that what they're saying?
Well, did you evah?
[Both]
What a swell party this is.
[Iggy]
And have you heard, the story of a boy, a girl, unrequited love?
[Debbie]
It sounds like pure soap opera, I may cry.
[Both]
What a swell party this is.
[Iggy]
What frails
[Debbie]
What cocks
[Iggy]
What broads
[Debbie]
What jocks
[Iggy]
What furs!
They're beautiful!
[Debbie]
Why, I've never seen such
[Both]
yuppity.
[Debbie]
Neither did I.
[Iggy]
It's all just too
[Both]
swellegant!
[Debbie]
This French
champagne
[Iggy]
-- domestic --
[Debbie]
So good
for the brain.
[Iggy] That was what I was going to say!
[Debbie]
Well, you know, you're a brilliant fellow.
[Iggy]
Thank you, I am.
[Debbie]
Drink up, Jim!
[Iggy]
So, have you ever been out to L.A. lately?
[Debbie]
No, no, not recently.
[Iggy]
Well, I went there.
I had a rent-a-car and all.
[Debbie]
Oh, really?
[Iggy] Yeah, I got invited to Pia's house,
Pia Zadora's house.
[Debbie]
Really?
[Iggy]
Yeah!
[Debbie]
Was it nice?
[Iggy] Well -- well, I didn't go.
[Debbie]
Oh!
[Iggy]
But it would have been swell, though.
[Debbie]
You should have gone!
[Iggy]
It would have been elegant!
[Debbie]
Elegant!
Oh, wait. Look
Look who's coming in now!
Can you believe it?
[Iggy]
I hear they dismantled Pigfair.
[Debbie]
Me, too!
[Iggy]
It wasn't elegant enough.
[Debbie]
Yeah, probably full of termites.
[Both]
It's great
it's grand
Wa wa wa wa
wa wa wa wa
wonderland.
La la la la
la la la la
la la la la la.
We sing
so well
like old
camembert!
[Iggy]
Have you heard
the dying star
she got bit
in the astro-bar.
[Debbie]
Sauced again,
well, did you evah?
[Both]
What a swell party this is.
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 swellegant
elegant
swelly!
[Debbie]
smarty!
smarty party?
Carl is smarty.
But not this party!
[Iggy]
That's right!
[Debbie]
Well, piss off!
I have heard
among this clan
you are called a forgotten man.
Is that what they're saying?
Well, did you evah?
What a swell party this is.
And have you heard, the story of a boy, a girl, unrequited love?
It sounds like pure soap opera, I may cry.
What a swell party this is.
What frails
What cocks
What broads
What jocks
What furs!
They're beautiful!
Why, I've never seen such
yuppity.
Neither did I.
It's all just too
swellegant!
This French
champagne
-- domestic --
So good
for the brain.
Well, you know, you're a brilliant fellow.
Thank you, I am.
Drink up, Jim!
So, have you ever been out to L.A. lately?
No, no, not recently.
Well, I went there.
I had a rent-a-car and all.
Oh, really?
Pia Zadora's house.
Really?
Yeah!
Was it nice?
Oh!
But it would have been swell, though.
You should have gone!
It would have been elegant!
Elegant!
Oh, wait. Look
Look who's coming in now!
Can you believe it?
I hear they dismantled Pigfair.
Me, too!
It wasn't elegant enough.
Yeah, probably full of termites.
It's great
it's grand
Wa wa wa wa
wa wa wa wa
wonderland.
La la la la
la la la la
la la la la la.
We sing
so well
like old
camembert!
Have you heard
the dying star
she got bit
in the astro-bar.
Sauced again,
well, did you evah?
What a swell party this is.
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 swellegant
elegant
swelly!
smarty!
smarty party?
Carl is smarty.
But not this party!
That's right!
Well, piss off!
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These are the original lyrics. The Iggy Pop/Deborah Harry version is different.
This is a mostly "spoken" duet between Iggy & Blondie, and it's in such good humour it can't help but make you smile. You can tell they had fun with it.