Divine Comedy - I've Been To A Marvellous Party Lyrics
You know, quite for no reasonI'm here for the seasonAnd high as a kite¡ºLiving in errorWith maud at cap ferret(which couldn't be right)...Everyone's here, and frightfully gay;Nobody cares what people say,Though the rivieraSeems really much queererThan rome at its height!On wednesday nightI went to a marvellous partyWith noonoo, and nada, and nell¡ºIt was in the fresh air,And we went as we were,And we stayed as we were,(which was hell)Poor grace started singing at midnight,And she didn't stop singing 'til four¡ºWe knew the excitement was bound to beginWhen laura got blind on dubonnet and ginAnd scratched her veneer with a cartier pin!I couldn't have liked it more!I've been to a marvellous partyWe played a wonderful game:Maureen disappearedAnd came back in a beard,And we all had to guess at her name...Cecil arrived wearing armour,Some shells and a black feather boa¡ºPoor millicent wore a surrealist combMade of bits of mosaic from st. peter's in rome,But the weight was so great that she had to go home!And i couldn't have liked it more!I've been to a marvellous partyI must say the fun was intense;We all had to doWhat the people we knewMight be doing a hundred years hence...We talked about growing old gracefully,And elsie¡ºwho's seventy-four¡ºSaid, "a) it's a question of being sincere,And b) if you're supple you've got nothing to fear"¡ºThen she swung upside-down from a chandelier!And i couldn't have liked it more!It was the most fabulous excitementI've never seen such a carry-on!Obviously, it couldn't happenAnywhere else but on the riviera...It was most peculiar¡ºYou know, people's behaviourAway from belgraviaWould make you aghast!So much variety,Watching societyScampering past...You know, if you have any mind at all,Gibbon's divine "decline and fall"¡ºWell, it sounds pretty flimsyNo more than a whimsy...By way of contrast,On wednesday lastI went to a marvellous partyWe didn't sit down 'til tenYou know, young bobby carrDid a stunt at the barWith a lot of extraordinary men!And then freda arrived with a turtle,(which shattered us all to the core)And then the duchess passed out at a quarter to threeAnd suddenly cyril cried "fiddle-de-dee!",Then he ripped off his trousersAnd jumped in the sea!And i couldn't have liked it more!I've been to a marvellous partyElyse made an entrance with mayYou'd never have guessedFrom her fisherman's vestThat her bust had been whittled away...Poor lulu got fried on chiantiAnd talked about esprit de corps;Louise made a couple of passes at gus,And freddie¡ºwho hates any kind of a fuss¡ºDid half the big apple and twisted his truss¡ºha ha!I couldn't have liked it more!
