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 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

 Oh and they said that when we grew up

We4d get married and never split up

 We never did it, although I often I thought of it

 Oh Deborah, do you recall?

 Your house was very small with wood-chips on the wall

 When I came around to call you didn4t notice me at all

 And I said "Let4s all meet up in the year 2000

I never knew that you4d get married

I would be living down here on my own

 On that damp and loney Thursday years ago

 You were the first girl in school to get breasts

Martyn said that you were the best

 The boys all loved you but I was a mess

I had to watch them try to 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 - cos you were oh so popular

 Oh Deborah, do you recall?

Your house was very small with wood-chips on the wall

 When I came around to call you didn4t notice me at all

 And I said "Let4s all meet up in the year 2000

Won4t it be strange when we4re all fully grown?

 Be there two o4clock by the fountain down the road"

I never knew that you4d get married

I would be living down here on my own

 On that damp and loney Thursday years ago

Oh yeah, oh yeah

 Oh Deborah, do you recall?

Your house was very small with wood-chips on the wall

 When I came around to call you didn4t notice me at all

 And I said "Let4s all meet up in the year 2000

Won4t it be strange when we4re all fully grown?

 Be there two o4clock by the fountain down the road"

I never knew that you4d get married

I would be living down here on my own

 On that damp and loney 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, oh.

 Oh, what are you doing Sunday, baby?

Would you like to come and meet me maybe?

You can even bring your baby, oh. ooh oh oh oh....