You can tell by his fashion, that boy's been in prison
Detective instinct Detective instinct
Always do it Two thugs knocked down an old tree for an old lady's whim
Detective instinct
They were reasonable at first, it seemed
Detective instinct Detective instinct
A riptide of integrity, he was a blubbering heap He should have served himself up, preferably in a restaurant with meat
And wit goes with detective instinct
Sticks some paper under the door at eight p.m. And my razor blades will cut down your entrance
Detective instinct Detective instinct
The man at the bar had a v-neck vest on No, it was a v-neck waistcoat Accurate!
Detective instinct
That's detective instinct
Always got it Sticks some paper under the door at eight p.m.
My razor blades will cut down your entrance
Detective instinct
Always got it Always got it Always got it
Detective instinct
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Detective Instinct” [Archived]
Ford, Simon (2003). Hip Priest: the story of Mark E Smith and The Fall. London: Quartet Books.
Mackay, Tommy (2018). 40 Odd Years of The Fall. Place of publication unknown: Greg Moodie.
Pringle, Steve (2022). You Must Get Them All: The Fall on Record. [paperback edition]. Pontefract: Route Publishing Ltd. [Online store]
Smith, Mark E. (1985). The Fall Lyrik & Texte Von Mark E. Smith. In Deutsch & Englisch. With Drawings by Brix. Berlin: The Lough Press. [AKA The Orange Book. Available online in The Internet Archive]
Smith, Mark E. (2008). vII. The Lough Press & AMarquisManipulationProductions. [AKA the Blue Lyrics Book]
