You'd better take an older lover You'd better take an older lover You'd better take an older lover
You'd better take an older lover You'd better take an older lover You'd better take an older lover You soon get tired of her
To take an older lover Get ready for old stories of teenage sex from the early sixties Under cover Behind office desks Old divorces, children's faces
You'd better take a younger lover You'd better take a younger lover Or take an older lover But, er, you soon get tired of her
She'll shag you out on the table
Dear girls Dear girls Doctor Annabel lies! Doctor Annabel lies! Doctor Annabel lies!
You raced before it's been done Tripped and stepped on
You'd better take an older lover You'd better take an older lover Or take a younger monster But, er, you deserve better
You'd better take a younger lover You'd better take a younger lover You'll miss your older lover
Her love was like your mother's, with added attractions
You'd better take a younger lover You'd better take a younger lover You'd better take a younger lover You'd better take a younger lover You'd better take an older lover You'd better take an older lover You'd better take a younger lover
Dear girls Doctor Annabel lies! Doctor Annabel lies! Doctor Annabel lies! Doctor Annabel lies! On the colour page French fries spread on her face On the future autolyctic enzyme son
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “An Older Lover Etc.” [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]
