They're always hitting on me But I'm getting thin from waiting on They just want me to be behind the counter Behind the counter Behind the counter The hen centre was always picking on me There they are tucking in all over shop Got no time for dinner or tea Behind the counter Every car I see is always picking on me They take a left turn when I cross, guaranteed They park on the pavement Some have paid parks on the pavement here I say "Wait sir, wait sir, you'd better wait sir" Guaranteed I'm getting thin from idiots who write rock books Disparate Ex- groups cold would've played this "For Nose Pin and the Punk Piggies", didn't quite make it, they say Get behind the counter The other side of the counter The other side of the counter The other side of the counter Chill it, boy The other side of the counter
Commentary
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Behind the Counter (Remix)
Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Behind the Counter” [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]
