Lyrics
Peel Session version
And all humans
Cavalry or Calvary
And not a drop of water or paper, or paper
J.W. said, "walking bass, walking bass"
Don't forget, don't forget
You expected Aristotle Onassis
But instead you got Mr James Fennings from Prestwick, in Cumbria
Down!
Do you?
The flat is evil, full of cavalry and Calvary
His first appearance was on Moscow Road
The poster came at first
At first I thought it was just a poster
I was talking to Jane Seymour
Eyes wide open
The neck was slightly dislocated
But then I walked up the street
There was a repellent plastic
Said poster with a picture, "Do you work?"
I was on one leg
At the top of the street there was a poster
A plastic front
From Moscow Road it came
From Deansgate it came
From Narnack Records it came
I was on one leg
I had to be in by 9:30
I said, walking bass
Paper times two
Paper times two
Paper everywhere and not a drop of water to be seen
I said, I was by the ocean
I saw a poster
I am [ ]
I am [ ]
Everywhere I look I see a blind man
I see a blind man everywhere I look
I see a ...
I can't get my eyes checked
My blue eyes can't get checked
I'm only on one leg
I said to poster, "when's the curfew over?"
I said, "blind man, have mercy on me"
I said, "blind man, have mercy on me"
Blind man, have mercy on me
Oh Great One, I am a mere receptacle
The egg tester for your sandalwood and other assorted woods
In dark green
Blind man, have mercy on me
I got a metal leg - truth
Flat is the evil of Calvary and cavalry
Fall Heads Roll
The flat is evil
Welcome living leg-end
I was walking down the street
I saw a poster at the top
I was only on one leg
The streets were fucked
And the poster at the top of street said "Do you work hard?"
I was only on one leg
The road hadn't been fixed
I had to be in for half six
Doo
I was only on one leg
My blue eyelids were not [ ]
There was a curfew at half nine
Call my kids
There was a poster at the top of the street encapsulated in plastic
It had a blind man
So I said, "blind man, have mercy on me"
I said, "blind man, have mercy on me"
The flat is evil and full of cavalry and Calvary
And Calvary and cavalry
Do you work hard?
It said, I am from Hebden Bridge
Somebody said to me, "I can't understand a word you said"
Said, "ninety-nine percent of non-smokers die"
Do you work hard?
Do you work hard?
I was walking down the street
And saw a picture of a blind man
The flat is evil
Of [ ] cavalry and Calvary
Of [ ]
Blind man, have mercy on me
Said, blind man, have mercy on me
I'm on one leg
My blue eyes can't get fixed
My kids seem to have [ ]
My curfew was due half eight
Now it's half past six
My curfew is at 9:30
I said
Do you?
Blind man! Have mercy on me
Blind man! Have mercy on me
Blind man! Have mercy on me
I'm on one leg
My eyes can't get fixed
And my kids
Can't blue eyes get fixed
And my kids [ ]
Blind man! Have mercy on me
Blind man! Have mercy on me
Commentary
< Post in progress >
Blind Man (Interim version)
Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Blindness” [Archived]
- Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin.
- The Track Record: “Blindness”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.
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