Unfortunately I'm coming from a bad end And I'm destined for the bad end
But hanging round with you is like blood outta stone Getting stuff outta youse is like blood outta stone Blood outta stone Blood outta stone
You're history You've quit existation You're green grub
Because hanging around with you is like getting blood out of a stone And getting stuff outta you is getting blood out of a stone Blood outta stone Blood outta stone Blood outta stone
And if I had any guts I'd turn those money tables up You dis-corporate bore You make me tired to the bone
Cos getting things outta you is like getting blood out of a stone And hanging round with you is like getting blood out of a stone Blood outta stone Blood outta stone
When all your friends have dissolved And you're yakking on the phone You're techno grounded You're blood out of a stone Might appear deranged But you're blood outta stone You're mutton dressed as lamb Cos you're blood outta stone At least I've got an aim, chick
Blood outta stone Blood outta stone Blood outta stone
But I'm working to a aim But you're blood out of stone Getting stuff out of you is like getting blood out of a stone
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Blood Outta Stone” [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]
