Lyrics
He got no man
Don't say
Brillo chin
In cake shops
President dumps
Said
To Tecumseh
I am celestial
Sorry
Tiny tears of blame
We all know
Where he came from
Gay cruiser, a
Brillo chin
Brillo chin
Brillo chin
The Kennedy
The Kennedy
I asked her
He said,
"I wanna tell you
How pale he is"
I said
"He's got noblesse"
Dedication
Shock!
The blue
Celestial
He give no man
Got no de facto plan
Brillo chin
Brillo chin
Got no
Little elf
Tails up!
Face down!
And the asphyxiation of the troll will finally be
All salute at the altar of filo pastry
At the altar of Kennedy joy
(Victim!)
And whimsy
In Victoria Station
Monty
The James Fennings
And the infants
To suckle him
Commentary
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On setlists, this song appeared variously as “Brillo” or “Brillo de Filo”.
Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Brillo De Facto” [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]
- Smith Start, Brix (2016). The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise. London: Faber & Faber. [Text available online in archive.org]
- The Track Record: “Brillo De Facto”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide: a memoir. Trowbridge: Strata Books. (2nd edition published by Route Publishing, 2017).
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