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          Lyrics


          Peel Session version

          Ouch!
          Hate the countryside so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          Hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much

          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          Hate the countryside so much

          Walked up milky hillocks
          Down to Buxton
          Got lost
          Lost key in lock
          Lost key in lot

          Had to meet Jim
          With the Roll -
          I was in Buxton

          I hate the countryside so much
          Hate the countryside so much
          Hate the countryside so much

          Walked town-side
          Walked up Pennine

          Go out little tyke
          Meet you at crossroads
          Early morning, sick hills near Buxton
          Over Buxton
          Softly roll
          Iโ€™ve got to do it
          Prefixed about it
          Got to meet Jim with the Roll -

          Hereโ€™s only deviants
          Had to wait on a Snake Pass

          Heโ€™s a lazy hill person
          Late and slow as usual
          Ted Hughes human (9)
          Semi Mole
          As a retard I have to do it
          Lost key in lock
          I hate the dole
          Up Snake Pass

          The keys wonโ€™t fit in the socket
          Past Buxton
          Of the control

          I hate the countryside so much
          Stuck like buds
          I hate the countryside so much
          On Pennine mud
          Read the contraflow so much
          Walk straight back past back
          Read the contraflow so much
          Read the contraflow so much

          Go out little tyke
          Meet you at crossroads
          Early morning, the sick hills near Buxton
          Softly roll

          Had to walk back home
          Through the mud and sludge
          Walk Snake Pass
          Heโ€™s a lazy hill person
          Slow as usual
          Ted Hughes human
          Semi Mole
          Over hills and dales
          I had to do it
          And milky hillsides
          I hate the dole

          The keys wonโ€™t fit in the socket
          The keys wonโ€™t fit in the socket
          I hate the countryside so much
          The keys wonโ€™t fit in the socket
          I hate the countryside so much
          Of the control
          I hate the countryside so much
          Of the control
          I hate the contraflow so much
          Stuck like buds on Pennine mud
          Stuck like buds on Pennine mud

          Walk straight back past
          I hate the countryside so much

          Walk straight back past
          I hate the countryside so much

          Again, red lights on, do it again, start again, 1,2,3,4
          Extended version, 1,2,3,4
          I hate the countryside so much

          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the countryflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the countryside so much

          The Real New Fall LP

          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          Go out little tyke and meet at crossroads
          Early morning, the sick hill near Buxton
          Stock reload, I gotta do it
          Prefixed about it
          Goin' to meet Jim with a roll
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much

          As a retard I had to do it
          I hate the dole
          Them keys won't fit
          Keys won't fit (the keys won't fit) in the socket
          (The keys won't fit)
          Or the controls
          (The keys won't fit)
          Stuck like grids on Pennine mud
          (The keys won't fit)
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much

          (Walk snake back pass)
          Walk snake back
          Walk snake back
          Walk Snake Pass
          Walk snake bank
          Go out little tyke, early morning
          Sick hills near Buxton
          Suffering
          I gotta do it
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much
          I hate the countryside so much
          I hate the contraflow so much

          Commentary

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          Footnotes

          Sources / Links

          • The Annotated Fall: โ€œContraflowโ€ [Archived]
          • Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark  E. Smith. London: Penguin.
          • The Track Record: “Contraflow”
          • Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.
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