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Live at the Witch Trials
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Country on the Click (Original Version)
Fall Heads Roll
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Your Future Our Clutter
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Look, Know
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Living Too Late
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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
        I’ve got to do it
        Prefixed about it
        Got to meet Jim with the Roll -

        Here’s only deviants
        Had to wait on a Snake Pass

        He’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 won’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
        He’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 won’t fit in the socket
        The keys won’t fit in the socket
        I hate the countryside so much
        The keys won’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

        • The Annotated Fall: “Contraflow” [Archived]
        • Smith, Mark E. with Austin Collings (2009). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin. (Originally published by Viking, 2008). [Available online in the Internet Archive]
        • The Track Record: “Contraflow”
        • Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.
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