You can tell by his fashion, that boy's been in prison Detective instinct Detective instinct Always do it Two thugs knocked down an old tree for an old lady's whim Detective instinct They were reasonable at first, it seemed Detective instinct Detective instinct A riptide of integrity, he was a blubbering heap He should have served himself up, preferably in a restaurant with meat And wit goes with detective instinct Sticks some paper under the door at eight p.m. And my razor blades will cut down your entrance Detective instinct Detective instinct The man at the bar had a v-neck vest on No, it was a v-neck waistcoat Accurate! Detective instinct That's detective instinct Always got it Sticks some paper under the door at eight p.m. My razor blades will cut down your entrance Detective instinct Always got it Always got it Always got it Detective instinct
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Detective Instinct” [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]
