You don't see rabbits being walked down the street And you don't see many cats on leads Dogs pet dogs dogs rapacious wet dogs Owner of dogs slow-witted dog owner Owner of rabid dog saving fare for tunnel Euro-dream of civil, civil liberation for dogs Society secret society Inevitable nightmare of drift dog pet dogs street bullshit Dog shit baby bit ass-lick dog mirror Dead tiger shot and checked out by dog Big tea-chest fucker dog Black collar sends East German refugee back switch and crap pathetic Of earth like lousy dog role model for infidel doghouse continent Mutt citadel dog eye mirror hypnotic school slaver and learn Rot from dog on grass and over nervous delicate dog Detracts light from indiscrepant non- dog-lover Dog pet dog come home to ya Come home we'll talk shit to ya Dog the pet owner owner blistered hanging there death dog Plato of the human example and copier dogmaster pet mourner Dog is life
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The Annotated Fall: “Dog is Life/Jerusalem” [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]
