Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Harbouring on it Hates this Wants this She hates this Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling The long black hair of wretched bluebottle Darting all over to no avail I got zero tolerance My head full I'll pack a wool swab Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling People hate beauty, I cannot fathom it They smell of oak panelling Voices thick with Bouncing Jackson With stupidity Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Soon there will be dancing around the queue strippy High and cheap Why do people hate beauty? I cannot fathom it Bouncing ... Don't call me darling Don't call me darling (Bouncing) Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Don't call me darling
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Don’t Call Me Darling” [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]
