Lyrics
(Yeah ... Yeah)
Doctor Faustus, horseshoes splacking
Swallows hay cart, cart horse, of the peasants blocking his path
(Yeah)
Doctor Faustus, power showing, spits out hay cart, cart horse, hay and box
(Yeah)
Outside the gates of the town of Anholt
(Had your chances ... you've had your chance)
(You've had your chances ... you've had your chance)
(Yeah)
Doctor Faustus, at the court of the Count
Made fruits exotic pleasurelicious appear behind curtains in Winter
(Banana! ... apple ... plum)
Faustus at the court of the decadent Count
Made animals from sunny lands appear in the sparse gardens
(Exotic fruits ... yeah ... banana!)
(Strawberries ... exotic fruits)
(Had your chances ... you've had your chance)
(You've had your chances ... you've had your chance)
(Banana!)
Doctor Faustus
(Yeah)
Horseshoes splacking, swallows hay cart, cart horse
(Cherry)
Hay and box
(Cherry)
Of the peasants blocking his path
(Banana!)
Had to leave
(apples ... cherries)
His drinking student friends
(Exotic fruits)
(Doctor Faustus ... Doctor Faustus)
(Yeah ... exotic fruits ... strawberry)
Doctor Faustus ... Doctor Faustus
Had your chances ... you've had your chance
Had your chances ... you've had your chance
Had your chances ... you've had your chance
Had your chances ... you've had your chance
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
(Banana!)
Had your chance ... you've had your chances
(Banana!)
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
Had your chance
Banana!
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
You've had your chance
(Doctor Faustus, Doctor Faustus)
Banana!
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
Banana!
Doctor Faustus
Had your chance
Banana!
Had your chances
Banana!
There's a blood silhouette through the ceiling sky
Banana!
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Dktr Faustus” [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]
- Smith Start, Brix (2016). The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise. London: Faber & Faber. [Text available online in archive.org]
- The Track Record: “Dktr Faustus”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide: a memoir. Trowbridge: Strata Books. (2nd edition published by Route Publishing, 2017).
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