High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down
Jeanette Fletcher is strange but not in a horrible way And Michelle Spencer is this tight, come and hear her today And see forty year olds in multicoloured shirts It never used to concern me, but now it's making me say
High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down
Buying houses and doing them up far far away Got at my shoulder CDTI and behind me TDK You have to go far for the simple and unadorned And please excuse my words, wandering
High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down
At my feet CDTI breakdown And I pick up the phone, no-one And am far too far fast for sampling I just spend my time avoiding
High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down
Life is nothing more than a disposable facial tissue in a brass bin at dawn I take it out and notice face imprint And please excuse my words, I'm wandering
High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down Step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down High tension line, step down
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “High Tension Line” [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]
