I'm eternally grateful to my past influences But they will not free me, I am not diseased
All the people ask me how I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man"
Life should be full of strangeness, like a rich painting But it gets worse day by day I'm a potential DJ A creeping wreck A mental wretch
Everybody asks me how I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man"
His soul hurts though it's well filled up The praise received is mentally sent back, or taken apart The Observer Magazine just about sums him up E.g. self-satisfied, smug
I'm living a fake People say, "You are entitled to, and great" But I haven't wrote for ninety days
I'll get a good deal and I'll go away Away from the empty brains that ask how I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man"
His last work was "Space Mystery" in the Daily Mail An article in Leather Thighs The only thing real is waking and rubbing your eyes So I'm resigned to bed I keep bottles and comics stuffed by its head Fuck it, let the beard grow I'm too tired, I'll do it tomorrow
The fridge is sparse, but in the town In the town they'll stop me in the shoppes Verily they'll track me down Touch my shoulder and ignore my dumb mission And sick red-faced smile
And they will ask me And they will ask me How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man" How I wrote "Plastic Man"
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION !!!
Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “How I Wrote Elastic Man” [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]
