"What I'm saying to you really, is that the training that you must have in discussion at your own level regarding the existence of God is far greater than everybody that's ringing you tonight." "I have to disagree, I don't have any training at all of that sort..." "So..."
Saw six men under a tall tower Break it to him like I'm breaking it to you, gently The night people will remind you, oh yeah Kicking, white, cheerleader 1 Wan, untanned, cheerleader
Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire
The blackbirds shake the hedges On this, the hottest day for ages Resemblance to Doctor, doctor, hit the needle Can be discounted no longer
Well it's Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire
I tell you no lies Completely blind Are the sentinel's eyes At the back of his mind This demon is hip The demon's grip He took over everywhere And his blitz now over here And the sky moves on His cock-eyed moon A useless priest Cram out your power
Well it's Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire
Monstrous kiss Wet dagger ...
Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire Lucifer over Lancashire It's Lucifer over Lancashire
Now I'm just flyin' I'm flyin' I'm typin' I'm shinin' I'm winnin' I got this on I'm a runnin' shark I'm winnin' I'm shinin'
Commentary
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Footnotes
“Kicking” becomes “shaking” in some versions of the lyric. ↩︎
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Lucifer Over Lancashire” [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]
