Cry for them, five days per week I cry for me, three days at least I cry for me, I cry for thee
On radio Politburo sucker On cooking show On cooking show
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Pressure under and over Pressure over the skips Over price adverts Broken-down laptops
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Talking show not end They cheat the kids I cry for them I cry for me, I cry for thee
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Talking show never end To our populous [ ] I cry them I cry for thee, I cry for me
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
No end it it Smell, dry twigs
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex- classmates' kids
Ahhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh My ex-classmates' kids
Up your nose Aftershave like little twigs, twigs
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “My Ex-Classmates’ Kids” [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]
