Out of the fog Out of the fog connection Grasping the deception Coming out of the fog Grasping the connection Grasping the deception
There's a man called Nate He was a good man
His girlfriend and the Russian maid He was called Nate He decided to sublimate He went to London He called his father and said, "Father, it's Nate, of both girlfriend and mate" "I perchance do decide to replicate, for I am Nate" The Russian maid revealed that she was not a citizen of New York State But had slipped in on a Ukrainian crate Due to overtime we missed the Gossip Girl on New York channel number thirty-eight Which was not available anywhere else but in maybe New Jersey State I am Nate I would like to do a lick as an actor, and do it straight In my role I fail, irate Is it too late To cover the song by The Fall called "Hot Cake"? The plough and the aid of unnatural offal, it disgusts
There was a man called Nate Ringing in England filming He said, "Hello mate, I might have visited the gallery" "I might visit the gallery known as Tate" "I am Nate, I am an actor, I'll do it straight, I'll do it straight"
A margin out of the connection Out of the fog in time Out of the fog connection
I am Nate, I am Nate
On the streets of Russia, the maidens and maids are irate He promised them homes, instead they got the crates I perchance
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Nate Will Not Return” [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]