Lyrics
Say! Mmmmmm-uuuaahhh
Say! Mmmmmm-uuuaahhh
Say! Mmmmmm-uuuaahhh
Monday night at operation control
I sat facing rows of monitor mountains
Mind control
Life control
Operation mind control
My first is in car
I'm easily bought, but still always short
Fly that over space beam
And round my way the people still do say
Riddler
Riddler
And round these parts the people still impart
Riddler!
My second is in ...
Zoooooooom!
Say! Mmmmmm
Say! Mmmmmm
And round my way the people still do say
Riddler!
Round these parts the people still impart
Riddler
Riddler
Third - slopes
Fourth - inverting within
Round my way the people still do say
Riddler
And round these parts the people still exclaim
Riddler
And even now kids round our place say
Riddler
Riddler
Commentary
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(Note confusion of the Riddler with the Joker)
Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Riddler” [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]
- Smith Start, Brix (2016). The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise. London: Faber & Faber. [Text available online in archive.org]
- The Track Record: “Riddler”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide: a memoir. Trowbridge: Strata Books. (2nd edition published by Route Publishing, 2017).
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