Lyrics
So many people, it is the same The valleys open up, it is the same Get a potato out, it is the same When I open the mail, it's the same game Lyrics on TV sound like this to me When I get a potato out, it is the same When I open the mail, it is the same Nothing you can do Surrounding the fops When I get a potato out, it is the same Get it excited, it is the same When I walk up the hill, it is the same Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Paralytis, I'm telling you Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth When I open the local paper, it is the regular Advertiser It crumbles in my hand When I cross the roundabout, it was the same When I cross the roundabout, it is the same Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth When I open the mail, it crumbles in my hands When I open a bill, it crumbles through my hands Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Do you? Do you accept? Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Systematic abuse Do you? Do you accept? Do you? Do you accept? You've got your head in water Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba Systematic abuse, now you know the truth Systematic abuse, now you know the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Systematic abuse, now you know our truth You want the truth, Mister, you Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth So many people, it is the same The valleys open up, it is the same When I get a rotten vegetable out, it is the same When I open the mail, it is the same Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Will nobody progress? They're all always dirty Keiron's paralytic I'll tell you some more, some others Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba Systematic abuse, it is the truth Systematic abuse, it is the whole truth Systematic abuse, it is the truth
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Systematic Abuse” [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: “Systematic Abuse”
- 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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