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
Commentary
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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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