The man whose head expanded The man whose head expanded
Was corrupted by Mr Sociological Memory Was corrupted by Mr Sociological Memory Man Could not get a carrier bag for love nor money
The man whose head expanded
Sounds like hick wap, huh? Sounds like hick wap, huh? Over! Over! Over! Over!
The man whose head expanded
The soap opera writer would follow him around And use his jewels for TV prime time
The man whose head expanded
Turn that bloody blimey space invader off!
The man whose head expanded
Explained - the scriptwriter would follow him around Of this he was convinced It was no coincidence The lager seemed poisoned It was no matter of small consequence No little pub incident A red-faced post- "Jolly Grapes" would steal his jewels And put them in the mouths of Vic actor fools Of this he was convinced
Sounds like hick wap, huh? Sounds like a lot of mick crap, huh? Over! Over! Over! Over!
The man whose head expanded The man whose head expanded
Does not want to appear illiterate Crack! Crack! Does not want to appear illiterate Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
The man whose head expanded Come on with the heraldry Had misinterpretation prerogative John Kennedy's pulmanesque slyness 1
The man whose head diminished [ ] The man whose head diminished Sounds like hick wap, huh? Over! Over! Sounds like MIG-20 crack, huh? Over! Over! Sounds like a lot of hick wap, huh? Over! Over!
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Footnotes
“Pulmanesque” is doubtful. The doomby Annotated Fall had this as “half-assed”. ↩︎
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “The Man Whose Head Expanded” [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]
