You let me down again And then your goth, slag brain says Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! All you ever say Is round revival boogie It's a revival boogie It's a It's a small flat baby Tuff life yeah baby! Tuff life yeah baby! It's all you ever need Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! Tuff life jeopardy! With the balding man You went to the Netherlands And with a pernicious refrain You return and say the same Give it to me baby one more time Give it to me baby one more time Give it to me baby one more time Give it to me baby one more time Give it to me baby one more time! You forever say Tuff life jeopardy!! Tuff life jeopardy!!
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The Annotated Fall: “Tuff Life Booogie” [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]