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Me arms me head me arm's up above me head look at me eyes do you think I'd would you lies
Look at me eyes man
I don't have any drink in the our house about a third of a bottle of [ ] wine [ ] mine [ ]
had this the other week you know [ ]
Brian sat here the other week [ ] and you come back with wine, fucking Bailey's, everything [ ] you [ ]
Monday [ ] Friday [ ] walk [ ] bottle of wine [ ] right now [ ]
well I've got to get home [ ] hang on [ ] the fucking taxi firm won't come out here [ ] so what's the fucking all the panic [ ]
right you're fucked you're fucked basically [ ]
there must be a fucking cab that goes from your (home?) to fucking Prestwich [ ]
Eccles [ ] sure John does anyone know [ ]
five get here in a row [ ] what's your address? 16 [ ] mini cabs [ ] what's the fucking number cunt? [ ] 7 8 9 all the fives 7 8 9 all the fives [ ]
7 8 9 16 double 8 [ ] 7 8 9 all the fives [ ] 7 8 9 all the fives 7 8 9 all the fives he said
7 8 9 all the fives 7 8 9 all the fives yeah it's 7 8 9 all the fives Brian Fanning's the best [ ]
finished the E man 16 [ ] but this is 19 in't it [ ] ring it up [ ] come on Brian get that line)
Ed [ ] get that fucking line [ ] rings up [ ] I can't walk down any corridor [ ] [ ]
song [ ] number before he gets [ ] this is my best mate man one of me best mates [ ] sorted inside [ ] 7 8 9 [ ]
do you want to go to shop for tea bags [ ]
I know you need it needing it when you wake up shaking [ ] you got [ ]
I drink to get into it not to get out of it [ ] you got [ ] it's a different [ ] group [ ] Lesley you fucking [ ] Brian you not even lighted it [ ]
give it here can't you behave yourself [ ] fucking [ ] last night [ ]
for the simple reason [ ] we're not on tour in the north we're not on tour until next Monday [ ]
that's it Brian pass that now get your head down
[ ] there it is [ ] you can't you can't fucking handle it really [ ] look at that [ ] at last [ ]
it's full of tobacco [ ] it's very [ ] it's very [ ] a lot lighter [ ] in our hotel tonight [ ]
yeah [ ] when we get in the [ ] we played for the hotel all night [ ] bring it down [ ]
Brian a merchandise [ ] we've got in all in his [ ] and the fucking [ ]
we'll cop him for everything I don't exist [ ] I know you don't [ ] you [ ] I'm trying to run away [ ]
Brian [ ] 3 nights [ ] if I ever see him again I'll hit him with a fucking big hurling stick
night out in Norwich not Oxford [ ] this old [ ] in Oxford [ ] fucking hell [ ]
going to be in there with a t-shirt [ ] I need a credit card [ ] I don't [ ] football [ ] from London
Who's taken the string off Brian? [ ] that's how I liked it [ ]
Brian [ ] take the string off [ ] got the 6 on there [ ] on there haven't they yeah well the other [ ]
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- 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]
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- Smith Start, Brix (2016). The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise. London: Faber & Faber. [Text available online in archive.org]
- The Track Record: “Where’s the F***in Taxi? C**t”
- 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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