Lyrics
These are the words of expectation
These are the words of success expectation
From a pleasing mug
From a pleasing pan
Every now and then I would like to try something like this
It is a modicum of my career
I would like at the bottom of my [ ]
These are the words of expectation
These are the words of success expectation
(Middle right or to the left)
I have tears, I shed tears
And I am here to enable everybody
The whole world is large, and whatever it is the whole trend is effective
Whether middle, right, or to the left
I have tears, I shed fears
I have tears, I have fears
And I am here to enable everybody to say yes, no, or I don't know, even
Like "Leicester Polytechnic is scheisse, is scheisse"
These are the words of success expectation
These are the words of dead direction
Clubs for the storks
The vision is top of the clubs
Paddy McGinty's goat
I would like deep down
At the bottom of my odour, lingering, my heart and soul
To see the government wrecked
And my LPs grow
The government's right and my LPs wrong
These are the words of success expectation
These are the words of complete disorientation
Think of him, I was in a fix
But I show you now, get out of it
Looks like an A1 predic
But I'll worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm
I'm the head wrangler
Day will come and it won't be long
When the roof of my mouth sticks to the tip of my tongue
I'm the head wrangler
The trial's drawn out and long
When the cell door slams I won't be the one
I'm the head wrangler sssss
I'm the head wrangler sssss
I'm proud of the way I've avoided prison
If we carry on like this we're gonna end up like King Crimson
I'm the head wrangler sssss
I'm the head wrangler sssss
To please is a curse, and worse
I'm the head wrangler
At parties I'm bitter
Get presented
Am bitter, a civilian policeman
Five smiles, I'm bitter
Get presented
With the pence, the reckless pence
Go to aid Halifax copter
Halifax copter
To please is the curse and nurse
To please is the curse at worst
I'm the head wrangler sssss
I'm the head wrangler
Think of him, I was in a fix
But I'll show you now, get out of it
Looks like an A1 predicament
But I'll worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm mighty fine worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm worm my way right out of it
I'm the head wrangler
I'm the head wrangler sssss
These are the words of dead direction
Wrap it up
Commentary
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Words of Expectation” [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: “Words of Expectation”
- 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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