English Scheme

MARK E SMITH

O'er grassy dale, and lowland scene
Come see, come hear, the English Scheme.
The lower-class, want brass, bad chests, scrounge fags.
The clever ones tend to emigrate
Like your psychotic big brother, who left home
For jobs in Holland, Munich, Rome
He's thick but he struck it rich, switch
The commune crap, camp bop, middle-class, flip-flop
Guess that's why they end up in bands
He's the green piece in us all
He's the creep-creep in us all
Condescends to black men
Very nice to them
They talk of Chile while driving through Haslingden
You got sixty hour weeks, and stone stone toilet back-gardens
Peter Cook's jokes, bad dope, check shirts, lousy groups
Point their fingers at America
Down pokey quaint streets in Cambridge
Cycles our distant spastic heritage
Its a gay red, roundhead, army career, grim head
If we was smart we'd emigrate

Trivia about the song English Scheme by The Fall

On which albums was the song “English Scheme” released by The Fall?
The Fall released the song on the albums “Grotesque (After The Gramme)” in 1980, “Live In London 1980” in 1982, and “Fall In A Hole” in 1983.
Who composed the song “English Scheme” by The Fall?
The song “English Scheme” by The Fall was composed by MARK E SMITH.

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