Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Fall
Canonical path: /the-fall/the-joke
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Joke
Read The Joke lyrics by The Fall on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Joke
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Go back go back
to your diseased-[WHUP!]-control room
Don't be don't be
nice about it
just spit it back
Why don't, ward off
why don't you be mature about it
in your grey raincoat
Off ward, ward off
The Joke
Violent food
descends over you
huh
Off ward, ward off
The Joke
The Joke
five years in a PC camp
Multicoloured sweets
in bottom of white sweet pack
The realization burns into my back
The Joke
Five years in a PC camp
The Joke
Violent food
descends over you
The Joke
The Joke
Five years in a PC camp
The Joke
Five years in a PC camp
The Joke
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