Lyrics - Deer Park by Fall

I took a walk down
West 11
I had to wade through 500
European punks
At an off-license
I rubbed up with some oiks*
Who threw some change on the
Asian counter
And asked polite if they could have two lagers
A hospital discharge asked me where he could crash
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
It's a large type artist ranch
This is where
C
Wilson wrote
Ritual in the
Dark
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
Spare a thought for the sleeping promo dept.
They haven't had an idea in two years
Dollars and deutchmarks keep the company on its feet
Say have you ever have a chance to meet
Fat
Captain
Beefheart imitators with zits?
Who is the
King
Shag
Corpse?
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where
C
Wilson wrote
Ritual in the
Dark
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
The young blackies get screwed up the worst
They've gone over to the
Hampstead house suss
An
English system they implicitly trust
See the
A&
R civil servants
They get a sex thrill out of a sixteenth of
Moroccan
They get a sex thrill out of a sixteenth of
Moroccan
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
It's a large type artist ranch
This is where
C
Wilson wrote
Ritual in the
Dark
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
Yes the traffic hasn't changed that much
There's still a subculture
I feel adrift of
Yes the traffic hasn't changed that much
There's still a subculture
I feel adrift of
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where
C
Wilson wrote
Ritual in the
Dark
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where loads of punks congregate in the dark
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where
C
Wilson wrote
Ritual in the
Dark
Have you been to the
English
Deer
Park?
Hey tourist it wasn't quite like what you thought
Hey
Manchester group what wasn't what you thought
Hey
Scottish group that wasn't quite like what you thought
Hey
Manchester group that wasn't what you thought
Hey
Scottish group that wasn't quite like what you thought
Quite like what you thought
Hey
Midlands, scooped yer, how d'you ever get the job?
Hey
Manchester group from it wasn't quite like what you thought
Quite like what you thought
Guess what
Guess guess guess...
Guess what[*
An 'oik' is an
English public school term for a uncultured/uneducatedyouth.
Not used much since the 50's, but it crops up in a lot ofbooks. --
Ed.]

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