Early song by
The Fall, played live in 1979, which appears on the live album
Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never) which came out in May 1980 on
Rough Trade Records.
Possibly the closest The Fall ever come to a
love song, it is also an early track that shows The Fall's pop potential. A simple track is based around a three note
guitar riff with the
bass echoing the guitar, and simple 1-2
drumming. Nice to see that
Mark E. Smith put as much effort into thinking about
convoluted,
confusing lyrics in the early songs as he did later.
As an aside, I would love to play this song at a particular friends
birthday/
wedding/
engagement party. All the necessary words only have to be
slightly altered to make the song
extremely relevent (I'd probably have to change this
(1), or else I'd be in trouble).
THAT MAN
That man loves you
That man cares for you
That man loves a
heathen(1)
That man loves you
He came down from
Accrington
He came down from
Hovis land
And
He washed the dirt from my eyes
All
devils are
exorcised
And sticky pants are ostracised
(2)
Sermons with
trad jazz guys
Screaming
That man loves you
That man cares for you
That man loves a heathen
That man loves you
You see, can't be
holy
All you see can't be holy
All you see can't be holy
((backing vocals)) That man loves you
He really do
(2): I really hope this isn't what it sounds...
Cheers to
Fall Lyrics Parade," by Jonathan Kandell & Jeff Curtis, still the best place for Fall
lyrics