Imperial Wax Solvent

The Fall Imperial Wax Solvent Lyrics
1.Alton Towers

(*Smith / Spurr)


Grey*
Decline
In excelcis
And the waves
Through the slits
In San Rocco
Look very different
And are no longer any way sublime
How to get out
How to stay thin
The spawn of J. 'Loaded' Brown
And L. Laverne crawl around
The crows
Look very different today
And the crows are not reflecting
Any form of quality
At all
On the saint of advertisers dead
How to get in
How to get out
The spawn of J. 'Loaded' Brown
And L. Laverne
are laughing
In excelsis
Monks crawl around
And their sons are singing songs
In Leeds, Montreal and Rome
How to get out
How to stay in
The spawn of J. 'Loaded' Brown
And L. Laverne
With the dept. of no name


2.Wolf Kidult Man

(*Smith / Spurr / Poulou)


{*Wolf Howls*}

Reputation is gone
You're in the clear, boy
Every day of your life
You persevere, boy

Wolf kidult man
Wolf kidult son
Where is your mum?
Your power is gone

Every moment of truth
Is here to stay
Somewhere up in your ear
You're babbling, frantic

Wolf kidult man
Wolf kidult son
Where is your mum?
Your power is gone

You start to walk
Where are you going?
Going to a shop
Your arms limp at your sides
And you've got to embrace this

Wolf kidult man
Wolf kidult son
Where is your mum?
Your power is gone

Reputation is gone
You're in the clear, boy
Every day of your life
You persevere, boy

(taped excerpt from Twilight Zone episode 'Printers Devil')


3.50 Year Old Man

(*Smith / Spurr)


Computer doesn't work for me*
I had a Sinclair back in 1983
OL2QU, pre-warranty
And don't forget he's still up to it
That Steve Albini
He's in collusion with Virgin trains
Against me

I'm a fifty year old man
I'm a fifty year old man

But it won't get me

Go down Manchester town
Can't navigate it
The club scene, man
You can't compare with it
One third of securities count
I can't understand that
Again

You're not real boy
I say you're not real boy
You're a gym (teacher)
You're a Cancer and I expect
A little shit

I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it

I got a three foot rock hard on
But I'm too busy to use it

I'm a fifty year old man

I'm a fifty year old man
What you gonna do about it?

I go round a hotel
I see 'Throw the towel on the floor'
On The Green Man
I throw it on the floor and
I piss in it

I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it

I'm trying to...

And don't forget
You try to destroy me
You're in collusion with the trains
Don't try and kid me

I'm a fifty year old man

Go down to the town
Can't navigate it
The club scene, man
You can't get in there


{*Backing Vocals Repeat: 50 year old man*}

I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?

And don't forget, you tried to destroy me
Steve Albini
You're in collusion with the trains
Don't try and kid me

I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?

I've got a three foot rock hard on
But I'm too busy to use it

I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?

Go down Manchester town
Can't navigate it
The club scene, man
You can't compare with it

I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?

And don't forget he's still up to it


An inferior product mess
An inferior product man
Just over two thirds the price
I'm proud of it
I'm proud of it

I'm a type of guy who knows what is on CD
And then they lecture me on turning rubbish out
While shouting themselves out of existence

If they care so much, why don't they try eating
Some of those cardboard cut-outs themselves
And they stuff the complimentary catering down their neck
Do the fifth re-take of their attempt to be scruffy
On a train
And go back to counselling and communicating

I'm an inferior product man
I'm an inferior product mix
They call me 'Bad Head'
Don't ever forget it
And here is the fade out
Fade out
Fade out


4.I've Been Duped

(*Smith)


(I've been duped)*

War at home
No real footage
Just you kids
In their bedroom
War at home
Watching vids
Edwardians in colour on...

Every time there's orange on TV
The brass are saying good news to me
Every time there's orange on TV
The brass are saying good news to me
(I've been duped)
I've been duped
(I've been duped)
I've been duped

World War One
Dr Richard Hume is retiring
To south of France
I'm French soldier
Suffering
I have been duped

Every time there's orange on TV
The brass are saying good news to me
Every time there's orange on TV
The brass are saying good news to me
(I've been duped)
I've been duped
(I've been duped)
I've been duped

Been to France
Late night on
No old rooms
Just gambling
I've been duped
I've been duped
I've been duped
Have you been duped?

Every time there's orange on TV
The brass are saying good news to me
Every time there's orange on TV
The brass are saying good news to me
(I've been duped)
I've been duped
(I've been duped)
I've been duped

Better then
The warlords on
Two hairy men
Digging up Scotland
Six feet under
Stay up for
There's no borrowing
Just people mumbling

(I've been duped)
(I've been duped, duped, duped, duped, duped)


5.Strange Town


6.Taurig


7.Can Can Summer

(*Smith / Spurr / Melling / Poulou / Greenway)


The town is anti-life*
Time to change back
The town is anti-life
Time to change back
Time to change back
Turn the radio off
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
Stop twitching
My boss he has the imagination of a gnat
No shard up
No yard up
Slowly cooking
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
I'm shouting
No shard up
No yard up
Slowly cooking
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
I'm shouting

And it's a Can Can summer
It is melting
I'm finding
Streamlined
(Ten pounds can ensure a lead for your dog)
No shard up
No yard up
Turn the radio off
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
Turn the radio off
The town is anti-life
Time to change back
Time to change back
Turn the radio off
Time to change back, baby


8.Tommy Shooter

(*Smith)


I got news for you*
I got news for you my friend
To which you will have to attend
Reduce your knees to noodles
Your Doberman Pinschers to poodles
Tommy Shooter
Painting yellow flowers
Sorry after blowing her away
Tommy Shooter
See the clouds are darkening
With wings of chickens
They're coming home to roost
I'm telling you my friend
Pictures of poodles
Chickens coming home
To sit on your shoulder bone
Painting yellow flowers
After blowing away
Another balloon string
Held at bay
Tommy Shooter
Rather than
Facing up to it
It is you
In Chicken Shack
Father, short-sighted
Me, blind
The rubbish that accepted
Piles up in the corridor
The locals are in the realm of humiliation
Painting yellow flowers
Sorry after blowing her away
Tommy Shooter
I got news for you
I got news for you my friend
To which you will have to attend
Reduce your knees to noodles
Your Doberman Pinschers to poodles
Tommy Shooter


9.Latch Key Kid


10.Is This New

(*Smith / Andi Toma)


It was something like*
Judge and jury
Or Jeremy Kyle
Nobody knew
But still it was illusive
And though they pursued
Mr J. Archer as he separated everywhere
They knew Dot was his mum
But still they went on searching and searching

I was provoked
It was not in accord with any known law
Laughing in the middle
Time blenders all of them

The last statement with the department of no name
Proved diversible to the authorities
They knew Judy was his friend
Dot was his mum
But they still went on searching and searching
With no result

I was provoked
It was not in accord with any known law
Laughing in the middle
Time blenders all of them

At the end they tracked them down to a dancing high school
And his god damn rock school, featuring an Egyptian
At least one
And a trombone musician
Then they disappeared
But they went off for ever


11.Senior Twilight Stock Replacer

(*Smith / Spurr)


(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)*
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer

Time to wonder
Bury zero seven seven
Fifty-eight
Driver B
Released Albion
Late to reclaim

(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
See
S.N.I.P.

To think about more
Plants
And more time to wonder
Where more gas and food is coming from

(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)
Big day in omnipresence in Trafalgar

(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)
(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)
(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)

St. Gabriel's Medical Centre
(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)
Get free calls for a year
(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)

(Senior Twilight Stock Replacer)

Reclaim in the Lord


12.Exploding Chimney

(*Smith / Spurr / Melling / Poulou / Greenway)


Got rat poison*
In my workshop
In my vicinity
I've got rat poison
In my vicinity
And I'm beyond redemption

And my chimney
Is exploding
My Chimney
Is exploding

Listen to me now
Herpes, scabies and AIDS, kids
Believe me kids
I've been through it all
You've gotta believe me kids
I've been through it all

Universal Wax Solvent

And my chimney
Is exploding
My Chimney
Is exploding

I've got a Universal Wax Solvent

Got rat poison
Outside
In my vicinity
Listen to me now kids
A Universal Wax Solvent
Is exploding
Imploding
Exploding
Exploding

Believe me kids
I've been through it all