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The Fall – 2x4 (1984) | Track profile | Dork

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The Wonderful and Frightening World Of…
2x4

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2x4

Release date: 8th October 1984

From The Wonderful and Frightening World Of…

About This Track

"2x4" is a track by The Fall, from the album The Wonderful and Frightening World Of…, released 8th October 1984. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

2x4

He was agin the rich

He was agin the rich

He was agin the poor

He was agin the poor

He was agin the rich

He was agin the poor

He wa agin the rich

He was against all trepidation

He was agin the rich

On the loose again

He was agin the rich

There's a new fiend on the loose

On the back of the exhaust clip

Clipped on rich and poor alike

Come to roost again once more

Ol' Nick doesn't go from digs to digs no more

Hit him on the head with a 2 by 4

Nowadays he has a Georgian glazed porch

He was agin the rich

He was agin the rich/poor

He was agin the poor

He was agin the poor

There's a new fiend on the loose

On the back of the exhaust clip

Clipped on rich and poor alike

Come to roost again once more

He said, hit 'em on the head

With a 2 by 4

He said, hit 'em on the head

With a 2 by 4

He was agin the rich

He was agin the poor

Used a table leg to club son-in-law

Hit me again, my friend

Fiend in your home again

Fiend in your home again

New friend in the home, my fiend

He said show me my quarters and glasses

He said show me my quarters and glasses

There's a new fiend on the loose

Jolting in his tradition

It's a fear of the obtuse

He's got patents on the moaning

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Track details

From The Wonderful and Frightening World Of…

1984

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The Wonderful and Frightening World Of…

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Brix Smith, Mark E. Smith
Producer: John Leckie