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The Fall – 4 1/2 Inch (1997) | Track profile | Dork

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Levitate
4 1/2 Inch

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4 1/2 Inch

Release date: 29th September 1997

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About This Track

"4 1/2 Inch" is a track by The Fall, from the album Levitate, released 29th September 1997. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Fall

The Fall

Lyrics

4 1/2 Inch

The house is falling in

Shove over

Nine to ten

Cloud coverage

Cloud coverage

The house is falling in

Ecstatic midgets

Cloud coverage

Cloud coverage

Force ten

Depressive gales

Force ten

Depressive gales

Times two

Force ten

The house is falling in

The house is falling in

Ecstatic midgets

Cloud coverage

Force ten

The house is falling in

Ecstatic midgets

Cloud coverage

The house is falling in

Force ten

Ecstatic midgets

Ecstatic midgets

Shove over

Shove over

Idle gossip

Force ten

Nine to ten

Ouch

Cloud coverage

The house is falling in

Cloud coverage

Times two

Ecstatic midgets

Ouch

Ecstatic midgets

Force ten

Ecstatic midgets

Ecstatic midgets

Times two

Ecstatic midgets

Nine to ten

Nine to ten

Ouch

Walks right in

Times two

Cloud coverage

Nine to ten

Force ten

Depressive gales

Shove over

Shove over

Nine to ten

Nine to ten

Nine to ten

Ecstatic midgets

Nine to ten

Ouch

Force ten

Force ten

Depressive gales

Force ten

Force ten

Force ten

Southwards

Force ten

Nine to ten

Shove over

Walks right in

Idle gossip

Walks right in

Nine to ten

Nine to ten

Shove over

Nine to ten

Ecstatic midgets

Force ten

Cloud coverage

Ecstatic midgets

Nation of nosy idle gossip

Cloud coverage

Shove over

Cloud coverage

Force ten

Nine to ten

Ouch

Southwards

Force ten

A nation

A nation

Idle gossip

Force ten

A nation

Shove over

A nation

Idle gossip

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Levitate

1997

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Album

Release year

1997

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—Jungle Rock
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