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The Fall – Oswald Defence Lawyer (1988) | Track profile | Dork

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Oswald Defence Lawyer

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Oswald Defence Lawyer

Release date: 29th February 1988

From The Frenz Experiment

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About This Track

"Oswald Defence Lawyer" is a track by The Fall, from the album The Frenz Experiment, released 29th February 1988. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Fall

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Lyrics

Oswald Defence Lawyer

How could he cope with the flashing-by past [/flash in my past]?

Through my vid-earphone amp I had to tap

I relate the tract

Oswald Defense Lawyer

Oswald Defense Lawyer

Embraces the scruffed corpse [1] of the Mark Twain

Oswald Defense Lawyer

How do you think that jury made up of putrid mass

Embraced theory of triangle bullet lines

Turning in circles twice

Then incredible, marvelous, exiting back of mind?

And Oswald's Defense Lawyer

Embraces scruffed corpse of Mark Twain

Oswald Defense Lawyer

Embraces scruffed corpse of Walt Whitman

Oswald Defense Lawyer

Embraces the scruffed corpse of Mark Twain

Decent lawyer fishes in buckskin hat

Raccoons drown beneath his embarking mass

When he sees CIA shit flying over head fast

Goody goody looks up

In cloudless sky enhancing theory of zig-zag bulletline

Oswald Defense Lawyer

Embraces the scruffed corpse of the Mark Twain

He's liberal and insane

He caught the good news horse

His opposite is vain

The cardboard fake in the witness stand

He's got an interview in Spin magazine

He loves the magazine

His mouth is in his brain

The prosecution lawyer

Turns himself to butter

Oswald Defense Lawyer

Oswald Defense Lawyer

Embraces the scruffed corpse of Walt Whitman

Cheap rifle photo touched up

Drawn on sky

Oswald's head added on a commie tie

While Oswald Defense Lawyer

Embraces the scuffed corpse of Mark Twain

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Track details

From The Frenz Experiment

1988

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Album

The Frenz Experiment

Release year

1988

—Bremen Nacht
—Frenz
—Get A Hotel
—Guest Informant
—Twister
—Carry Bag Man
—Oswald Defence Lawyer
—The Steak Place
—Tuff Life Boogie
—Athlete Cured
—In These Times
—Guest Informant Excerpt

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Writer: Mark E. Smith
Producer: Simon Rogers