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[Verse 1]
D A
We are private detectives onward back from a musical pilgrimage
D A
We work under the name of the Fall
D
Who would suspect this?
It is too obvious
A
Our office is secluded
D
Those there to suspect
A D
Would not see the wood for the trees
A
We were six like dice but we're back to five
D A D
Up here in the North there are no wage packet jobs for us
Thank Christ
A D
While young married couples discuss the poverties
A
Of their self-built traps
D A
And the junior clergy demand more cash
D A D A
We spit in their plate and wait for the ice to melt
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D A
I must create a new regime
D A D A
Or live by another man's
D A
Before the moon falls
D A D A
Before the moon falls
D A
I must create a new scheme
D A D A
And get out of others' hands
D A
Before the moon falls
D A D A
Before the moon falls
[Interlude]
| D | D A | D | D A |
[Verse 3]
D A
I could use some pure criminals
D A D A
And get my hands on some royalties
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before the moon falls
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
D A
A problem of this new scheme
D A D A
Is answering obscene phone calls
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before the moon falls
[Bridge]
G
Gotta stop drifting around
G
Kill this ugly duckling
G
We've got the power
G
And must not misuse it
D A D A
Cos life is short and full of thought
D A
I use the power
D A
I use the power
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
D A D A D A
And will forever end this reign of terror
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before the tide subsides
D A
Before the moon falls for the fifth time
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before the moon falls
D A
Before The Fall swoons
D A
Before The Fall swoons
