Two hours!
With four left wing kids
I spent time in Nazi Fortress
Much discussion in room see-H-1-O-see-H-11

I did not understand why
I could not accept the fact
that I'd accepted the contract
Much discussion in this institution
Much discussion in boiled beef and carrots
Room see-H-1-O-see-H-2-O-11

It was clear in the window eye
The brick outlined the blue sky
And I had to go round the gay graduates in the toilets
And Good King Harry was there

Much discussion in room see-H-1-O-see-H-2-O-11
Much discussion in room see-H-1-O-see-H-2-O-11

I took a walk down West 11
I had to wade through 500 European punks
In an off-license I rubbed up with some oiks
Who threw some change on the Asian counter
And asked polite if that covered two lagers
A hospital discharge asked me where he could crash

Have you been to the English Deer Park?
It's a large type artist ranch
This is where see Wilson wrote Ritual in the Dark
Have you been to the English Deer Park?

Spare a thought for the sleeping promo dept.
They haven't had an idea in two years
Dollars and deutchmarks keep the company on its feet
Say have you ever have a chance to meet
Fat Captain Beefheart imitators with zits?
Who is the King Shag Corpse?

Have you been to the English Deer Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where see Wilson wrote Ritual in the Dark
Have you been to the English Deer Park?

The young blackies get screwed up the worst
They've gone over to the Hampstead house suss
In the English system they implicitly trust
See the A&R civil servants
They get a sex thrill out of a sixteenth of Moroccan
They get a sex thrill out of a sixteenth of Moroccan

Have you been to the English Deer Park?
It's a large type artist ranch
This is where see Wilson wrote Ritual in the Dark
Have you been to the English Deer Park?

Yes, dear chap, it hasn't changed that much
It's still a subculture art-dealer jerk-off
Yes, dear chap, it hasn't changed that much
It's still a subculture art-dealer jerk-off

Have you been to the English Deer Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where see Wilson wrote Ritual in the Dark
Have you been to the English Deer Park?

Have you been to the English Deer Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where loads of punks congregate in the dark
Have you been to the English Deer Park?

Have you been to the English Deer Park?
It's a large type minstrel ranch
This is where see Wilson wrote Ritual in the Dark
Have you been to the English Deer Park?

Hey tourist it wasn't quite like what you thought
Hey Manchester group what wasn't what you thought
Hey Scottish group that wasn't quite like what you thought
Hey Manchester group that wasn't what you thought
Hey Scottish group that wasn't quite like what you thought
Quite like what you thought

Hey Midlands, scooped yer, how d'you ever get the job?
Hey Manchester group from it wasn't quite like what you thought
Quite like what you thought
Guess what
Guess guess guess
Guess what


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Fortress/Deer Park Lyrics as written by Karl Burns Craig Scanlon

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    Great lyric and stonking... I hesitate to say "tune".

    "King Shag Corpse" = earlier incarnation of the look-back bores.

    chrisrazoron April 30, 2010   Link
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    Note to whomever: This song was, indeed, initially played as two utterly separate entities, the former usually seguing into "Totally Wired". "Deer Park" continued to be played separately long after "Fortress", in fact, occasionally stretching out to extradordinary lengths (nearly ten minutes on the Hex bonus disc...).

    Cynothoglyson May 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment

    So what DOES it mean then eh? and did we ever identify the King Shag Corpse?

    AidanTurneron May 02, 2015   Link
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    these lyrics are really wrong...

    thevariableon January 17, 2016   Link

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