Gentlemen's Agreement
Fall · Other Songs - Fall
They plough the fields together
In all types of intemperance
Our bones cracked in unison
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
You know what he is
And probably still is
[He's picking] his colors
To whatever new mast there is
But our agreement is over
I thought we had some kind of agreement
But with you it was just prurience
You're addicted to excitement
I am just knocked down with your
And you're sitting on my back fence
But I thought we had an agreement
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
Your brain is software
Your brain is Game Boy
It's filled with excretement
And your short-term memory
Will fleetingly remember
Our gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
In all types of intemperance
Our bones cracked in unison
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
You know what he is
And probably still is
[He's picking] his colors
To whatever new mast there is
But our agreement is over
I thought we had some kind of agreement
But with you it was just prurience
You're addicted to excitement
I am just knocked down with your
And you're sitting on my back fence
But I thought we had an agreement
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
Your brain is software
Your brain is Game Boy
It's filled with excretement
And your short-term memory
Will fleetingly remember
Our gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
Gentlemen's, gentlemen's agreement
Gentlemen's Agreement
Released by the English post-punk band Fall, "Gentlemen's Agreement" stands as a defining track from their 1982 debut album, *The Golden Age of Grotesquerie*. The song exemplifies the group's signature style, blending driving rhythms with a distinct, often unsettling vocal delivery that became a hallmark of their work. As a key component of Fall's early discography, the recording captures the raw energy and theatrical intensity characteristic of the band's formation in the early 1980s. It remains a staple of their catalogue, frequently cited in discussions regarding the evolution of post-punk and the specific sonic landscape of the Manchester scene during that era.