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So I took a punt and asked you, bloodless, out to lunchThe smiler served a fission, poured a half-life in your cup, while ISat decaying at the table with my wineYou call me neutralAnd guarded by your loving pit bull, you madeA tigerís leap into this heart of mineProtons! Neutrons!Fourteen years smothering his body in paraffin waxHow were we to know?Which way he would go?There is science in this childProtons! Neutrons!Fourteen years greasing the Earthís invisible pigNothing draws a crowdLike a hole in the groundThere is science in this quiet childWonít you let me in?To touch your Farah Fawcett skin?Donít you want to know whatís underneath this tent-like white coat?That light! It is bewitching!There is something up my sleeveSongtexteThe reaction is ungodly, but the Devil knows Iíve tried to believeEverything will blow on New Yearís EveThe universe is made of fourteen fingers and fourteen toesThis I know from my research to be soundThe properties of the penetrating radiation emitted from berylliumWhen bombarded by the a-particles of poloniumHave been examined thoroughly ... very thoroughly!So we must proceedWith our fingers in the darkWith the flavours of the quarkProtons! Neutrons!14 years living with the buzz of a cycolotronThe girls have all left homeTheyíve gone out to roamWith the child and his scienceProtons! Neutrons!14 years living on the bed of a black, black streamTheir eyes have all gone wideThey have filled up their mindsWith the child and his scienceProtons! Neutrons!14 years living with a Chinese woman in my cupboardThe air will dye us redAs we lie asleep in bedThere is science in this violent childI wish to express my thanks to Mr H. Nutt for his help in carrying out these experimentsAnd not forgetting Maxwellís Demon, who held my hand and opened so many doors along the way Aus Songtexte Mania