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Entrances uncoveredStreet signs you never sawAll entrances deliveredCourtesy winterYou got Manny in the libraryWorking off his hangover 3:30You get the spleen at 3:15But it's 3:13The mad kid walked left-side south-side towards meHe was about 7His mother was a cleaning ladyShe had a large black dogAnd the mad kid said:"Gimme the leadGimme the leadGimme the lead"I'd just walked past the alcoholics' dry-out houseThe lawn was littered with cans of BarbicanThere was a feminist's Austin Maxi parked outsideWith anti-nicotine anti-nuclear stickers on the side...on the inside and they didn't even smoke...Anyway two weeks before the mad kid had said to me"I'll take both of you on,I'll take both of you on"Then he seemed the young oneSongtexteHe had a parka on and a black cardboard Archbishop's hatWith a green-fuzz skull and crossbonesHe'd just got back from the backward kids' partyAnyway then he seemed the young oneBut now he looked like the victim of a pogromEntrances uncoveredStreet signs you never sawAll entrances deliveredCourtesy winterEntrances uncoveredAll enquiries tooAll entrances deliveredCourtesy winter Aus Songtexte Mania