Fiery Furnaces, The
Winter
Entrances uncoveredStreet signs you never sawAll entrances deliveredCourtesy winterEntrances uncoveredStreet signs you never sawAll entrances deliveredCourtesy winterThe mad kid walked left-side south-side towards meHe was about sevenHis 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 sideOn the inside and they didn't even smokeAnyway two weeks before the mad kid had said to me"I'll take both of you on,I'll take both of you on"Letras de cancionesAnd then he seemed the young oneHe 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 uncoveredStreet signs you never sawAll entrances deliveredCourtesy winter
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