At the turn of the century
I did many things to protect myself
I did many things to protect myself
I made myself a Needle Boy
I hid him in the closet
And I made myself a money man
And I hid him underneath a matress
And I made myself a spider child
And I put him in a matchbox
And I forged myself a golden statuette
And I wrapped him up in a Hello! magazine
And I hid him in a wall, safe
And finally I made myself a spade girl
And I put her in a garden shed
All to protect myself, you see
From the demon that was coming from the East
Or from the West
And I sat on a rooftop and waited
And when at last the demon came
From the East, or from the West
And awoke me from my sleep
And awoke me to a particular point of view
And the Needle Boy stuck him in the eye
And the money man choked him with coins
The spider man bit him on the ankle
And the statuette crashed down on his head
And the spade girl buried him underneath the house
And I danced on the rooftops
And I danced on the rooftops
And I danced to the Western world
And I danced to the Western world
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