Clean Steve Lyrics - Singles - Hitchcock Robyn

man next door came round one night 

to ask me for a drink 

i said i didn't anymore 

he said, 'that's what you think' 

a tendril curled around his leg 

as he got up to leave 

he said, 'a friend of yours was here 

but we all call him steve' 

clean steve 

clean steve 

they don't come any dirtier than me 

better watch out all you space cats 

clean steve is a mineral man 

my cousin bruce came round to stay 

the father of my son 

he tore apart a stethoscope 

and pointed at the sun 

'there's tentacles between our worlds,' 

he said, 'so i believe' 

i said, 'the man next door's best friend 

was making videos with clean steve' 

you could have knocked him down with a feather 

clean steve lent me a pound 

in nineteen seventy-four 

that was a lot of money then 

i was extremely poor 

we had a party three years later 

clean steve wore a robe 

he brought a new nick lowe cassette 

and played it in the road 

clean steve 

clean steve 

they don't come any dirtier than me 

better watch out all you space cats 

clean steve is a mineral man 

i called up mark ellen 

but he wasn't really in 

instead i talked to his wife claire 

about some gigs she'd seen 

clean steve was outside the house 

watching both his feet 

we all had dinner with him once 

he gave us lots to eat 

there's some real people in the world 

and some who are pretend 

clean steve is making videos 

with the man next door's best friend 

he's good at playing frisbee 

and his teeth are shining bright 

i think he comes from liverhead 

if all my facts are right 

clean steve 

clean steve 

they don't come any dirtier than me 

better watch out all you space cats 

clean steve is a mineral man