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