The Kid With the Replaceable Head

By Richard Hell and the Voidoids

On Destiny Street

Released on 1982

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[Verse 1]

Well, too young to drink and too smart to think

Attaches on his head with the missing link

He's skinny as a snake and fast as a mink

But he ain't for sale unless you add the kitchen sink


[Chorus]

Well look out, here he comes again

(Look out!) They say he's dead, he's my three best friends

(Look out!) He's so honest that the dishonest dread

Meeting the kid with the replaceable head


[Guitar Solo]

Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum


[Verse 2]

When you live on a planet the size of a town

You can't get your kicks by getting around

Yeah, fun's hard to find on such familiar ground

So you invent it: the mental, it's better than found


[Chorus]

Well look out, here he comes again

(Look out!) They say he's dead, he's my three best friends

(Look out!) He's so honest that the dishonest dread

Meeting the kid with the replaceable head

Yow!


[Guitar Solo]

Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum


[Verse 3]

He used to beat himself up 'til he was sick and confused

Dead tired and throbbing, half crazy and bruised

'Til he'd be too worn out to keep being himself

Now he can pick 'em at will from the heads on his shelf


[Chorus]

Well look out, here he comes again

(Look out!) They say he's dead, he's my three best friends

(Look out!) He's so honest that the dishonest dread

Meeting the kid with the replaceable head