“Nick the Stripper,
Hideous to the eye,
Hideous to the eye,
He's a fat little insect,
A fat little insect,
And oooooooh! Here we go again.”

—  Nick Cave

Song lyrics, Prayers on Fire (1981), Nick the Stripper

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