Circles of Mania Lyrics

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Cover art for Circles of Mania lyrics by Coil

William Burroughs on Dutch Schultz:

"You don’t know about the last words of Dutch Schultz? You obviously don’t know. They had a stenographer at his bedside in the hospital taking down everything he said. These cops are sitting around asking him questions, sending out for sandwiches, it went on for 24 hours. He’s saying things like, “A boy has never wept nor dashed a thousand kim,” and the cops are saying, “C’mon, don’t give us that. Who shot ya?” It’s incredible. Gertrude Stein said that he outdid her. Gertrude really liked Dutch Schultz."

Song Meaning

He had a 106 degree fever at the time, BTW.