he was saving me for his grandson , hal , he put me on the bathroom shelf with his soap aan his razor and his burma-shave and the philco radio he listened to the brooklyn dodgers on , and i started to clap , and one of my cymbals hit that old radio and into the tub it went , and then i came to you , hal , i worked my way along the country roads at night and the moonlight shone off my teeth at three in the morning and i left many people dead at many scenes .