The Slide lyrics

Artist  : Beautiful South 
Song : The Slide
 
When you're too old for the swings
You tend to
choose the slide
And they never seem to warn
you
The slide's your final ride
And when
you're at the top of it
And you cannot see the
end
Either don't let go son - Or grab the
nearest friend
The slide is no respecter of
dignitiy or class
As soon as you sit down on
it
The slide has got your ass
Don't take
the slide, don't take the slide
Heroes and
villains have tried and cried
A pile of broken
souls at the bottom it denied
Don't take the
slide, don't take the slide
When the slide was
invented
A thousand drinkers sighed
They
thought they had the copyright
Of the very
word the slide
It's a picture of
innocence
On which the innocent have
fried
Take the helter skelter son
It's
easier than the slide
Advice to listening
parents
Or the father of the bride
Let them
marry anyone
But don't let her take the
slide
Don't take the slide, don't take the
slide
Heroes and villains have tried and
cried
A pile of broken souls at the bottom it
denied
Don't take the slide, don't take the
slide
It'll take much much lower
Than you
ever would have asked
'Cause as soon as you
sit down on it
The slide has got your ass -
It's customers are fools
And every one of them
deceased
The long and silver murderer
The
Devil must have greased
Don't take the slide,
don't take the slide
Heroes and villains have
tried and cried
A pile of broken souls at the
bottom it denied
Don't take the slide, don't
take the slide