Beautiful South - The Slide Lyrics
(heaton/rotheray)When youre too old for the swingsYou tend to choose the slideAnd they never seem to warn youThe slides your final rideAnd when youre at the top of itAnd you cannot see the endEither dont let go son - or grab the nearest friendThe slide is no respecter of dignity or classAs soon as you sit down on itThat slide has got your assDont take the slide, dont take the slideHeroes and villains have tried and criedA broken soul at the bottom lies deniedDont take the slide, dont take the slideWhen the slide was inventedA thousand drinkers sighedThey thought they had the copyrightOn the very word the slideIts a picture of innocenceOn which the innocent have friedTake the helter skelter sonIts easier than the slideAdvice to listening parentsOr the father of the brideLet them marry anyoneBut dont let her take the slideDont take the slide, dont take the slideHeroes and villains have tried and criedA broken soul at the bottom lies deniedDont take the slide, dont take the slideItll take you much much lowerThan you ever would have askedcause as soon as you sit down on itThe slide has got your ass - its customers are foolsAnd every one of them deceasedThe long and silver murdererThe devil must have greasedDont take the slide, dont take the slideHeroes and villains have tried and criedA pile of broken souls at the bottom it deniedDont take the slide, dont take the slideDont take the slide, dont take the slideHeroes and villains have tried and criedA broken soul at the bottom it deniedDont take the slide, dont take the slide
