The Slide

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