The Slide — текст песни (The Beautiful South)

(Heaton/Rotheray)
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 dignity or class
As soon as you sit down on it
That slide has got your ass

Don`t take the slide, don`t take the slide
Heroes and villains have tried and cried
A broken soul at the bottom lies 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
On 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 broken soul at the bottom lies denied
Don`t take the slide, don`t take the slide

It`ll take you 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

Don`t take the slide, don`t take the slide
Heroes and villains have tried and cried
A broken soul at the bottom it denied
Don`t take the slide, don`t take the slide