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