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Slide by The Dresden Dolls

Release Date
Fri Sep 26 2003
Performed by
The Dresden Dolls
Produced by
Martin Bisi
Writed by
Amanda Palmer
About

The penultimate track on The Dresden Dolls' self-titled album.

A chilling little ditty about child abuse, it maintains its creepy and unsettling ambience with gentle piano accompaniment, cymbal flourishes, and Amanda Palmer’s haunting vocals.

On the liner notes for “Slide,” Amanda Palmer has the l...

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Slide Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A late April day and it's sunny outside
And a red little girl's at the top of a slide
And an orange old man at the bottom
Wants to take her for a ride
As she slips and she tumbles the orange man mumbles
Pennies crash down from the sky
And he tells her he'll take her away where it's safe
And of course it is a lie
She's a third the way down and her skirts are yanked up
And her little girl cheeks start to wrinkle
But her smile is wide and her legs are spread wider
Her hair growing long and her hips getting larger
Past getting brighter
Light growing weaker
She is halfway down now but the man is impatient
Shakes change in his pocket he might have to wait but she's coming
She's coming

Who are you blaming?
They're just playing!
That's a good one
Who left the playground
A good decade before the bell rang?

[Verse 2]
As she starts to draw nearer the view becomes clearer
The splinters are painful but she doesn't feel it
The pennies were loaded and as they exploded
She starts to spin out of control
Her eyes are now closing her sleeves are unrolling
Up past her head and her veins are all showing
Not that she noticed she's thoroughly focused on
One old man who's laughing
Who's laughing
Don't worry
I've got you
Don't worry
I've got you

[Outro]
The orange man's got you

A late April day and it's sunny outside
And a red little girl's at the top of a slide
And an an orange old man at the bottom
Wants to take her for a ride

Slide Q&A

Who wrote Slide's ?

Slide was written by Amanda Palmer.

Who produced Slide's ?

Slide was produced by Martin Bisi.

When did The Dresden Dolls release Slide?

The Dresden Dolls released Slide on Fri Sep 26 2003.

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