Slim Slow Slider is the only song on the album to not have string overdubs and according to John Payne, Morrison had not played it live before.
Like in the song T.B. Sheets, the singer tells of watching a young girl die, but in Slim Slow Slider the girl seems bent on her own self-destruction:
I kn...
Slim slow slider
Horse you ride white as snow
Slim slow slider
Horse you ride is white as snow
Tell it everywhere you go
Saw you walking
Down by the Ladbroke Grove this morning
Saw you walking
Down by the Ladbroke Grove this morning
Catching pebbles for some sandy beach
You're out of reach
Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
You're gone for something
And I know you won't be back
I know you're dying, baby
And I know you know it too
I know you're dying
And I know you know it too
Every time I see you
I just don't know what to do
Slim Slow Slider was written by Van Morrison.
Slim Slow Slider was produced by Lewis Merenstein.
Van Morrison released Slim Slow Slider on Fri Nov 29 1968.