Slide Lyrics - Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls

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 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 

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? 

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 

Who's laughing 

Don't worry, I've got you 

Don't worry, I've got you 

Don't worry, I've got you 

Don't worry, I've got you 

The orange man got you 

A late April day and it's sunny outside 

And a red little girl's at the top of the slide 

And an orange old man at the bottom 

Wants to take her for a ride