Only half way up the tree
Slip kid, slip kid, second generation
You're slidin' down the hill like me
Bungalow behind me I left the door ajar
No easy way to be free
I'm not affected by your blackmail, you won't blackmail me
(Slip kid)
You and your history won't rule me
Slip kid, slip kid, second generation
Gonna run till my feet are raw
No easy way to be free
Yeah, I'm off to the civil war
Slip kid, slip kid, I'm a relation
You might have been a fighter, but admit you failed
No easy way to be free
It's a hard, hard world
(Slip kid)
Gonna run till my feet are raw
I left my doctor's prescription
Left the keys right in my car
I left my vacuum flask full of hot tea and sugar
No easy way to be free
I've got my clipboard, text books, lead me to the station
Yeah, I'm off to the civil war
And I'm a soldier at thirteen
There's no easy way to be free
No easy way to be free
Slip over here and set me free
Slip kid, slip kid, slip out of trouble
(No easy way to be free)
Slip kid, slip kid, second generation
I've got my clipboard, text books, lead me to the station
Keep away old man, you won't fool me
I'm a soldier at sixty-three
(No easy way to be free)
(Slip kid)
(Slip kid)
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots, I'm runnin' in the rain
(No easy way to be free)
(Slip kid)
Slip kid, slip kid, realization
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots I'm runnin' in the rain
