SLIDE
Johnny Rzeznik
The second single from the album Dizzy Up the Girl. Chart: #8 (#1 Alternative).
Time - 3:32. Released in U.S.A. September 17, 1998.
Produced by Rob Cavallo and Goo Goo Dolls. Engineered by Ken Allardyce and Allen Sides.
Really, there are not a lot of songs about abortion that have hit the charts. The many artists who have covered the topic generally did it more discreetly on a track hidden away on an album. - Larry -
Johnny Rzeznik - lead vocals, lead/rhythm guitar |
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Johnny Rzeznik - VH1 Storytellers
"The song is actually about these two teenage kids, and the girlfriend gets pregnant, and they’re trying to decide whether she should get an abortion, or they should get married or what should go on."
Johnny Rzeznik - 2018:Billboard
"I was thinking a lot about the neighborhood I grew up in. "Slide" is about a teenage boy and girl. They're trying to figure out if they're going to keep the baby or if she's going to get an abortion or if they're just going to run away. They’re dealing with these heavy life choices at a very early age. Everybody grew up way too fast. "
Johnny Rzeznik - 2017:The Cavalier Daily
"[It’s] basically a commentary about a teenage girl getting pregnant and she and her boyfriend trying to figure out what to do … While being pressured by religion, by their families, by their community and by the pressures of the outside world and how things are going to change because of what happened in the heat of the moment"
YOU TUBE STUDIO TRACK VIDEO YOU TUBE LYRIC VIDEO YOU TUBE LIVE, Red Rocks Amphitheatre Could you whisper in my ear The things you wanna feel I'd give you anythin' To feel it comin' Do you wake up on your own And wonder where you are? You live with all your faults I wanna wake up where you are I won't say anything at all So why don't you slide Yeah, I'm gonna let it slide Don't you love the life you killed? The priest is on the phone Your father hit the wall Your ma disowned you Don't supposed I'll ever know What it means to be a man It's somethin' I can't change I'll live around it I wanna wake up where you are I won't say anything at all So why don't you slide Ooh, slide And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete Little pieces of the nothin' that fall Oh, May Put your arms around me What you feel is what you are And what you are is beautiful Oh, May Do you wanna get married Or run away? And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete Little pieces of the nothin' that fall Oh, May Put your arms around me What you feel is what you are And what you are is beautiful Oh, May Do you wanna get married Or run away? I wanna wake up where you are I won't say anything And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete (Yeah, slide) Little pieces of the nothin' that fall (yeah slide) And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete (Yeah slide) Little pieces of the nothin' that fall (Oh, oh slide) Yeah, slide between the sheets of all them beds you never knew (Yeah slide) Why don't you slide into my room Just slide into my room Oh, we'll run away, run away, run away