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