Lyric discussion by FritzT 

It's a slide. The kind that you find in any kiddy park. The song was written BEFORE the Tate murders. Peace.

You're the only one who got it right. everyone else is way off base. No sex, no drugs, no manson.

@FritzT It was actually written AFTER the Tate/LaBianca killings in '69. The Beatles thought such a gruesome event needed a 'song for posterity'

@Exobscura

The White Album was released in 1968. Pretty good trick having a song on it that hadn't been written yet. Was there anything the Beatles couldn't do?!

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