Cover art for Playground Twist by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sep. 7, 19791 viewer

Playground Twist Lyrics

Hanging, hanging, hanging
Hanging from your daisy chains
Swinging in the trees
Running from your enemies
And falling on your knees
And falling on your knees
On your knees, on your knees
Get down on your knees

Throw the dice
You three blind mice
Did you ever see
Such a thing in your life

You swallow the trail
But still arrive
Inside your entrails

Hanging, hanging, hanging
Hanging out at party games
Dancing in the shadows
Up and down on the see-saw
Balancing the scales
Balancing the scales
You're drunk, you're drunk
Yet you're balancing the scales
Someone to blame
Someone to shame
Someone that you can claim
Go back to pass the parcel
And follow the leader
Ooh, oh

Hanging, hanging, hanging
Hanging from your climbing frames
Swinging in the gallows
Laughing with your buddies

But you can drown when you're shallow
You can drown when you're shallow
You can drown, drown drown
Drown drown drown drown drown

Drown
Drown
Drown
Drown

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“Playground Twist” is the sole single released from Siouxsie And The Banshees 2nd album Join Hands. It reached position 28 in the UK singles chart.
The song is about bullying children in a playground.
The Top Of The Pops appearance of the band:

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Recorded At
AIR Studios, London
Release Date
September 7, 1979
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