Slip Slidin' Away
Slip slidin' awaySlip slidin' awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you're slip slidin' away
I know a manHe came from my home townHe wore his passion for his womanLike a thorny crownHe said "DoloresI live in fearMy love for you's so overpoweringI'm afraid that I will disappear"
Slip slidin' awaySlip slidin' awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you're slip slidin' away
I know a womanBecame a wifeThese are the very words she usesTo describe her life:She said "a good dayAin't got no rain"She said "a bad day's when I lie in bedAnd think of things that might have been"
Slip slidin' awaySlip slidin' awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you're slip slidin' away
And I know a fa-therWho had a sonHe longed to tell him all the reasonsFor the things he'd doneHe came a long wayJust to explainHe kissed his boy as he lay sleepingThen he turned around and headed home again
Slip slidin' awaySlip slidin' awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you're slip slidin' away
God only knowsGod makes his planThe information's unavailableTo the mortal manWe work our jobsCollect our payBelieve we're gliding down the highwayWhen in fact we're slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' awaySlip slidin' awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you're slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you're slip slidin' awayMmm...